Gilli Rólantsson Sørensen (born 11 August 1992) is a Faroese professional footballer who plays for Tvøroyrar Bóltfelag and the Faroe Islands national team.[3]

Gilli Rólantsson
Personal information
Full name Gilli Rólantsson Sørensen[1]
Date of birth (1992-08-11) 11 August 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Tvøroyri, Faroe Islands
Position(s) Full-back
Youth career
2009 TB
2010 Aberdeen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 TB 24 (6)
2013–2014 B36 25 (2)
2014–2016 AaB 23 (0)
2016–2020 Brann 97 (10)
2021–2022 Odd 42 (1)
2022–2023 TB 12 (0)
2023–2024 Vejle 6 (0)
2024– TB 0 (0)
International career
2007–2008 Faroe Islands U17 10 (2)
2009–2010 Faroe Islands U19 6 (2)
2011–2013 Faroe Islands U21 11 (1)
2013– Faroe Islands 66 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:05, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:26, 3 July 2023 (UTC) [2]

Career

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He has earlier played for TB Tvøroyri, B36 Tórshavn, AaB[4] and the Scottish U19 team of Aberdeen F.C. He was the captain of the Faroese U21 national football team.[5][6]

On 10 February 2021 he signed a two-year deal with Norwegian Eliteserien club Odd.[7]

On 3 July 2023 he signed a one-year deal with Danish Superliga club Vejle.[8] Due to the high competition and limited playing minutes, the parties agreed to terminate the collaboration on 20 December 2023.[9] He soon returned to his hometown club TB Tvoroyri.

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 28 May 2022[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
TB 2012 Betri deildin menn 24 6 - - 24 6
Total 24 6 - - - - 24 6
B36 2013 Betri deildin menn 25 2 1 0 - 26 2
Total 25 2 1 0 - - 26 2
AaB 2013-14 Danish Superliga - 1 0 - 1 0
2014-15 9 0 - - 9 0
2015-16 11 0 3 1 - 14 1
2016-17 3 0 - - 3 0
Total 23 0 4 1 - - 27 1
Brann 2016 Tippeligaen 7 1 - - 7 1
2017 Eliteserien 25 4 3 0 2 0 31 4
2018 28 4 3 0 - 31 4
2019 24 1 3 0 2 0 29 1
2020 13 0 0 0 - 13 0
Total 97 10 9 0 4 0 105 10
Odd 2021 Eliteserien 20 1 3 1 - 23 2
2022 8 0 2 1 - 10 1
Total 28 1 5 2 0 0 33 3
TB 2023 Betri deildin menn 12 0 0 0 - 12 0
Total 12 0 1 0 - - 12 0
Career total 197 19 19 3 4 0 220 22

International goals

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Scores and results list the Faroe Islands' goal tally first.[11]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 3 September 2017 Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands   Andorra 1–0 1–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

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AaB

References

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[12]

  1. ^ "European Championship 2020: Booking List before Qualifying Round Matchday 10" (PDF). UEFA. 17 November 2019. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  2. ^ "FaroeSoccer | Kappingar".
  3. ^ Gilli Rólantsson at Soccerway
  4. ^ Gilli Sørensen on Faroesoccer.com
  5. ^ "Fsf.fo". Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  6. ^ "Sparka.fo". Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  7. ^ "Gilli klar for Odd".
  8. ^ "Officielt: Vejle henter færøsk landsholdsspiller". 3 July 2023.
  9. ^ VB og Gilli Rólantsson ophæver kontrakten, vejle-boldklub.dk, 20 December 2023
  10. ^ "Gilli Rólantsson". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  11. ^ "Sørensen, Gilli". National Football Teams. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  12. ^ "Vejle Boldklub henter erfaren landsholdsback | Vejle Boldklub".
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