Jákup Mikkelsen

Born in Klaksvík, Mikkelsen started at KÍ Klaksvík, where he sometimes was used as an outfield player, before moving abroad to play for several years in Denmark and Norway. In the 1999–2000 season, he only missed 2 games in Herfølge BK's title winning season, hence becoming the first ever Faroese to win a league championship in any other country than Faroes and he played both games against Rangers in their 2000–01 Champions League qualifying round and four more games in the UEFA Cup that season. He played 136 matches for Herfølge BK. After playing for Herfølge for five years Mikkelsen and his team won the Danish Championship. After a short spell at Scottish side Partick Thistle he returned to the Faroe Islands. In early 2010 Mikkelsen signed a deal with Faroese football club ÍF Fuglafjørður. Having made 118 league appearances for the club, Mikkelsen retired from playing football in November 2014 aged 44, stating that his advanced age had made it impossible for him to continue. In 2016, Mikkelsen made a brief return to playing with ÍF, keeping a clean sheet in a 2–0 win at B68 Toftir on 18 September, and appeared on the substitutes' bench on a further five occasions.

He was a part of the squad as a reserve goalkeeper already as 18 years old in the summer of 1988, when Faroes played their very first international game after becoming full members of FIFA, losing 1–0 to Iceland in Akranes. However, Mikkelsen only made his debut for the Faroe Islands in July 1995 friendly match against Iceland and has since earned 72 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. 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.

Individual

Effodeildin Best Goalkeeper: 2012 Effodeildin Team of the Season: 2012