Todi Jónsson

Todi Jónsson
Personal information
Full name	Todi Adam Jónsson
Date of birth	2 February 1972 (age 50)
Place of birth	Vejle, Denmark
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	KÍ Klaksvík
	Lyseng
	AGF
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991	KÍ
1992	KÍ
1993	B36
1994–1997	Lyngby FC
1997–2005	FC København
2005–2006	Start
2007	Fremad Amager
2009	KÍ
Total
National team‡
1991–2005	Faroe Islands
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 August 2010; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 October 2007

Todi Adam Jónsson (born 2 February 1972) is a retired Faroese professional football striker who has played for Danish premier league clubs Lyngby FC and FC København, Norwegian club Start and Danish club Fremad Amager. He started and ended his football career at Faroese side KÍ.^[1]

He has played 45 matches for Faroe Islands national football team and is currently (2018) number two on the top goal scorer's list with 9 goals.^[2] Jónsson is the highest scoring foreign football player in the Danish Superliga (Premier League) with 72 goals.^[3] He was previously the all-time top scorer for FC København together with Lars Højer Nielsen, they both scored 54 goals for FCK,^[4] but they have later been surpassed by Cesar Santin and Dame N'Doye.

Club career[]

He spent a large portion of his career at the Danish Superliga side FC Copenhagen, having arrived in 1997 from Lyngby BK together with the new CEO Flemming Østergaard. Todi, as he is known by the FC Copenhagen fans, is one of the all-time leading goal scorers for the club and a member of the Hall of Fame as decided by fan club voting. From 1997 to 2005 Todi played 207 matches for FC Copenhagen and scored 68 goals.

On 25 June 2009, it was announced that he had rejoined KÍ Klaksvík, who, however, were unable to maintain their place in the Faroese top division.^[5] Jónsson ended his football career with the club where he started. He played his last match for KÍ Klaksvík on 3 October 2009 against EB/Streymur.^[6]

International career[]

In the Faroe Islands, Jónsson is arguably the most successful football player of all time, having played at an internationally high level for the better part of a decade with the Danish Champions FC Copenhagen. Furthermore, Todi was the most successful goalscorer for the Faroe Islands national football team with 9 goals in 45 caps, until Rógvi Jacobsen scored his 9th goal against Lithuania in September 2007, then fully overtaking Todi's record away to Italy two months later. Todi is also the only Faroese player to score a hat-trick in an international match. (Bergur Magnussen scored 6 times in the match against the Åland Islands back in 1989, but this match is not officially recognised.)

Todi is remembered for his premature and controversial international retirement in the spring of 2001, as he decided to concentrate fully on his club career. After that he won only two more caps, both in 2005.

International goals[]

Scores and results list Faroe Islands' goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	15 July 1991	Gundadalur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands	Turkey	1–0	1–1	Friendly
2	6 September 1995	Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe Islands	Russia	2–1	2–5	1996 Euro qualifying
3	11 October 1995	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino	San Marino	1–0	3–1
4				2–0
5				3–1
6	4 September 1996	Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe Islands	Spain	1–1	2–6	1998 WC Qualifying
7	30 April 1997	Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta	Malta	2–1	2–1
8	8 June 1997	Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe Islands	Malta	2–0	2–1
9	4 February 2000	La Manga, Spain	Iceland	2–0	2–3	Friendly