Rannvá Andreasen


Rannvá Biskopstø Andreasen is a Faroese football forward for KÍ Klaksvík of the Faroese 1. deild kvinnur. Since 2004, she has represented the Faroe Islands women's national football team at senior international level. She is the national team's all-time record goalscorer, inclusive of both male and female players.

Club career

In 1995, aged 14, Andreasen made her 1. deild kvinnur debut for KÍ Klaksvík in an 11–0 thrashing by rivals HB Tórshavn. Despite the inauspicious start Andreasen emerged as a promising player and finished her first season with 15 goals. In 1997 she was the league's top goalscorer for the first time with 28 goals as KÍ won the championship. In 2000, KÍ won a league and cup double, beating HB Tórshavn 2–0 in the cup final.
As of 2013, KÍ have won the league title every season since 2000, with Andreasen as top goalscorer on 11 occasions, including in 2003 when she scored a record 46 goals. She also collected ten Faroese Women's Cup winner's medals.
Andreasen has made 50 appearances and scored 16 goals for KÍ in the UEFA Women's Champions League, formerly known as the UEFA Women's Cup. Her debut came in October 2001, in the first round of the inaugural 2001–02 competition held in Helsinki. Andreasen scored both goals in KÍ's opening 2–1 win over Austrians USC Landhaus Wien, but the team then lost 4–0 to hosts HJK and Italian champions Torres and were eliminated.

International career

The Faroe Islands Football Association relaunched their senior women's national team in 2004 after an eight-year hiatus. Andreasen played the whole of their first match, a 2–1 friendly defeat to Ireland. The match was staged in Klaksvík on 12 October 2004, the day before the nations' senior men's teams met at Lansdowne Road, Dublin.
In the next match, a return friendly with Ireland at the Oscar Traynor Centre in Dublin, Andreasen put the Faroe Islands ahead after six minutes. Ireland hit back to win 2–1.
Andreasen was part of the squad as the Faroe Islands won the football tournament at the 2005 Island Games in Shetland. She struck two goals in a 3–0 win over Bermuda and contributed four to the 12–0 defeat of Guernsey in the gold medal match.
Andreasen's first matches in UEFA competition came in the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying series. At a preliminary round mini-tournament held in Strumica, Macedonia, the Faroe Islands lost 2–1 to Wales and 1–0 to Kazakhstan, but then beat hosts Macedonia 7–0. Andreasen plundered four goals in a result which remained the Faroe Islands' record win, until their 8–0 thrashing of Andorra on 6 April 2015 with Rannvá again netting four goals.
In 2012, Andreasen and her KÍ teammates Randi Wardum and Malena Josephsen simultaneously became the first female Faroese players to win 25 caps. She holds the record for most matches and scored goals for the Faroe Islands; as of 25 October 2017 she has played 51 matches and scored 26 goals.

Personal life

For much of her career at club and international level, Andreasen has played alongside her twin Ragna Patawary.

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionSource
16 June 2005Dublin, Ireland1–01–2Friendly
212 July 2005Cunningsburgh, Shetland1–03–02005 Island Games
312 July 2005Cunningsburgh, Shetland3–03–02005 Island Games
423 October 2006Stadion Kukuš, Strumica, Macedonia2–07–0UEFA Women's Euro 2009 Qual.
523 October 2006Stadion Kukuš, Strumica, Macedonia3–07–0UEFA Women's Euro 2009 Qual.
623 October 2006Stadion Kukuš, Strumica, Macedonia4–07–0UEFA Women's Euro 2009 Qual.
723 October 2006Stadion Kukuš, Strumica, Macedonia7–07–0UEFA Women's Euro 2009 Qual.
87 November 2007Panevėžys, Lithuania1–03–0UEFA friendly competition
925 October 2008Marijampolė, Lithuania1–04–1UEFA friendly competition
1012 May 2008Luxembourg, Luxembourg1–14–2UEFA friendly competition
1112 May 2008Luxembourg, Luxembourg2–14–2UEFA friendly competition
1215 May 2008Luxembourg, Luxembourg1–04–2UEFA friendly competition
1315 May 2008Luxembourg, Luxembourg2–04–2UEFA friendly competition
1411 April 2009Sportski park Podravac, Virje, Croatia2–13–1UEFA friendly competition
1513 April 2009NK Pitomača, Pitomača, Croatia1–22–3UEFA friendly competition
1628 November 2012Stade Jos Haupert, Niederkorn, Luxembourg1–06–0UEFA friendly competition
1728 November 2012Stade Jos Haupert, Niederkorn, Luxembourg3–06–0UEFA friendly competition
186 April 2013LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania1–01–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup Qual. – UEFA Preliminary Round
196 April 2015Victor Tedesco Stadium, Ħamrun, Malta1–08–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying preliminary round
206 April 2015Victor Tedesco Stadium, Ħamrun, Malta2–08–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying preliminary round
216 April 2015Victor Tedesco Stadium, Ħamrun, Malta6–08–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying preliminary round
226 April 2015Victor Tedesco Stadium, Ħamrun, Malta7–08–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying preliminary round
239 April 2015Victor Tedesco Stadium, Ħamrun, Malta1–04–2UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying preliminary round
244 August 2016Latvia2–22–2Baltic Cup
255 August 2016Riga, Latvia1–01–0Baltic Cup
2611 April 2017Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands1–12–12019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA preliminary round