Jákup á Borg
Jákup á Borg in jersey HB Tórshavn (2008)
Jákup á Borg (born 26 October 1979) is a Faroese football player, who plays for B36 Tórshavn and was active in the Faroese national team.
Football
Association
Jákup á Borg started his career with B36 Tórshavn. He has already been used 16 years for the first team in the group stages of the Cup in 1996, the first competitive game was the 4-0 victory against TB Tvøroyri. In the cup game against B71 Sandur on the second match he scored his first competitive goal for the final score of 2:3. Shortly afterwards, he was also used at the start of the premier league and had there to the regulars, the first game went away from at KÍ Klaksvík 1:1. On 16 Matchday he scored the 3-1 against FS Vágar his first goal in the league. The game ended 5-1. The following year saw the first league title, which together with Jens Kristian Hansen, Tummas Eli Hansen, Óli Johannesen, Julian S. Johnsson and John Petersen could be achieved. Held to the goal tally of Á Borg in the first two years still limited, he was able to win the title of 1998 scorer. He repeated this success the following year. In 2001, he was with his club for the first time in the Cup victory, in the final KÍ Klaksvík was defeated 1-0. The championship could also opt for B36, which raises the double was achieved. His teammates this year were under Egil á Bø other, Jens Kristian Hansen, Hedin á Lakjuni, John Petersen and Pól Thorsteinsson.
Mid-2004 Á Borg for a few months to Odense BK, but could not prevail and there was only a substitute in a 4-0 victory against Herfølge BK two minutes before closing for Mwape Miti. In the same year he returned to the Faroe Islands and played for local rivals henceforth HB Tórshavn. Right in the first year, the double of league and cup was achieved. At the time, were among other January Dam, Rógvi Jacobsen and Hedin á Lakjuni in the team. In the cup final, in which Á Borg did not play, NSÍ Runavík was beaten 3-1. 2006 could be achieved together with Rógvi Jacobsen, the second championship title with HB, at the same time Á Borg was elected player of the year. The match for the Faroese Supercup in the following year lost in a penalty shootout against HB Tórshavn B36. After half of the 2008 season, he returned to B36, where he along with his team-mates Atli Danielsen and Súni Olsen took the next championship in 2011. The Supercup game was again lost, this time 1-2 against EB / Streymur.
European Cup
In 22 games in the European Cup Á Borg worked with, a goal he failed it. The first game he completed in 1997 for B36 Tórshavn in the UEFA Intertoto Cup at the 0:5 home defeat against KRC Genk when he came on in the 62nd minute when the score was 0:3 for Sigfríður S. Clementsen. Á Borg also worked for HB Tórshavn in the first qualifying round of the Champions League 3-0 in the return leg against WIT Georgia Tbilisi, which represented the biggest win of a Faroese team. However, HB was eliminated, since the first leg was lost with 0:5.
National
His first international assignment took place, as in Hans Fróði Hansen on August 19, 1998 at the European Championship qualifier against Bosnia, where he appeared as a substitute in the 72nd minute for Uni Arge. The game in Sarajevo was lost with 0:1. He plays for the national team usually on the outside right position. His first goal he succeeded on 27 April 2003 friendly match against Kazakhstan, he scored the opening goal in a 3-2 victory. In July 2010 Á Borg announced his resignation as a national player. For the European Championship qualifier against Estonia on 11 August 2010 but was nominated and re-used due to injury concerns. This 61st and last mission in the 1-2 defeat in Tallinn he is the sixth of the record player for the Faroese national team.
Achievements
- 5 × Faroese champions: 1997, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2011
- 3 × Faroese Cup Winners: 2001, 2003, 2004
- 2 × scorer of the first Faroese League: 1998, 1999
- 1 × Player of the Year: 2006
Personal
Á Borg has been mainly working as a used car dealer.