Bill McLeod Jacobsen
Personal information
Full name William "Bill" McLeod Jacobsen
Date of birth (1974-11-30) 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)

Bill McLeod Jacobsen (born 30 November 1974 in Klaksvík, Faroe Islands) is head coach along with Heðin Askham for the Faroe Islands national under-21 football team. He was first appointed in 2007. These years have been a major success for the Faroe Islands under-21 team, especially 2009-2010 when the team finished the qualification with a historical 11 points, which is the highest by any Faroese national team has ever got during qualification stages.[1]

Career in the Faroese FA

In 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 has also been Assistant Manager for the Faroe Islands national football team for one match. For personal reasons, the assistant manager of the Faroe Islands national team couldn’t be there for the away game against Switzerland in 2001. So 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 the head coach for the Faroe Islands national team.

Club career

Jacobsen 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

  1. ↑ Highlights from the Faroe Islands national under-21 football team win against Russia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKfyxgzOKh4
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Bill McLeod Jacobsen interviewed by UEFA Press: http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=fro/news/newsid=1457094.html
  4. ↑ (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.
  5. ↑ "Fróði Benjaminsen is Player of the Year 2009 in the Faroe Islands". soccerandequipment.com. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  6. ↑ (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.
  7. ↑ "Bill úr B68 er ársins venjari — sportal.fo". sportal.fo.webtestlink.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  8. ↑ 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)
  9. ↑ B68Toftir (17 June 2008). "B68 Uptakt 2008". Retrieved 13 March 2017 – via YouTube.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ↑ "Home". nsi.fo.
  11. ↑ "Heim". ki.fo. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  12. ↑ "EfB - Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber: Fodbold". Archived from the original on 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
  13. ↑ "Bill Mc. Leod Jacobsen". isf.fo. 29 August 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
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