Arnbjørn Theodor Hansen (; born 27 February 1986 in

Eiði Eiði (''Northern Faroese'' �ɔiːjɪ) is a village located on the north-west tip of Eysturoy in the Faroe Islands. It is the seat of Eiði Municipality. It is located 4 km north of Ljósá and 6.5 km west of Funningur. History Eiði was first ...

) is a Faroese

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striker who plays for

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in the

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. 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

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

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, but was not offered a contract with the

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team. In 2008 Arnbjørn Hansen scored 20 goals in the

, the top Faroese division, for

. In 2006, he won the title "Best young player of the year

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

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, who scored 15. He also won the golden boot in 2010 together with

Christian Høgni Jacobsen Christian Høgni Jacobsen (born 12 May 1980) is a Faroese football striker, who lastly played for NSÍ. Jacobsen has also played for HB, and B68. He has been the topscorer of the Faroe Islands Premier League 3 times. Jacobsen had spells in D ...

from NSÍ; they scored 22 goals each.FaroeSoccer.com (You need to choose the year 2010 and "Mál" which means "Goals").
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International goals

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

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 *

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Team of the Season: 2012

References

Soccerandequipment.com
Player of the year 2008 Faroe Islands.

External links

Arnbjørn Hansen on FaroeSoccer.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hansen, Arnbjorn 1986 births Living people Faroese footballers Faroe Islands international footballers EB/Streymur players Faroe Islands under-21 international footballers Association football forwards Faroe Islands youth international footballers People from Eiði Municipality