Páll Klettskarð

Páll Klettskarð (born 17 May 1990) is Faroese footballer who plays as a striker for KÍ and the Faroe Islands national team.

Páll Klettskarð
Personal information
Full name Páll Andrasson Klettskarð
Date of birth (1990-05-17) 17 May 1990
Place of birth Faroe Islands
Position(s) Attacker
Team information
Current team
 KÍ
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 KÍ 10 (2)
2010–2011 Víkingur 30 (7)
2012–2018 KÍ 177 (103)
2018–2019 Breno 15 (2)
2019– KÍ 103 (68)
International career‡
2005–2006 Faroe Islands U17 10 (2)
2007–2008 Faroe Islands U19 6 (0)
2009–2012 Faroe Islands U21 14 (0)
2013– Faroe Islands 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2017[1]

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] In March 2023, Klettskarð was called up to the national team for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match against Moldova and the friendly against North Macedonia, his first national team call up since 2018.[4]

Individual awards

Family

His mother is Óluva Klettskarð, who was a member of the Faroese parliament from 2011 to 2019 representing Tjóðveldi.[7]

Controversy

Páll Klettskarð sometimes participates in activities which are normal in the Faroe Islands, i.e. sheep herding and pilot whaling.[8] 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[9] in order to end the around 1000 year old[10] whaling tradition in the Faroe Islands, Klettskarð received a lot of Facebook-messages after the incident from people who were upset about the news.[8]

References
  1. "FaroeSoccer | Kappingar".
  2. "Faroe Islands beaten 2–0 by Thailand's U23". Soccer and Equipment. 21 February 2013.
  3. "FIFA World Cup 2014 – Republic of Ireland-Faroe Islands". UEFA.
  4. "Ársins fyrsti hópur úttikin" (in Faroese). Fótbóltssamband Føroya. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  5. "Rannvá og Clayton ársins leikarar 2012" (in Faroese). FSF. 21 October 2012. Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  6. "Her eru tey bestu í fótbólti 2013" (in Faroese). KVF. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  7. "Tingmanningin" (in Faroese). Tjóðveldi. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  8. Johannesen, Uni Holm (9 July 2016). "Páll Klettskarð fær av at vita á Facebook" (in Faroese). Kringvarp Føroya. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  9. "Färöer-Nationalspieler schlachten Wale" (in German). Sport.de. 9 July 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  10. Lee, Jane J. (12 September 2014). "Faroe Island Whaling, a 1,000-Year Tradition, Comes Under Renewed Fire". National Geographic. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
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