Meinhard Olsen

Meinhard Olsen
	Meinhard Olsen at NSÍ Runavík
Personal information
Full name	Meinhard Egilsson Olsen
Date of birth	10 April 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth	Faroe Islands
Position(s)	Left winger
Team information
Current team	Kolding
Number	10
Youth career
–2012	NSÍ Runavík
Senior career*
Years	Team
2013–2015	NSÍ Runavík
2015–2017	Vendsyssel
2017–2019	B36 Tórshavn
2019	Kristiansund
2020	B36 Tórshavn
2020	GAIS
2021	Bryne
2022–2024	Mjøndalen
2025–	Kolding
International career‡
2011–2013	Faroe Islands U17
2014–2015	Faroe Islands U19
2015–2018	Faroe Islands U21
2019–	Faroe Islands
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 May 2025; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:51, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Last updated May 30, 2025

Meinhard Egilsson Olsen (born 10 April 1997) is a Faroese professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Kolding IF in the Danish 1st Division ^[1] and for the Faroe Islands national football team.

Club career

On 21 August 2020, Olsen joined Superettan team GAIS for the remainder of the 2020 season.^[2]^[3] He left at the end of the season.^[3] Olsen moved to Bryne FK for a year, prior to signing for Mjøndalen IF. The move was confirmed on August 5, 2021, but Olsen only joined the club from January 2022.^[4]

Olsen played for Mjøndalen IF for two years before it was confirmed in December 2024 that he would leave the club at the end of the year when his contract expired.^[5] Later that month, it was also revealed that Olsen had been named Mjøndalen 2024 Player of the Year by the newspaper Drammens Tidende, scoring seven goals and two assists in 27 league games.^[6]

On January 19, 2025, it was confirmed that Olsen returned to Denmark, where he had signed with Danish 1st Division club Kolding IF.^[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 August 2022^[8]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
NSÍ	2013	Faroe Islands Premier League	5	0	1	0	-		6	0
	2014		22	0	2	0	-		24	9
	2015		12	1	2	0	1	0	15	1
	Total		39	1	5	0	1	0	45	1
Vendsyssel	2015–16	NordicBet Liga	1	1	0	0	-		1	1
	2016–17	NordicBet Liga	8	0	2	1	-		10	1
	Total		9	1	2	1	-	-	11	2
B36 Tórshavn	2017	Betri deildin	13	4	1	0	-		14	4
	2018	Betri deildin	25	13	5	0	6	0	36	13
	Total		38	17	6	0	6	0	50	17
Kristiansund	2019	Eliteserien	11	1	3	1	-		14	2
Kristiansund	Total		11	1	3	1	-	-	14	2
B36 Tórshavn	2020	Betri deildin	16	10	0	0	1	0	17	10
B36 Tórshavn	Total		16	10	0	0	1	0	17	10
GAIS	2020	Superettan	15	1	0	0	-		15	1
GAIS	Total		15	1	0	0	-	-	15	1
Bryne	2021	OBOS-ligaen	25	7	1	0	-		26	7
Bryne	Total		25	7	1	0	-	-	26	7
Mjøndalen	2022	OBOS-ligaen	22	6	1	0	-		23	6
Mjøndalen	Total		22	6	1	0	-	-	23	6
Career total			175	44	18	2	8	0	201	46

International career

He made his Faroe Islands national football team debut on 7 June 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Spain, as an 86th-minute substitute for Árni Frederiksberg.^[9] He scored his first goal for the Faroe Islands national team on 25 March 2021 in a 1-1 draw in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification against Moldova.^[10]

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	25 March 2021	Stadionul Zimbru, Chișinău, Moldova	Moldova	1–1	1–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group F

References

↑ Meinhard Olsen at Soccerway
↑ Anders Fagerlund. "Meinhard Olsen klar för GAIS" (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 August 2021.
1 2 Johnsson, Andreas (5 January 2021). "Duon lämnar Gais – tappar lånet". gp.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 August 2021.
↑ MIF henter landslagsspiller, miffotball.no, 5 August 2021
↑ Meinhard Egilsson Olsen er ferdig i MIF, facebook.com, 5 December 2024
↑ Meinhard Olsen ble kåret til årets Mjøndalen-spiller, dt.no, 8 December 2024
↑ KOLDING IF HENTER MÅLFARLIG LANDSHOLDSSPILLER, kolding-if.dk, 19 January 2025
↑ "Meinhard Olsen". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
↑ "Faroe Islands v Spain game report". UEFA. 7 June 2019.
↑ Hansen, Jóannes (25 March 2021). "Meinhard var bjargingarmaður". in.fo. Sosialurin. Archived from the original on 4 April 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

External links

Meinhard Olsen at National-Football-Teams.com

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[1] Meinhard Olsen at Soccerway

[2] Anders Fagerlund. "Meinhard Olsen klar för GAIS" (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 August 2021.

[:0-3] 1 2 Johnsson, Andreas (5 January 2021). "Duon lämnar Gais – tappar lånet". gp.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 August 2021.

[4] MIF henter landslagsspiller, miffotball.no, 5 August 2021

[5] Meinhard Egilsson Olsen er ferdig i MIF, facebook.com, 5 December 2024

[6] Meinhard Olsen ble kåret til årets Mjøndalen-spiller, dt.no, 8 December 2024

[7] KOLDING IF HENTER MÅLFARLIG LANDSHOLDSSPILLER, kolding-if.dk, 19 January 2025

[8] "Meinhard Olsen". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 29 August 2022.

[9] "Faroe Islands v Spain game report". UEFA. 7 June 2019.

[10] Hansen, Jóannes (25 March 2021). "Meinhard var bjargingarmaður". in.fo. Sosialurin. Archived from the original on 4 April 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

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