Heðin á Lakjuni (born 19 February 1978) is a former Faroese international

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

, who played as a full-back and a winger for four Faroese clubs in the top tier. Lakjuni started his career with KÍ Klaksvík and had spells with

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 ...

HB Tórshavn HB or Hb may refer to: Academia * H-b index, an extension of the h-index used in determining academic impact * H-B Woodlawn, a secondary education program in Arlington, Virginia, US * Hathaway Brown School, an all-girls private school in Shaker ...

, and

NSÍ Runavík NSÍ Runavík is a Faroe Islands, Faroese professional association football, football club, playing in Runavík on the island of Eysturoy. It was founded 24 March 1957. In 2003 NSÍ participated for the first time on a European stage. In 2007, t ...

. He has won the

Faroe Islands Premier League The Faroe Islands Premier League (also known as ''Betri deildin'' 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 Premier L ...

3 times, and the

Faroe Islands Cup The Faroe Islands Cup (, literally the Prime Minister Cup) is the main football cup competition in the Faroe Islands. The first edition was played in 1955. History The HB–TB decade The first decade of the competition was marked by the alternanc ...

4 times. Since April 2015 he holds the record for most league appearances with 417 matches in the Faroe Islands Premier League. He scored 100 goals in the Faroe Islands Premier League. Lakjuni has celebrated domestic doubles with three different teams (KÍ, B36, and HB). After making his debut for the

Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands ( ) (alt. the Faroes) are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. Located between Iceland, Norway, and the United Kingdom, the islands have a populat ...

in 1999, Lakjuni has been

capped In sport, a cap is a player's appearance in a game at international level. The term dates from the practice in the United Kingdom of awarding a cap to every player in an international match of rugby football and association football. In the e ...

for the team 16 times and scored once.

Club career

Lakjuni started his career with KÍ Klaksvík in 1995. After playing in the club's reserve teams, he made his first team debut against GÍ. He also managed to score his first goal for KÍ, during the campaign, to help his team win 4–3 against B68. Lakjuni was a member of the KÍ squad that won the

double Double, The Double or Dubble may refer to: Mathematics and computing * Multiplication by 2 * Double precision, a floating-point representation of numbers that is typically 64 bits in length * A double number of the form x+yj, where j^2=+1 * A ...

in 1999. Following the conclusion of the 2000 season with KÍ, Lakjuni transferred to

. In the 2001 Faroese Cup final Lakjuni faced his former team, and created the opportunity that helped his teammate Jens Kristian Hansen score the match's only goal. At the end of the season Lakjuni celebrated his second double, as B36 won the

championship In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion. Championship systems Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship. Title match system In this sys ...

. After one season with B36, Lakjuni returned to KÍ Klaksvík. His second spell at KÍ was short; after one season he signed for a second time with B36. He was a starter in the 2003 Faroese Cup final, helping his team win the trophy after a 3–1 victory against GÍ Gøta. By winning the 2003 championship he achieved yet another double. On 29 December 2003 he signed for

. Lakjuni was a starter in the 2004 cup final for HB, helping his team to win

1–3 in

Tórsvøllur Tórsvøllur is a football stadium on the sport site of Gundadalur in Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands. The stadium holds 6,500 people, and was built in 1999 to become the country's national stadium to provide an artificial grass surf ...

. After winning the 2004 league title with HB, Lakjuni returned to KÍ in October 2004. He left KÍ for NSÍ Runavík in February 2010. He made his debut for the club in a cup match against

EB/Streymur EB/Streymur is a Faroe Islands, Faroese Professional sports, semi-professional football Football team, club based in Streymnes and Eiði. The club was founded in 1993, as result of the merger between Eiðis Bóltfelag, EB and Ítróttarfelagið S ...

. In January 2012 he returned to KÍ to have his fourth spell with the club. In October 2014, Lakjuni was set to make his 400th appearance in the

; at the time he was the second only to

Egil á Bø Egil á Bø (born 2 April 1974, né Egil Zachariasen) is a Faroese football defender who plays for EB/Streymur and the Faroe Islands national football team. Bø scored his first goal for the national team in a 3-1 defeat in Piatra Neamţ to R ...

in appearances among active players. In April 2015, by making his 408th appearance in the Faroe Islands Premier League, he surpassed Egil á Bø and set the record for most league appearances. In May 2015, he scored his 100th goal in the top tier of Faroese football, helping his team get past

FC Suðuroy FC Suðuroy is a Faroe Islands, Faroese professional Association football, football club which was founded in January 2010 and consists of the former clubs Vágs Bóltfelag, VB (founded in 1905) and SÍ Sumba, Sumba (founded in 1949), which merge ...

2–1 at home.

International careers

Although he received his first call-up in the senior squad by

Allan Simonsen Allan Rodenkam Simonsen (born 15 December 1952) is a Danish former footballer and manager. He most prominently played as a striker for German Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach, winning the 1975 and 1979 UEFA Cups, as well as for Barcel ...

in 1997, Lakjuni made his debut for the

in March 1999, in an away 0–0 friendly draw against

Andorra Andorra, officially the Principality of Andorra, is a Sovereignty, sovereign landlocked country on the Iberian Peninsula, in the eastern Pyrenees in Southwestern Europe, Andorra–France border, bordered by France to the north and Spain to A ...

. His competitive debut came almost six months later when he came in as a substitute for

Henning Jarnskor Henning Jarnskor (born 15 November 1972) is a retired Faroese football midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch ...

in a Euro 2000 qualifiers match against

Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...

. He scored his first and only goal in a friendly 3–2 win against

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...

in 2003, following an assist by Hjalgrím Elttør. Totally he has appeared in 16 matches for the Faroe Islands.

International goal

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

Honours

KÍ Klaksvík *

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

: 1999 B36 Tórshavn *

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

: 2001, 2003 HB Tórshavn *

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

: 2004

References

External links

*
Heðin á Lakjuni
at FaroeSoccer.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Lakjuni, Hedin a 1978 births Living people Faroese men's footballers Faroe Islands men's international footballers B36 Tórshavn players Havnar Bóltfelag players Klaksvíkar Ítróttarfelag players NSÍ Runavík players People from Klaksvík Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders