Hallur Hansson (born 8 July 1992) is a Faroese professional

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who plays as a

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for KÍ. Starting his professional career in Scotland as part of

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, he moved to Denmark to play for AaB from 2012 until 31 January 2014. The first half-year he was on loan from

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, but on 29 January 2013 he signed an 18-month deal with AaB. He then played two and a half years for

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. After impressing there, he was signed by AC Horsens. He is a member of the squad of the Faroe Islands national team, having previously played for the Faroe Islands U21, U19, the U17, and U15.

Club career

Hansson played for some years for the football club in

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; the club's name was formerly VB Vágur, in 2005 they merged with Sumba Football Club and was called VB/Sumba, who changed their name in 2010 to FC Suðuroy. Hansson lived in Vágur for some years with his family at that time, but later they moved to

Tórshavn Tórshavn (; lit. "Thor's harbour"), usually locally referred to as simply ''Havn'', is the capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands. It is located in the southern part on the east coast of Streymoy. To the northwest of the city lies the ...

and he began to play for

. It was in 2008 while he played for HB Tórshavn's youth team and some matches for the second best division, that he signed a two-year deal with

in Scotland together with

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from

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, who also played for HB Tórshavn at that time. Hansson and Sørensen were spotted by Aberdeen at the

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in 2006. Hallur Hansson played on the U17 Faroe Islands team which participated at the Aberdeen International Football Festival 2007. Hansson's team won the football competition in Aberdeen. In May 2010, both Faroese players (Hansson and Sørensen) extended their contracts with the club. Hansson made his debut for Aberdeen in the

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on 27 November 2010. Aberdeen lost 2–0 in their away match against

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. On 29 January 2013, he signed a one-and-a-half-year deal with

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club AaB after playing for the club for a half-year on loan from HB Tórshavn. He has made six appearances for AaB's Superliga team. On 31 January 2014, AaB announced that they no longer had a contract with Hansson. In February 2014, he made a contract with the Faroese club Víkingur Gøta. He made an immediate impact with his new club and would go on to score the only goal of the game in the final of the

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against former club HB. Following the 2014 season, he signed for Danish club

. On 17 June 2016, Hansson signed a two-year contract with Danish Superliga club AC Horsens. After five years in Horsens, Hansson's contract was terminated by mutual agreement on 24 July 2021. After a spell at Vejle, Hansson moved to

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for the 2022 season.

International career

Hansson went to

in Scotland in the summer of 2007 with the U17 Faroe Islands team to play in the

. Hansson and his team won the competition; it was the first time that the Faroe Islands U17 won this competition. Hansson played for the Faroe Islands U19 against Croatia U19 on 7 October 2010. The result was 2–2. He scored the second goal for the Faroe Islands after 82 minutes.

Senior team

Hansson made his debut for the Faroe Islands national team in a friendly loss to

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on 15 August 2012. His performance earned him a starting place for the team's first

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match, a 3–0 defeat to

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. On 11 October 2013, Hansson scored his first international goal in a 1–1 draw with

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in World Cup qualification. On 13 June 2015, he scored the Faroes' opening goal in a 2–1 win over former European champions

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Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Faroe Islands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hansson goal.''

Honours

Víkingur Gøta * Faroe Islands Cup:

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Individual *

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Best Midfielder:

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Team of the Season:

References

External links

UEFA.com, Hallur Hansson's profile

HB.fo

Hallur Hansson's profile on FaroeSoccer.com
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