Hilmar Leon Jakobsen

Hilmar Leon Jakobsen

Personal information
Full name	Hilmar Leon Jakobsen
Date of birth	(1997-08-02) 2 August 1997
Place of birth	Faroe Islands
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	HB
Number	23
Youth career
0000–2015	HB
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2015	HB	2	(1)
2014–2015	HB II	18	(8)
2018	HB	0	(0)
2020–	HB II	3	(4)
2020–	HB	17	(12)
International career‡
2013	Faroe Islands U17	9	(0)
2014	Faroe Islands U19	2	(0)
2020–	Faroe Islands	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:59, 11 November 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2020

Hilmar Leon Jakobsen (born 2 August 1997) is a Faroese footballer who plays as a forward for HB and the Faroe Islands national team.

Career

Club

Jakobsen has played football as well as handball, as a handball player he played for the Faroese club H71 and the national team. He played football as a young boy for HB Tórshavn for the U18 from 2013 to 2015 and for the U21 team in 2018, but due to injuries he chose to play handball instead of football. In June 2020 HB Tórshavn had several players who could not play because of injuries, so they asked Hilmar Leon Jakobsen if he could help them. He played at first in the second best division three matches, the first one was on 15 June 2020. On 4 July he played his first match for the first time in several years in the top tier. On 20 August the same year he played a match for HB Tórshavn in Europa League. Four months after his shift from handball to football and his first match for HB Tórshavn in the top tier for several years, he had his debut for the Faroe Islands national team.

International

Jakobsen made his international debut for the Faroe Islands on 11 November 2020 in a friendly match against Lithuania.

Career statistics

International

As of 18 November 2020

Faroe Islands
Year	Apps	Goals
2020	3	0
Total	3	0

External links

• Hilmar Leon Jakobsen at FaroeSoccer.com
• Hilmar Leon Jakobsen at Soccerway