 Olsen celebrating a goal in the2013 Effodeildin season | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Klæmint Andrasson Olsen[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1990-07-17)17 July 1990 (age 35)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Runavík, Faroe Islands | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | NSÍ Runavík | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007– | NSÍ Runavík[3] | 425 | (265) |
| 2023 | →Breiðablik (loan) | 20 | (6) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2005–2006 | Faroe Islands U17 | 14 | (2) |
| 2007–2008 | Faroe Islands U19 | 4 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | Faroe Islands U21 | 7 | (0) |
| 2012– | Faroe Islands | 64 | (10) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 October 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 may 2025[4] | |||
Klæmint Andrasson Olsen (born 17 July 1990) is a Faroese professionalfootballer who plays as astriker forFaroe Islands Premier League sideNSÍ Runavík and theFaroe Islands national team.
Olsen spent his entire football career with his hometown club NSÍ, except for a loan toBreiðablik in 2023. He is the all-time top scorer in the Faroe Islands Premier League with 265 goals.[5] He has been the topscorer of the Faroe Islands Premier League seven times.
He isFaroe Islands national team’s jointtop goalscorer with 10 goals tied withRógvi Jacobsen.
In the2011 season, Olsen was the Faroese league's second highest scorer, scoring 17 goals in the league forNSÍ Runavík.
On 15 September 2013, he scored all four goals in a 4–3 win againstKÍ.[6]
Beginning in 2013, Olsen won the Golden Boot in four consecutive seasons. In the2013 season, Olsen was the highest goal-scorer in the division with 21 goals,[7] winning the Golden Boot. In the following three seasons, he was once again the highest scorer: in2014, with 22 goals; in2015, with 21 goals; and in2016, with 23 goals.[8] He won the Golden Boot again in 2019 with 26 goals and in 2020 together withUroš Stojanov they scored 17 goals each.[9]
Olsen scored a hat-trick for NSÍ in a2018–19 UEFA Europa League qualifier againstHibernian.[10] In the 2020–21 season, he scored a hat-trick againstBarry Town United in a Europa League qualifier,[11] becoming the first Faroese to score two hat-tricks in European football.
On 27 September 2020, he scored his 200th goal number in theFaroe Islands Premier League, becoming the first male player to score 200 goals in the Faroese top tier. All 200 goals were scored for the same club, NSÍ Runavík. He scored in a 4–1 victory against Skála ÍF.[12]
On 13 December 2022, Olsen agreed to joinBesta deild karla clubBreiðablik on a one-year loan deal.[13] At the same time he has renewed his contract with Runavík till the end of 2024.[13]
Olsen was first called up to theFaroe Islands squad in February 2012 for a training camp held in Spain and scored the winning goal in a friendly match against Spanish teamLa Union. He made his official debut in aWorld Cup qualifying match versusGermany on 7 September 2012, coming on as a late substitute.
Olsen scored his first international goal againstSpain in aUEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match.
On 15 November 2021, in a2022 FIFA World Cup qualification game againstIsrael, he scored his 10th international goal, becomingFaroe Islands’ jointtop goalscorer tied withRogvi Jacobsen.[14]
Olsen works as a school janitor while also playing football.[15]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| NSÍ Runavík | 2007 | Betri deildin | 5 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 2008 | 9 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| 2009 | 23 | 3 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 25 | 3 | |||||
| 2010 | 25 | 11 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 27 | 11 | |||||
| 2011 | 25 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 27 | 18 | |||
| 2012 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 30 | 15 | |||
| 2013 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 29 | 24 | ||||
| 2014 | 27 | 21 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 28 | 23 | ||||
| 2015 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 2[b] | 1 | — | 33 | 24 | |||
| 2016 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 33 | 23 | |||
| 2017 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 34 | 21 | |||
| 2018 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2[b] | 3 | 1[c] | 0 | 26 | 16 | ||
| 2019 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 30 | 27 | |||
| 2020 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2[b] | 3 | — | 29 | 21 | |||
| 2021 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 2[d] | 0 | 1[c] | 1 | 34 | 22 | ||
| 2022 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 9 | ||||
| 2024 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 27 | 11 | ||||
| 2025 | 26 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2[d] | 1 | — | 29 | 27 | |||
| Total | 425 | 265 | 30 | 22 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 482 | 296 | ||
| Breiðablik (loan) | 2023 | Besta deild karla | 20 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14[e] | 3 | 2[f] | 0 | 40 | 13 |
| Career total | 445 | 271 | 34 | 26 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 522 | 309 | ||
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 June 2019 | Tórsvøllur,Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |  Spain | 1–2 | 1–4 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualification |
| 2 | 3 September 2020 | Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |  Malta | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League D |
| 3 | 6 September 2020 | Estadi Nacional,Andorra la Vella, Andorra |  Andorra | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League D |
| 4 | 13 October 2020 | Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands | Andorra | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League D |
| 5 | 2–0 | |||||
| 6 | 7 June 2021 | Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |  Liechtenstein | 1–1 | 5–1 | Friendly |
| 7 | 4–1 | |||||
| 8 | 7 September 2021 | Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |  Moldova | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 9 | 12 November 2021 | Parken Stadium,Copenhagen, Denmark |  Denmark | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 10 | 15 November 2021 | Netanya Stadium,Netanya, Israel |  Israel | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
