# Uni Arge

Uni Jógvanson Arge (born 20 January 1971 in Tórshavn) is a Faroese journalist, writer, musician, singer and a former international football striker.

## Career

Arge started is career with HB Tórshavn and made the first team in 1988. In June that year he came on as a substitute against IF from Fuglafjørður and scored shortly later. HB Tórshavn went on to win both the Championship and the Cup in 1988. Arge is the most scoring player in HB Tórshavn's history. He scored 182 goals in 232 matches and won the Championship three times and the Cup four times. HB were runners up in the League with Arge in the team four times and attended two more Cup finals, which they eventually lost.
In 1998, he moved to Iceland to join Leiftur in Ólafsfjørður and later IA in Akranes. In Iceland he played 50 matches and scored 22 goals. With IA he won the Cup in 2000 becoming the first Faroese footballer to win the Cup abroad. Together with the famous Faroese goalkeeper, Jens Martin Knudsen, he also was a finalist in 1998 with Leiftur, which were defeated 2-0 by IBV. Returning from Iceland in 2001 he joined HB Tórshavn and retired in 2002. He made a memorable comeback in 2005 when he came on as a substitute against TB from Tvøroyri and scored a stunner after only 40 seconds. Arge has played several matches in the European Cup for HB, Leiftur and Akranes and scored against Apoel Nicosia in a 1–1 draw with HB in 1997.

## International career

Arge made his debut for the Faroe Islands national football team in an August 1992 friendly match against Israel and earned 37 caps and 8 goals between 1992 and 2002. He is most memorable for scoring his country's first ever World Cup goal against Cyprus in April 1993. His goal against Spain in the Faroe Islands in 1996 is also famous for his celebration after defeating the world's best goalkeeper at that time, Zubizarreta.
One of his best performances was in the 2–2 draw against Bosnia Herzegovina on homeground in 1999, where he scored both the Faroese goals. He also had his influence on the remarkable comeback against Slovenia in the Faroes in 2000, where the Faroese team came from being behind 0–2 to clinch a 2–2 draw three minutes from time with goals from Arge and Øssur Hansen. On the national team Arge formed a great attacking duo together with former FC Copenhagen star striker Todi Jónsson.

## International goals

    Scores and results list Faroe Islands' goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 25 April 1993 | Tsirion Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus | Cyprus | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1994 WC Qualifying |
| 2 | 4 September 1996 | Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe Islands | Spain | 2–6 | 2–6 | 1998 WC Qualifying |
| 3 | 8 June 1997 | Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe Islands | Malta | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1998 WC Qualifying |
| 4 | 9 June 1999 | Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe Islands | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2000 Euro qualifying |
| 5 | 9 June 1999 | Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe Islands | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2000 Euro qualifying |
| 6 | 26 April 2000 | Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein | Liechtenstein | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 7 | 3 September 2000 | Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe Islands | Slovenia | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2002 WC Qualifying |
| 8 | 13 February 2002 | Pafiako Stadium, Paphos, Cyprus | Liechtenstein | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |