Jákup Mikkelsen

Jákup Mikkelsen
Jákup Mikkelsen
● Jákup Mikkelsen (GI)

born in the Faroe Islands

Jákup Nolsøe Mikkelsen was born on Friday, 14th August, 1970, in Klaksvík.

The 5' 11 (12st 6lbs) goalkeeper signed for Gerry Collins's Thistle on Monday, 28th July, 2003 (after a short trial period), having most recently been with Molde.

Aged 32, he made his debut appearance on Saturday, 19th July, 2003, in a 4-2 friendly win at home to Bradford City.

Jákup kept his first clean-sheet on Thursday, 31st July, 2003, in a 1-0 friendly win away to Cliftonville.

He kept his second and last clean-sheet on Saturday, 2nd August, 2003, in a 3-0 friendly win away to Crusaders.

He played his last game for the club on Saturday, 13th September, 2003, in a 2-1 defeat away to Aberdeen in the Scottish Premier League, having appeared as a Jag on 10 occasions.

Jákup's club-list included Klaksvík, Herfølge, Molde, Partick Thistle, B36 Tórshavn and Fuglafjørður.

compiled from our All Games criteria.
# Age Clean-Sheet Match
1 32y, 11m, 17d clean-sheet 31.07.2003 Cliftonville [a] W1-0 (Friendly)
2 32y, 11m, 19d clean-sheet 02.08.2003 Crusaders [a] W3-0 (Friendly)
Jákup Mikkelsen's clean-sheet ratio
2/10 ← success rate → 20.0%
Thistle's clean-sheet ratio
1621/6903 ← success rate → 23.5%
@ 02-Aug-2026

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