Páll Klettskarð


Páll Klettskarð is Faroese striker playing for KÍ Klaksvík and the Faroe Islands national team.

International career

He was called up to the Faroe Islands squad in February 2013 for a training camp held in Thailand and came on as a substitute in a friendly match against the Thailand U23 team.
He made his official debut for the Faroe Islands in a World Cup qualifier against Ireland on 7 June 2013.

Individual awards

His mother is Óluvá Klettskarð, who is a member of the Faroese parliament since 2011 representing Tjóðveldi.

Controversy

Páll Klettskarð sometimes participates in activities which are normal in the Faroe Islands, i.e. sheep herding and pilot whaling. In July 2016 the Faroese news portal Norðlýsið added photos showing Klettskarð and another football player of KÍ Klaksvík participating in the harvesting of a pod of pilot whales in the bay of Hvannasund. The organisation Sea Shepherd Conservation Society used the information and photos in their campaign in order to end the around 1000 year old whaling tradition in the Faroe Islands. Klettskarð received a lot of Facebook-messages after the incident from people who were upset about the news.