Uni Arge
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Uni Jógvansson Arge is a Faroese
journalist, musician and a former international football striker. He is also a former handball player. He played 105 matches for the handball club Kyndil
from Tórshavn
and scored 693 goals for the club.
in an August 1992 friendly match against Israel
and earned 37 caps and 8 goals between 1992 and 2002.
He is most memorable for scoring his country's first ever World Cup goal against Cyprus in April 1993. His goal against Spain in the Faroe Islands in 1996 is also famous for his celebration after defeating the world's best goalkeeper at that time, Zubizarreta. One of his best performances was in the 2-2 draw against Bosnia Herzegovina on homeground in 1999, where he scored both the Faroese goals. He also had a massive influence on the remarkable comeback against Slovenia in the Faroes in 2000, where the Faroese team came from being behind 0-2 to clinch a 2-2 draw three minutes from time with goals from Arge and Øssur Hansen. Arge formed the perhaps best Faroese attacking duo ever together with former FC Copenhagen star striker Todi Jónsson.
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...
journalist, musician and a former international football striker. He is also a former handball player. He played 105 matches for the handball club Kyndil
Kyndil
Kyndil is a Faroese handball club in Tórshavn, which was founded on 10 March 1956. Kyndil has team in the best divisions for both men and women, the club has also children's teams for boys and girls. The men's team of Kyndil has won the Faroese Championships 30 times in the Atlantic Airways Division...
from Tórshavn
Tórshavn
Tórshavn is the capital and largest town of the Faroe Islands. It is located in the southern part on the east coast of Streymoy. To the north west of the town lies the high mountain Húsareyn, and to the southwest, the high Kirkjubøreyn...
and scored 693 goals for the club.
Club career
Arge started his career with HB Tórshavn and made the 1st team in 1988. In June that year he came on as a substitute against IF from Fuglafjørður and scored two minutes later. HB Tórshavn went on to win both the Championship and the Cup in 1988. Arge is the most scoring player ever in HB Tórshavn's history. He scored 181 goals in 231 matches and won the Championship three times and the Cup four times. HB were runners up in the League with Arge in the team four times and attended two more Cup finals, which they eventually lost. In 1998 he moved to Iceland to join Leiftur in Ólafsfjørður and later IA in Akranes. In Iceland he played 50 matches and scored 22 goals. With IA he won the Cup in 2000 becoming the first ever Faroese footballer to win the Cup abroad. Together with the famous Faroese goalkeeper, Jens Martin Knudsen, he also was a finalist in 1998 with Leiftur, which were defeated 2-0 by IBV. Returning from Iceland in 2001 he joined HB Tórshavn and retired in 2002. He made a memorable comeback in 2005 when he came on as a substitute against TB from Tvøroyri and scored a beautiful goal after only 40 seconds. Arge has played several matches in the European Cup for HB, Leiftur and Akranes and scored against Apoel Nicosia in a 1-1 draw with HB in 1997.International career
Arge made his debut for the Faroe Islands national football teamFaroe Islands national football team
The Faroe Islands national football team represents the Faroe Islands in association football and is controlled by the Faroe Islands Football Association, the governing body for football in the Faroe Islands. The Faroe Islands became a member of FIFA in 1988 and UEFA in 1990 and are the third...
in an August 1992 friendly match against Israel
Israel national football team
The Israel national football team is the national football team of Israel, controlled by the Israel Football Association .Israel National Football is the direct successor of the Eretz Yisrael National Team during British Mandate...
and earned 37 caps and 8 goals between 1992 and 2002.
He is most memorable for scoring his country's first ever World Cup goal against Cyprus in April 1993. His goal against Spain in the Faroe Islands in 1996 is also famous for his celebration after defeating the world's best goalkeeper at that time, Zubizarreta. One of his best performances was in the 2-2 draw against Bosnia Herzegovina on homeground in 1999, where he scored both the Faroese goals. He also had a massive influence on the remarkable comeback against Slovenia in the Faroes in 2000, where the Faroese team came from being behind 0-2 to clinch a 2-2 draw three minutes from time with goals from Arge and Øssur Hansen. Arge formed the perhaps best Faroese attacking duo ever together with former FC Copenhagen star striker Todi Jónsson.
International goals
- Scores and results list Faroe Islands' goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 April 1993 | Tsirion Stadium Tsirion Stadium Tsirion Stadium is an all seater multi-purpose stadium in Limassol, Cyprus. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of AEL Limassol, Apollon Limassol, Aris Limassol and APEP Pitsilias. In the past, especially in 1990s, it was used as the home ground for the Cyprus... , Limassol Limassol Limassol is the second-largest city in Cyprus, with a population of 228,000 . It is the largest city in geographical size, and the biggest municipality on the island. The city is located on Akrotiri Bay, on the island's southern coast and it is the capital of Limassol District.Limassol is the... , Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the... |
3-1 | 3-1 | 1994 WC Qualifying | |
| 2 | 4 September 1996 | Svangaskarð, Toftir Toftir Toftir is a village in Nes Municipality on the island of Eysturoy, in the Faroe Islands .Toftir is part of a chain of villages stretching over a distance of 10 kilometres on the east side of Skálafjørður on Eysturoy.... , Faroe Islands Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland... |
2-6 | 2-6 | 1998 WC Qualifying | |
| 3 | 8 June 1997 | Svangaskarð, Toftir Toftir Toftir is a village in Nes Municipality on the island of Eysturoy, in the Faroe Islands .Toftir is part of a chain of villages stretching over a distance of 10 kilometres on the east side of Skálafjørður on Eysturoy.... , Faroe Islands Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland... |
1-0 | 2-1 | 1998 WC Qualifying | |
| 4 | 9 June 1999 | Svangaskarð, Toftir Toftir Toftir is a village in Nes Municipality on the island of Eysturoy, in the Faroe Islands .Toftir is part of a chain of villages stretching over a distance of 10 kilometres on the east side of Skálafjørður on Eysturoy.... , Faroe Islands Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland... |
1-1 | 2-2 | 2000 Euro qualifying | |
| 5 | 9 June 1999 | Svangaskarð, Toftir Toftir Toftir is a village in Nes Municipality on the island of Eysturoy, in the Faroe Islands .Toftir is part of a chain of villages stretching over a distance of 10 kilometres on the east side of Skálafjørður on Eysturoy.... , Faroe Islands Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland... |
2-1 | 2-2 | 2000 Euro qualifying | |
| 6 | 26 April 2000 | Rheinpark Stadion Rheinpark Stadion The Rheinpark Stadion in Vaduz is the national stadium of Liechtenstein. It plays host to the home matches of the Liechtenstein national football team, and is also the home of Liechtenstein's top football club, FC Vaduz.... , Vaduz Vaduz Vaduz is the capital of the principality of Liechtenstein and the seat of the national parliament. The town, located along the Rhine, has about 5,100 inhabitants , most of whom are Roman Catholic. Its cathedral is the seat of a Roman Catholic archbishop.... , Liechtenstein Liechtenstein The Principality of Liechtenstein is a doubly landlocked alpine country in Central Europe, bordered by Switzerland to the west and south and by Austria to the east. Its area is just over , and it has an estimated population of 35,000. Its capital is Vaduz. The biggest town is Schaan... |
1-0 | 1-0 | Friendly | |
| 7 | 3 September 2000 | Svangaskarð, Toftir Toftir Toftir is a village in Nes Municipality on the island of Eysturoy, in the Faroe Islands .Toftir is part of a chain of villages stretching over a distance of 10 kilometres on the east side of Skálafjørður on Eysturoy.... , Faroe Islands Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland... |
1-2 | 2-2 | 2002 WC Qualifying | |
| 8 | 13 February 2002 | Pafiako Stadium Pafiako Stadium The Pafiako Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Paphos, the stadium holds 10,000 people . It has a full size running track around the outside of its football and rugby playing field and is used for many athletics events throughout the year. It is regarded as one of the best pitches in Cyprus and... , Paphos Paphos Paphos , sometimes referred to as Pafos, is a coastal city in the southwest of Cyprus and the capital of Paphos District. In antiquity, two locations were called Paphos: Old Paphos and New Paphos. The currently inhabited city is New Paphos. It lies on the Mediterranean coast, about west of the... , Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the... |
1-0 | 1-0 | Friendly |
Trivia
- Uni Arge is educated journalist from The Danish School of Journalism in Aarhus, Denmark, and has for many years worked for different Faroese media sources, both as employed and free-lance, also during his years as an international footballer. In 2004, he published a book "Komin er nú onnur øld", analysing various political and social aspects of life on the Faroes.
- His father is author, journalist, politician and football announcer Jógvan Arge, who is the most famous radio reporter and on of the best selling authors on the Faroe Islands. His grandfather, Niels Juel Arge, was the director of the Faroese Broadcasting from 1960 til 1990. Their work at the Faroese Broadcasting is recognized as a huge contribution to Faroese culturel heritage. They have written 35 books on various historical matters relating to the Faroe Islands. His uncle, Magni Arge, has been managaing director of the Faroese airline, Atlantic Airways, since 1995.