Arnbjørn Hansen
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Arnbjørn Theodor Hansen | ||
Date of birth | 27 February 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Eiði, Faroe Islands | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | EB/Streymur | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2014 | EB/Streymur | 209 | (131) |
2015–2016 | HB Tórshavn | 11 | (7) |
2017– | EB/Streymur | 61 | (17) |
International career‡ | |||
2004 | Faroe Islands U19 | 2 | (0) |
2007 | Faroe Islands U21 | 4 | (1) |
2006– | Faroe Islands | 17 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 November 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2020 |
Arnbjørn Theodor Hansen (Faroese pronunciation: [ˈaɻɳ.ˌpjœtn ˈhan̥s.ɛn]; born 27 February 1986 in Eiði) is a Faroese football striker who plays for EB/Streymur in the Faroe Islands Premier League. He has also played for the Faroe Islands national team from 2006 to 2014. As of 20 November 2020 he has played 288 matches and scored 155 goals in the Faroe Islands Premier League
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Career
Arnbjørn Theodor Hansen has some good skills in handball and football. Through his younger years he played with HB and EB/Streymur. When Arnbjørn was at HB, he was 12 years old. He moved to EB/Streymur after his short spell at HB and it was there his football career really started. He had trials at Danish club Odense BK, but was not offered a contract with the Danish Superliga team. In 2008 Arnbjørn Hansen scored 20 goals in the Faroe Islands Premier League, the top Faroese division, for EB/Streymur. In 2006, he won the title "Best young player of the year".[1] He was chosen as player of the year 2008. Hansen won the Faroese Golden Boot 2008 for being the top scorer in the top Faroese division, Vodafonedeildin. He scored 20 goals, which was 5 goals more than number two on the top scoring list, Andrew av Fløtum from HB Tórshavn, who scored 15.[1] He also won the golden boot in 2010 together with Christian Høgni Jacobsen from NSÍ; they scored 22 goals each.[2]
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International goals
- Scores and results list Faroe Islands' goal tally first.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 9 September 2009 | Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe Islands | ![]() |
2–1 | 2–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying |
2 | 7 June 2011 | Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe Islands | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying |
3 | 16 October 2012 | Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands | ![]() |
1–2 | 1–4 | 2014 World Cup qualifier |
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Honours
- Faroese Premier League: 2008 and 2012
- Faroese Premier League Runner-up: 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011
Individual
- Faroe Islands Player of the Year: 2008
- Effodeildin Team of the Season: 2012
Source: "Arnbjørn Hansen", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, December 17th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnbjørn_Hansen.
Further Reading
References
- Soccerandequipment.com, Player of the year 2008 Faroe Islands.
External links
- Arnbjørn Hansen on FaroeSoccer.com
- Arnbjørn Hansen at National-Football-Teams.com
Categories
- 1986 births
- Articles with short description
- Association football forwards
- EB/Streymur players
- Faroe Islands international footballers
- Faroe Islands under-21 international footballers
- Faroe Islands youth international footballers
- Faroese footballers
- Living people
- People from Eiði Municipality
- Short description matches Wikidata
- Use dmy dates from October 2021
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