Øssur Hansen (born 7 January 1971) is a Faroese football midfielder/defender who currently played for

B68 Toftir B68 Toftir is a Faroe Islands, Faroese football Football team, club based in the village of Toftir in Betri deildin. History After being promoted to the Faroe Islands Premier League Football, 1. deild (now called Effodeildin) in 1980, they won t ...

in the Faroese Premier League. Hansen is amongst the 10 most capped players of the Faroe Islands national team with 51 matches.Football.fo

Club career

He has played most of his career with

, but has also played with GÍ Gøta,

B36 Tórshavn B36 Tórshavn () is a Faroese football club based in the capital of Tórshavn, playing in the Faroe Islands Premier League, the top tier of Faroese football. B36 Tórshavn has always played its home games in Gundadalur. Today B36 Tórshavn i ...

and a number of smaller Danish Clubs.

International career

Øssur Hansen made his debut for the

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in May 1992 against

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. He played 51 senior international matches scoring 2 goals, his last match was the famous October 2002 1–2 loss against

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in Hanover. He has scored two international goals, both of which proved indispensable; a penalty equalizer in a 2–1 victory away to Malta on 30 April 1997 and, most famously, a stunning free kick equalizer deep in injury time in a 2–2 draw against Slovenia on 3 September 2000. He is the sixth most capped player for the Faroe Islands national side.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Faroe Islands' goal tally first.''

References

FaroeSoccer.com

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External links

Profile on the B68 Toftir website
1971 births Living people Faroese men's footballers Faroe Islands men's international footballers B68 Toftir players Vejle Boldklub players B36 Tórshavn players Boldklubben af 1893 players Gøtu Ítróttarfelag players People from Toftir Men's association football midfielders {{Faroes-footy-bio-stub