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Atli Gregersen

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Atli Gregersen
Gregersen in 2014 with the Faroe Islands national team
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-06-15) 15 June 1982 (age 44)
Place of birth Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 Víkingur
Number 4
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2003 Randers FC 3 (0)
2003–2004 Lyngby BK 6 (1)
2004–2005 GÍ Gøta 32 (0)
2005 IF Skjold 2 (0)
2005–2007 BK Frem 13 (0)
2007 GÍ Gøta 24 (0)
2008–2010 Víkingur 57 (5)
2010–2011 Ross County 0 (0)
2011– Víkingur 366 (15)
International career‡
1998 Faroe Islands U17 7 (0)
1999–2000 Faroe Islands U19 5 (0)
2009– Faroe Islands 59 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 October 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 10:03, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

Atli Gregersen (born 15 June 1982) is a Faroese professional footballer who plays for Víkingur as a defender. He has been capped for the Faroe Islands at senior and youth level.

Club career

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Gregersen in 2012 with Víkingur

Gregersen spent his early career playing in both the Faroe Islands and Denmark, for Randers FC and Lyngby BK, IF Skjold, BK Frem, and Víkingur.[1]

Gregersen signed for Scottish club Ross County in June 2010,[2][3] before leaving the club in February 2011, having made just one appearance for them in the League Cup.[4]

In 2011, Gregersen returned to Vikingur. At the club he played alongside his son Árni Nóa Atlason, 24 years his junior, becoming the second father-son duo in the history of football to win a title in the top tier, after only Aleksei Yeryomenko and Alexei Eremenko, who won the Veikkausliiga in 2002 and 2003.[5] They also went on to set a new world record for the most father-son top-flight matches in the 21st century (currently 48, each with 24).[5] Additionally, Atli's father, Árni Gregersen, was also still active in the Faroese top-flight in 2024, but as a referee.[5] As the captain of Vikingur, he was named the Faroese Footballer of the Year, becoming, at the age of 42, the oldest player to do so.[5]

International career

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Having made his international debut in 2009, Gregersen became the national team captain in 2010.[2]

Career statistics

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Scores and results list the Faroe Islands' goal tally first.
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.22 March 2018Estadio Municipal de Marbella, Marbella, Spain Latvia1–01–1Friendly

Honours

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GÍ Gøta[1]

Víkingur[1]

Individual

References

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  1. 1 2 3 Atli Gregersen at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. 1 2 https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/Home/Faroe-Islands-captain-is-first-summer-signing-5943449.htm [permanent dead link]
  3. ↑ "Faroe Islands defender Atli Gregerson joins Ross County". BBC Sport. 11 June 2010. Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
  4. ↑ Atli Gregersen at Soccerbase
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Winning football dynasty". www.iffhs.com. 14 November 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
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