Jens Martin Knudsen (footballer)
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Jens Martin Knudsen (born 11 June 1967, in Saltangará) is a Faroese former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is famous for his 65[1] appearances for the Faroe Islands national football team and his penchant for wearing a white, wooly bobble hat.[2]
Despite being one of the weaker members of UEFA, the Faroe Islands pulled off one of the most famous upsets in soccer history beating then FIFA World Cup 1990 competitors Austria 1-0 in a UEFA 92 qualifier. Knudsen was one of the heroes on that night, pulling off a massive string of saves and becoming a cult hero in the process. At the time he was a part-time forklift truck driver from the Runavik fish factory.
On the BBC TV series Fantasy Football League in 1996, he appeared with presenters Frank Skinner and David Baddiel on the shows famous segment Phoenix From The Flames to re-create the famous moment. David and Frank played the part of the Austrian strikers and Jens played the part of himself saving their shots exactly the same in the actual match with the real footage played afters.
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