Jón Pauli Olsen (born 17 August 1968 in Vágur, Faroe Islands) is the manager for FC Suðuroy, the football club of Vágur and Sumba. Olsen is also a former football player, he mostly played as a forward, but sometimes he played as a midfielder and sometimes as a defender.
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Jón Pauli Olsen was manager of VB/Sumba's first team, which was 1. division when they won the division in 2009.[1] In 2010 VB/Sumba changed their name to FC Suðuroy and they will be playing in the best division of the Faroe Islands, which is called Vodafonedeildin. Jón Pauli Olsen will be the manager for FC Suðuroy in 2010. Olsen was also the manager for VB/Sumba in 2008 and 2007. Jón Pauli Olsen started early with his career as a manager, he was only 19 years old, when he was assisting manager for one of the boy's teams of VB Vágur. In 2005 Jón Pauli Olsen was manager for the Suðuroy boys team which was VB/TB (from Vágur and Tvøroyri) together with Milan. The result was very good, they won gold. The year after Olsen was manager again for the same team and they won gold for the second time.
Jón Pauli Olsen has played football with Faroese and Danish football clubs. He started his career in his home town Vágur playing with VB Vágur, which he played with until he moved to Denmark to study. In Denmark Olsen played football with Danish football clubs: KB from Copenhagen, B93 from Østerbro in Copenhagen and IF Føroyar (Ítróttarfelagið Føroyar), which is a Danish sports club in Amager founded in 1939 by Faroese ex-patriate football players living in Denmark.
Jón Pauli Olsen is one of the top scorers for VB Vágur and VB/Sumba.