Mikkjal Thomassen

Mikkjal Thomassen (born 12 January 1976) is a Faroese football manager and former footballer that played 13 times for the Faroe Islands national football team. He played for the clubs B36 Tórshavn, HB Tórshavn and EB/Streymur.

Mikkjal Thomassen
Personal information
Full name Mikkjal Kjartansson Thomassen
Date of birth (1976-01-12) 12 January 1976
Place of birth Faroe Islands
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1997 HB Tórshavn
1998–2001 B36 Tórshavn 30 (4)
2004 B68 Toftir 10 (0)
2005–2007 B36 Tórshavn 67 (13)
2008 EB/Streymur 13 (0)
National team
1997–2008 Faroe Islands 13 (0)
Teams managed
1995 HB Tórshavn
2009–13 B36 Tórshavn
2015– KÍ Klaksvík
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

His last 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.

Managerial career

Thomassen was manager for HB Tórshavn's womens 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 2014 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 who managed to come to 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]

References
  1. Ósá, Jákup (3 March 2020). "Kí vann stórsteypið fyri fyrstu ferð". nordlysid.fo. Norðlýsið. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  2. Prestá, Agnar (25 September 2020). "KÍ skrivaði evropeiska søgu". portal.fo. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
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