Abraham Løkin
Abraham Løkin ( born June 16, 1959 as Abraham Hansen in Fuglafjørður ) is a former Faroese football player and coach. The Faroe Islands Football Association named him as Faroese Representative to the UEFA Jubilee 52 Golden Player.
Football
Clubs
Løkin began his career at ÍF Fuglafjørður, with whom in 1979 he was national champion. In 1981 he moved to Sweden to IK Sleipner in the Division 2 and returned after a year returned to the Faroe Islands to NSÍ Runavík before it, except for a single use for ÍF 1985 signing with Odense BK and in the 1st Division, the then Denmark's top division, ran aground. According to the Faroese stopover at NSÍ, with whom he won the Cup final 2-1 against LIF Leirvík 1986, he played for B36 Tórshavn and ÍF before he again ran aground in Denmark BK Frem Copenhagen 1989/90. Due to health problems in the family Løkin returned to the Faroe Islands and after one and a half years in the second division in ÍF Fuglafjørður he moved to first division B68 Toftir, with whom he could celebrate his second championship title in 1992. At that time he played among others with Øssur Hansen in a team. In 1993, Løkin again his homeland and went to France to unterklassig playing U.S. Boulogne, but returned after just one season back in the home to ÍF Fuglafjørður. In 1995, he stood for a further exchange with B68 Toftir in the cup final against HB Tórshavn, which was lost with 1:3. From 1996 Løkin was at NSÍ Runavík under contract. In the first season he was still playing in the second division and reached as First Place promotion to the top division, after which it was used in both the first and second division. In the meantime he was also borrowed to B68 Toftir. In 1999 he returned briefly back to ÍF Fuglafjørður before he spent the last years at NSÍ Runavík in the first and second team, for which he completed a few games per season. In 2003, he finished with 44 years finally his career as a player.
National
Løkin ran between 1988 and 1994 to 22 times for the national team, but remained without a goal. His first game on August 24, 1988 against Iceland in Akranes, which was lost 0-1, was also the first official international match of the Faroe Islands. His greatest success in his career, he called himself the 1-0 victory against Austria on 12 September 1990. On September 7, 1994, he played in the qualifying match for Euro 1996 against Greece his last game for the national team, which in Toftir with 1: 5 was lost.
Coaching career
Løkin acted in 1984 as player-coach for NSÍ Runavík and was replaced after the seventh match of Asbjørn Mikkelsen. Another engagement was in 1986, this time in charge Løkin the entire season NSÍ as player-coach. 1989 repeated this at ÍF Fuglafjørður on the side of Páll Guðlaugsson. In the next two years, he still helped a total of three cup matches as a coach.
For some years Løkin oversaw the U19 selection of the Faroe Islands. In early 2008, he was also a transitional responsible for the first team of ÍF Fuglafjørður. From the 15th matchday of the 2009 season, he assisted Jón Simonsen as coach of the same team in the next season he was alone responsible. In 2010, he was with ÍF Fuglafjørður in the Faroese Cup final, which they lost 0-1 against EB / Streymur. In the last two seasons, he finished second in the league each seventh. After the tenth round of the 2011 season Løkin resigned from his position as manager due to professional reasons back. For the 2013 season, he returned in NSÍ Runavík back into coaching positions. After matchday 15 he left the club to work in Norway can.
Achievements
- 2 × Faroese champions: 1979, 1992
- 1 × Faroese Cup Winners: 1986
Personal
By profession, Abraham Løkin originally food technician. He worked as a quality controller in the fishing industry. His sons Bogi (* 1988) and Karl ( * 1991) are also football players. Bogi reached on 11 October 2008, the 1-0 lead in a new version of the classic Faroe Austria and since then is considered a " national hero ".