Hilmar Leon Jakobsen

Hilmar Leon Jakobsen
Personal information
Full name Hilmar Leon Jakobsen
Date of birth (1997-08-02) 2 August 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Faroe Islands
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 HB
Number 23
Youth career
–2015 HB
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 HB 2 (1)
2014–2015 HB II 18 (8)
2018 HB 0 (0)
2020– HB II 3 (4)
2020– HB 17 (12)
International career‡
2013 Faroe Islands U17 9 (0)
2014 Faroe Islands U19 2 (0)
2020– Faroe Islands 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:59, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2020

Hilmar Leon Jakobsen (born 2 August 1997) is a Faroese footballer who plays as a forward for HB and the Faroe Islands national team.[1]

Career

Club

Jakobsen has played football as well as handball, as a handball player he played for the Faroese club H71 and the national team. He played football as a young boy for HB Tórshavn for the U18 from 2013 to 2015 and for the U21 team in 2018, but due to injuries he chose to play handball instead of football. In June 2020 HB Tórshavn had several players who could not play because of injuries, so they asked Hilmar Leon Jakobsen if he could help them. He played at first in the second best division three matches, the first one was on 15 June 2020. On 4 July he played his first match for the first time in several years in the top tier. On 20 August the same year he played a match for HB Tórshavn in Europa League. Four months after his shift from handball to football and his first match for HB Tórshavn in the top tier for several years, he had his debut for the Faroe Islands national team.[2][3]

International

Jakobsen made his international debut for the Faroe Islands on 11 November 2020 in a friendly match against Lithuania.[4]

Career statistics

International

As of 18 November 2020[4]
Faroe Islands
Year Apps Goals
2020 3 0
Total 3 0

References

  1. ^ Hilmar Leon Jakobsen at WorldFootball.net Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Her hevur Hilmar Leon gjørt sáttmála". in.fo. Sosialurin. 8 September 2020. Archived from the original on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  3. ^ "The handball star turned international striker" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  4. ^ a b "Lithuania-Faroe Islands | UEFA Nations League". UEFA.com.


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