Sonni Nattestad follows Norwegian Ole Erik Midtskogen as the second player to be signed by Dundalk from the Faroe Islands ahead of the 2021 season.

Similar to Midtskogen, who played for KI in last years’ Europa League (including the playoff against Dundalk) Nattestad also has plenty of experience on the European stage with B36 of Torsavn. He played in 3 of their Europa league matches last year.

The 26 year old centre back has played 31 times for his country and impressed as the Faroes have made steady improvement in recent years. At 6’6″ he isn’t a player to be intimidated at any level of the game.

We will be following the progress of both players in the coming season, and won’t be surprised if we see more Faroe Island based players making the journey south to Irish shores.

As followers of this blog will already know, the standard of the league in the North Atlantic archipelago is high. Teams like to play a high-tempo passing game with many players displaying excellent technique. There is a lot of potential and the Faroese look like excellent recruits for leagues around Europe.

For more on soccer in the Faroe Islands, check out this older post Way up north where the cold wind blos, there’s football in the Faroes