| Jákup Mikkelsen |
 Jákup Nolsøe Mikkelsen was born on Friday, 14th August, 1970, in Klaksvík. The 5' 11 (12st 6lbs) goalkeeper signed for Gerry Collins's Thistle on Monday, 28th July, 2003 (after a short trial period), having most recently been with Molde. Aged 32, he made his debut appearance on Saturday, 19th July, 2003, in a 4-2 friendly win at home to Bradford City. Jákup kept his first clean-sheet on Thursday, 31st July, 2003, in a 1-0 friendly win away to Cliftonville. He kept his second and last clean-sheet on Saturday, 2nd August, 2003, in a 3-0 friendly win away to Crusaders. He played his last game for the club on Saturday, 13th September, 2003, in a 2-1 defeat away to Aberdeen in the Scottish Premier League, having appeared as a Jag on 10 occasions. Jákup's club-list included Klaksvík, Herfølge, Molde, Partick Thistle, B36 Tórshavn and Fuglafjørður. |
| compiled from our All Games criteria. |
| # |  |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 32y, 11m, 17d | |
31.07.2003 Cliftonville [a] W1-0 (Friendly) |
| 2 | 32y, 11m, 19d | |
02.08.2003 Crusaders [a] W3-0 (Friendly) |
| Jákup Mikkelsen's clean-sheet ratio |
|---|
| 2/10 ← success rate → 20.0% |
| Thistle's clean-sheet ratio |
|---|
| 1610/6864 ← success rate → 23.5% |
| @ 20-Dec-2025 |
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