Gilli Rólantsson

Gilli Rólantsson Sørensen (born 11 August 1992) is a Faroese professional footballer who plays for Klaksvíkar Ítróttarfelag and the Faroe Islands national team.^[3]

Gilli Rólantsson

Personal information
Full name	Gilli Rólantsson Sørensen[1]
Date of birth	(1992-08-11) 11 August 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Tvøroyri, Faroe Islands
Position(s)	Full-back
Team information
Current team	KÍ
Number	27
Youth career
2009	TB
2010	Aberdeen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2013	TB	24	(6)
2013–2014	B36	25	(2)
2014–2016	AaB	23	(0)
2016–2020	Brann	97	(10)
2021–2022	Odd	42	(1)
2022–2023	TB	12	(0)
2023–2024	Vejle	6	(0)
2024–2025	TB	37	(1)
2025–	KÍ	3	(0)
International career‡
2007–2008	Faroe Islands U17	10	(2)
2009–2010	Faroe Islands U19	6	(2)
2011–2013	Faroe Islands U21	11	(1)
2013–	Faroe Islands	66	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:26, 3 July 2023 (UTC) [2]

Career

He has earlier played for TB Tvøroyri, B36 Tórshavn, AaB^[4] and the Scottish U19 team of Aberdeen F.C. He was the captain of the Faroese U21 national football team.^[5][6]

On 10 February 2021 he signed a two-year deal with Norwegian Eliteserien club Odd.^[7]

On 3 July 2023 he signed a one-year deal with Danish Superliga club Vejle.^[8] Due to the high competition and limited playing minutes, the parties agreed to terminate the collaboration on 20 December 2023.^[9] He soon returned to his hometown club TB Tvoroyri.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 May 2022^[10]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
TB	2012	Betri deildin menn	24	6	-		-		24	6
	Total		24	6	-	-	-	-	24	6
B36	2013	Betri deildin menn	25	2	1	0	-		26	2
	Total		25	2	1	0	-	-	26	2
AaB	2013-14	Danish Superliga	-		1	0	-		1	0
	2014-15		9	0	-		-		9	0
	2015-16		11	0	3	1	-		14	1
	2016-17		3	0	-		-		3	0
	Total		23	0	4	1	-	-	27	1
Brann	2016	Tippeligaen	7	1	-		-		7	1
	2017	Eliteserien	25	4	3	0	2	0	31	4
	2018		28	4	3	0	-		31	4
	2019		24	1	3	0	2	0	29	1
	2020		13	0	0	0	-		13	0
	Total		97	10	9	0	4	0	105	10
Odd	2021	Eliteserien	20	1	3	1	-		23	2
	2022		8	0	2	1	-		10	1
	Total		28	1	5	2	0	0	33	3
TB	2023	Betri deildin menn	12	0	0	0	-		12	0
	Total		12	0	1	0	-	-	12	0
Career total			197	19	19	3	4	0	220	22

International goals

Scores and results list the Faroe Islands' goal tally first.^[11]

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	3 September 2017	Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands	Andorra	1–0	1–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

AaB

• Danish Superliga: 2013–14
• Danish Cup: 2013–14