Hanus Thorleifsson (born 19 December 1985) is a Faroese

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, currently a free agent. Previously he played for

Skála ÍF Skála Ítróttarfelag (Skála ÍF) is a Faroese football club based in Skáli, municipality of Runavík. The club was founded on 15 May 1965. They currently play in the Betrideildin, which is the top football league of the Faroe Islands. The ...

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, ÍF Fuglafjørður,

B36 Tórshavn B36 Tórshavn ( fo, Bóltfelagið 1936 Tórshavn) is a Faroe Islands, Faroese semi professional Association football, football club based in the capital of Tórshavn, playing in the Faroe Islands Premier League, the top tier of Faroese football. ...

and Giza Hoyvík. Thorleifsson has been capped for the

Faroe Islands national football team The Faroe Islands national football team ( fo, Føroyska fótbóltsmanslandsliðið) represents the Faroe Islands in association football and is governed by the Faroe Islands Football Association (FSF). The FSF became a member of FIFA in 198 ...

at senior and junior level.

Club career

Thorleifsson begun his professional career with

in 2002. Until 2006 he played in 68 matches and scored 7 goals with the club in the

Faroe Islands Premier League The Faroe Islands Premier League (also known as ''Betri deildin menn'' for sponsorship reasons) is the top level of football in the Faroe Islands. It was founded in 1942 as Meistaradeildin, and it is played in current format since 2005, when Premi ...

. In November 2005 he transferred to

. Thorleifsson was in the starting line-up of B36 in the 2006

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final, where his team won the trophy by winning 2–1 versus KÍ. Following reports about leaving B36, he moved to rivals

in the summer of 2009. In January 2013 he moved to ÍF Fuglafjørður. In February 2014 Thorleifsson returned for a second spell in B36, after leaving the club in 2009. In

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Thorleifsson helped B36 win back-to-back championships for the first time in the club's history by scoring the winning goal against

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International career

Thorleifsson made his senior debut for the

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in a 6–0 away defeat against

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, coming in as a substitute for

Jónhard Frederiksberg Jónhard Frederiksberg (born 27 August 1980) is a Faroese international footballer who plays club football for Skála ÍF Skála Ítróttarfelag (Skála ÍF) is a Faroese football club based in Skáli, municipality of Runavík. The club was ...

. Totally he has been capped 3 times for the Faroe Islands at senior level.

Honours

;B36 Tórshavn *

(2):

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, *

(1): 2006 ;HB Tórshavn *

(2):

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References

External links

* *Player profile a
faroesoccer.com
*The full list of Faroe Islands national men's team from th
Faroe Islands Football Association
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thorleifsson, Hanus 1985 births Living people Faroese men's footballers Faroe Islands men's international footballers B36 Tórshavn players Havnar Bóltfelag players Skála ÍF players Ítróttarfelag Fuglafjarðar players Men's association football midfielders Faroe Islands men's youth international footballers