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Bill McLeod Jacobsen (born 30 November 1974 in Klaksvík, Faroe Islands) is head coach of the Faroe Islands national under-21 football team along with Heðin Askham. He was first appointed in 2007.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William "Bill" McLeod Jacobsen | ||
| Date of birth | 30 November 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Klaksvík, Faroe Islands | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Faroe Islands under-21 (Manager) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1987–1994 | KÍ Klaksvík (Youth Manager) | ||
| 1995–1998 | Esbjerg fB (Youth Manager) | ||
| 2000–2000 | KÍ Klaksvík (Assistant Manager) | ||
| 1998–2007 | Faroe Islands youth teams (Manager) | ||
| 2002–2002 | NSÍ Runavík (Assistant Manager) | ||
| 2007–2011 | B68 Toftir (Manager) | ||
| 2012– | B68 Toftir (Manager) | ||
Under his coaching, the Faroe Islands under-21 team finished the 2009-2010 qualification campaign with a total of 11 points, which is the highest any Faroese national team have achieved during qualification stages.[1]
Career in the Faroese FA
editIn 1998, Jacobsen was appointed as assistant coach for the Faroe Islands national under-16 team. This was the start of his career with Faroe Islands FA (Fótbóltssamband Føroya) where he was the head coach for the Faroe Islands national under-14, under-17, and under-19 before he and Heðin Askham got the job as head coaches for the Faroe Islands under-21 team.[2][3]
Jacobsen was also the Assistant Manager for the Faroe Islands senior national football team for one match. For personal reasons, the assistant manager of the Faroe Islands national team couldn’t be there for an away game against Switzerland in 2001. Bill McLeod Jacobsen was asked to replace him for that match and worked with former European Footballer of the Year (1977) Allan Simonsen, who was then head coach of the Faroe Islands national team.
Club career
editJacobsen also has a long career on the club level. In 2008-2011 he was the manager for B68 Toftir[4] and in 2009 he won the title as Manager of the Year on the Faroe Islands.[5][6][7] Before being B68’s manager,[8][9] Bill McLeod Jacobsen was an assistant manager for NSÍ Runavík[10] (2002) working with manager Jógvan Martin Olsen, former Faroese National team coach, and assistant manager for KÍ Klaksvík[11] (2000) where he worked with manager Tomislav Sivic, who's a former manager for Serbia’s national under-21 football team and under-19 team.
On the youth level, Jacobsen also has experience with both Faroese and Danish teams. From 1987 to 1994, Jacobsen was the head coach for several of KÍ Klaksvík’s youth teams, and from 1995 to 1998 he was the youth team coach in Esbjerg fB[12] in Denmark.
Jacobsen is a UEFA A License registered coach since 2006. Despite his young age, Jacobsen has 13 years of experience working for the Faroese FA and several years of experience on the club level in the Faroe Islands as well as in Denmark. Therefore, Jacobsen is considered to be one of the most experienced and talented managers from the Faroe Islands.[13]
References
edit- ^ Highlights from the Faroe Islands national under-21 football team win against Russia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKfyxgzOKh4
- ^ Bill McLeod Jacobsen interviewed by Faroese FA Press: "FSF-F?tb?ltssamband F?roya". Archived from the original on 2011-12-24. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
- ^ Bill McLeod Jacobsen interviewed by UEFA Press: http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=fro/news/newsid=1457094.html
- ^ (www.knassar.com), Knassar — the new media web partner. "Forsíða — B68". b68.fo. Archived from the original on 6 April 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ^ "Fróði Benjaminsen is Player of the Year 2009 in the Faroe Islands". soccerandequipment.com. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ^ (www.knassar.com), Knassar — the new media web partner. "Bill McLeod Jacobsen Ársins Venjari 2009 - B68". b68.fo. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ^ "Bill úr B68 er ársins venjari — sportal.fo". sportal.fo.webtestlink.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ B68Toftir (31 December 1969). "B68 - EB/Streymur 3-2 (12. umfar 2009)". Retrieved 13 March 2017 – via YouTube.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ B68Toftir (17 June 2008). "B68 Uptakt 2008". Retrieved 13 March 2017 – via YouTube.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Home". nsi.fo.
- ^ "Heim". ki.fo. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ^ "EfB - Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber: Fodbold". Archived from the original on 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
- ^ "Bill Mc. Leod Jacobsen". isf.fo. 29 August 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2017.