Jóannes Jakobsen

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Personal information
Jóannes Jakobsen
Date of birth	August 25, 1961 (1961-08-25) (age 46)
Place of birth	Faroe Islands
Playing position	defender
Club information
Current club	retired
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1977-1990 1991 1992 1993-1995 1996-1997 2000	HB Tórshavn VB Vágur VB Vágur HB KÍ Klaksvík B68 Toftir	18 (1) 37 (1) 11 (0) 1 (0)
National team²
1989-1993	Faroe Islands	25 (0)
Teams managed
1994-1995 1996-1998 2000-2001 2002 2004 2005 2006	HB Tórshavn KÍ Klaksvík B68 Toftir HB B36 Tórshavn AB Argir B68
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 October 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 24 October 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Jóannes Jakobsen (born on 25 August 1961) is a former Faroese football defender).

1 Club career
2 International career
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Club career

He played over 20 years with Faroese top team, HB Tórshavn, where he also became player/coach in 1994.

[edit] International career

Jakobsen made his debut for the Faroe Islands in an April 1989 friendly match against Canada, immediately skippering them to their first ever win since joining FIFA. He remained captain of the team during those first years, most notably during their historic defeat of Austria in 1990. His final international match was a September 1993 World Cup qualifying match against Romania. He has collected 25 caps, no goals scored. ^[1]