Jón Pauli Olsen
Jón Pauli Olsen (born 17 August 1968 in Vágur, Faroe Islands) is the manager for FC Suðuroy, the football club of Vágur and Sumba. Olsen is also a prior football player, he mostly played as a forward, but sometimes he played as a midfielder and sometimes as a defender.
Manager career
Jón Pauli Olsen was manager for VB/Sumba's best football team, which was 1. division when they won the division in 2009.[1] In 2010 VB/Sumba changed their name to FC Suðuroy and they will be playing in the best division of the Faroe Islands, which is called Vodafonedeildin. Jón Pauli Olsen will be the manager for FC Suðuroy in 2010. Olsen was also the manager for VB/Sumba in 2008 and 2007. Jón Pauli Olsen started early with his career as a manager, he was only 19 years old, when he was assisting manager for one of the boy's teams of VB Vágur. In 2005 Jón Pauli Olsen was manager for the Suðuroy boys team which was VB/TB (from Vágur and Tvøroyri) together with Milan. The result was very good, they won gold. The year after Olsen was manager again for the same team and they won for the second time gold.[2]
Club career
Jón Pauli Olsen has played football with Faroese and Danish football clubs. He started his career in his home town Vágur playing with VB Vágur, which he played with until he moved to Denmark to study. In Denmark Olsen played football with Danish football clubs: KB from Copenhagen, B93 from Østerbro in Copenhagen and IF Føroyar (Ítróttarfelagið Føroyar), which is a Danish sports club in Amager founded in 1939 by Faroese ex-patriate football players living in Denmark.
One of the most Scooring Players for VB Vágur and VB/Sumba
Jón Pauli Olsen is one of the top scoorers for VB Vágur and VB/Sumba.
- Jan Allan Müller has scoored 56 goals
- Egill Steintórsson has scoored 55 goals
- Birgir Jørgensen has scoored 53 goals
- Jón Krosslá Poulsen has scoored 53 goals until now (12 June 2010)[3] [4] [5]
- Jón Pauli Olsen has scoored 52 goals
- Pól Thorsteinsson has scoored 50 goals [6]
References
- Dimma.fo (Faroese) Jón Pauli Olsen skal venja FC Suðuroy.
- Kringvarp.fo (Faroese)
- vb1905.fo (Faroese) Venjarin fær síðsta orðið.
- Sudurras1.com (Faroese) Jón Pauli Olsen heldur fram í VB/Sumba.
- Fotboltur.dk (Faroese and Danish)
- B68.fo (Faroese) About transfers 2007 and 2008.
- Football.fo (Farose) FIFA B1 course for managers.
- vff.fo (Faroese) Venjarafelag Føroya - Faroe Islands Football Managers Association.