Jóannes Jakobsen (born 25 August 1961) is a former Faroese football defender, as well as musician and composer, having released three albums on the Faroe Islands and produced a number of albums for other artists. He is the former assistant coach of Faroe Islands. He is currently head youth manager for the Faroese team EB/Streymur.

Club career

He played over 20 years with Faroese top team, HB Tórshavn, where he also became player/coach in 1994. He was also player and manager of several other Faroese clubs.

Jóannes Jakobsen

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 victory over Austria in 1990. His final international match was a September 1993 World Cup qualifying match against Romania. He has collected 25 caps, though never scoring any goals.

Jóannes Jakobsen

Career in music

Albums

Hvat bagir, 1990

Royn tínar veingir, 1995

Myrkursins gongumenn, 1998

Appears on

Vit herja á, 1990

Reytt og svart, 1993

Sangur til frælsi, 2000

Hetta er eisini mítt land, M'as Blues Band, 2001

Hetta er eisini mítt land II, M'as Blues Band, 2003

Kyndil 50 ár, 2006

Compilation

Tólvti maður, 1998

Alt, Kim Hansen, 2005

References

External links

Profile at B68

1961 births

Living people

People from Tórshavn

Faroese men's footballers

Faroe Islands men's international footballers

Faroese football managers

Faroese male singers

Men's association football defenders

Vágs Bóltfelag players

Havnar Bóltfelag players

Klaksvíkar Ítróttarfelag players

B68 Toftir players

Klaksvíkar Ítróttarfelag managers

B36 Tórshavn managers

Argja Bóltfelag managers

Jóannes Jakobsen