Páll Klettskarð
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Páll Andrasson Klettskarð | ||
| Date of birth | 17 May 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Faroe Islands | ||
| Playing position | Attacker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | KÍ Klaksvík | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007-2009 | KÍ Klaksvík | 10 | (2) |
| 2010-2011 | Víkingur | 30 | (7) |
| 2012- | KÍ Klaksvík | 123 | (81) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005-2006 | Faroe Islands U17 | 10 | (2) |
| 2007-2008 | Faroe Islands U19 | 6 | (0) |
| 2009-2012 | Faroe Islands U21 | 14 | (0) |
| 2013- | Faroe Islands | 13 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8. oktober 2016. | |||
Páll Klettskarð (born 17 May 1990) is Faroese striker playing for KÍ Klaksvík and the Faroe Islands national team.
International career
He was called up to the Faroe Islands squad in February 2013 for a training camp held in Thailand and came on as a substitute in a friendly match against the Thailand U23 team.[2] He made his official debut for the Faroe Islands in a World Cup qualifier against Ireland on 7 June 2013.[3]
Individual awards
- Effodeildin Best Young Player: 2012[4]
- Effodeildin Topscorer: 2012 (along with Clayton Soares)
- Effodeildin Best Forward: 2013[5]
Family
His mother is Óluvá Klettskarð, who is a member of the Faroese parliament since 2011 representing Tjóðveldi.[6]
The Klettskarð surname
His surname Klettskarð comes from the former village Skarð on the island Kunoy. His great grandfather was amongst the last inhabitants in the village, before the last families left it for good. There was an accident which happened on 23 December 1913 which involved a boat from the village which went fishing with seven men onboard, but never returned, there was a sudden snowstorm. Páll Klettskarð's great-great grandfather was one of the seven men who died in the accident. His great grandfather Karl Klettskarð was ten years old at the time. With only women and children living in the isolated village life got too hard and shortly after they moved to other villages.[7] One hundred years later descendents from Skarð gathered in the former village to remember the accident and their ancestors who lived there. A memorial was erected on the place.[8]
Controversy
Páll Klettskarð sometimes participates in activities which are normal in the Faroe Islands, i.e. sheep herding and pilot whaling.[9] In july 2016 the Faroese news portal Norðlýsið added photos showing Klettskarð and another football player of KÍ Klaksvík participating in the harvesting of a pod of pilot whales in the bay of Hvannasund. The organisation Sea Shepherd Conservation Society used the information and photos in their campaign[10] in order to end the around 1000 year old[11] whaling tradition in the Faroe Islands. Klettskarð received a lot of Facebook-messages after the incident from people who were upset about the news.[9]
References
- ↑ http://www.faroesoccer.com/content.php?pid=182
- ↑ "Faroe Islands beaten 2-0 by Thailand's U23". Soccer and Equipment. 21 February 2013.
- ↑ "FIFA World Cup 2014 - Republic of Ireland-Faroe Islands". UEFA.
- ↑ "Rannvá og Clayton ársins leikarar 2012" (in Faroese). FSF. 21 October 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- ↑ "Her eru tey bestu í fótbólti 2013" (in Faroese). KVF. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- ↑ "Tingmanningin" (in Faroese). Tjóðveldi. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ↑ Skarði, Bergljót av (14 August 2013). "Eitt 100 ára hald" (in Faroese). Bergljót av Skarði Blog. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ↑ Heinesen, Elin Brimheim (13 August 2013). "Minningarhald á Skarði mikudagin" (in Faroese). Portal.fo. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- 1 2 Johannesen, Uni Holm (9 July 2016). "Páll Klettskarð fær av at vita á Facebook" (in Faroese). Kringvarp Føroya. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ↑ "Färöer-Nationalspieler schlachten Wale" (in German). Sport.de. 9 July 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ↑ Lee, Jane J. (12 September 2014). "Faroe Island Whaling, a 1,000-Year Tradition, Comes Under Renewed Fire". National Geographic. Retrieved 8 October 2016.