| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 August 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Klaksvík, Faroe Islands | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | ÍF Fuglafjørður | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| KÍ Klaksvík | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1991–1994 | KÍ Klaksvík | 61 | (3) |
| 1995–2001 | Herfølge BK | 136 | (2) |
| 2001–2003 | Molde FK | 11 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Partick Thistle | 5 | (0) |
| 2004 | KÍ Klaksvík | 13 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | B36 Tórshavn | 79 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | KÍ Klaksvík | 53 | (0) |
| 2010– | ÍF Fuglafjørður | 26 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1995– | Faroe Islands | 72 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Jákup Nolsøe Mikkelsen (born 14 August 1970 in Klaksvík) is a Faroese football goalkeeper currently playing for ÍF Fuglafjørður, after signing a deal in early 2010.[1][2]
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Mikkelsen started as a goalkeeper and midfielder at KÍ Klaksvík, before moving abroad to play for several years in Denmark and Norway. After a short spell at Scottish side Partick Thistle[3] he returned to the Faroe Islands. In the 1999/2000 season, he only missed 2 games in Herfølge BK's title winning season and he played both games against Rangers in their 2000/2001 Champions League qualifying round and 4 more games in the UEFA Cup that season. He played 136 matches for Herfølge BK. After playing for Herfølge for 5 years Mikkelsen and his team won the Danish Championship.[4]
In early 2010 Mikkelsen signed a deal with Faroese football club ÍF Fuglafjørður.[5]
He made his debut for the Faroe Islands in a July 1995 friendly match against Iceland and has since earned 68 caps. He was on the bench as early as in August 1988, when the Faroes played their first match since becoming a member of FIFA, in a friendly against Iceland in Akranes. [6]
Although having retired after the 2010 World Cup qualification, he was called up out of retirement for the Euro 2012 qualifying matches against Slovenia and Northern Ireland in October 2010, because of an injury to Gunnar Nielsen.[7]