| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mikkjal Kjartansson Thomassen | ||
| Date of birth | 12 January 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Faroe Islands | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Fredrikstad (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1997 | HB Tórshavn | 54 | (19) |
| 1998–2001 | B36 Tórshavn | 30 | (4) |
| 2004 | B68 Toftir | 10 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | B36 Tórshavn | 67 | (13) |
| 2008 | EB/Streymur | 13 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2006–2008 | Faroe Islands | 13 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2009–2013 | B36 Tórshavn | ||
| 2015–2022 | KÍ Klaksvík | ||
| 2022– | Fredrikstad | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mikkjal Kjartansson Thomassen (born 12 January 1976) is a Faroese professional football manager and former footballer that played 13 times for the Faroe Islands national football team.
During his playing career Thomassen represented HB Tórshavn, B36 Tórshavn, B68 Toftir and EB/Streymur.
His last international match was a qualifier for the 2010 FIFA World Cup at home against Austria on 11 August 2008. He was substituted after 37 minutes due to injury, but had the satisfaction of seeing his teammates earning a 1–1 draw.
Thomassen was manager for HB Tórshavn's women's team in 1995, the team won the Faroese championship that season. From 2009 until 2013 he was the manager of B36 Tórshavn. The club won the Faroese championship in 2011 managed by Mikkjal Thomassen and John Petersen.
Thomassen has been the manager of KÍ Klaksvík in the Faroese Premier Division since 2015. During this period he has won the Faroese championship in 2019. The club was runner-up in 2016, 2017. In 2016 he won the Faroe Islands Cup with KÍ. In 2020 KÍ won the Faroe Islands Super Cup for the first time. [1]
On 24 September 2020 under the management of Mikkjal Thomassen, KÍ became the first Faroese club to reach the play-offs in Europa League, when they won 6-1 on Tórsvøllur in Tórshavn against the Georgian champions FC Dinamo Tbilisi. It was also the biggest victory for a Faroese club in European tournaments. [2]
On 1 November 2022 he was announced as the manager of Norwegian football club Fredrikstad FK. [3] His first season in charge of FFK proved very successful, as he led the club to promotion to Eliteserien. The 2024 season will be the first season in the top flight for Fredrikstad in 11 years. [4]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| B36 Tórshavn |  | 1 January 2009 | 31 December 2014 | 140 | 62 | 37 | 41 | 236 | 192 | +44 | 44.29 |
| KÍ Klaksvík | | 1 January 2015 | 31 December 2022 | 264 | 168 | 50 | 46 | 619 | 242 | +377 | 63.64 |
| Fredrikstad |  | 1 January 2023 | Present | 33 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 55 | 25 | +30 | 60.61 |
| Total | 437 | 250 | 97 | 90 | 910 | 459 | +451 | 57.21 | |||
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