Arnbjørn Hansen


Arnbjørn Theodor Hansen is a Faroese football striker who plays for EB/Streymur in the Faroe Islands Premier League. He also plays for the Faroe Islands national team.

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 Odense BK, but was not offered a contract with the Danish Superliga team. In 2008 Arnbjørn Hansen scored 20 goals in the Faroe Islands Premier League, the top Faroese division, for EB/Streymur. 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 HB Tórshavn, who scored 15. He also won the golden boot in 2010 together with Christian Høgni Jacobsen from NSÍ; they scored 22 goals each.

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
19 September 2009Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe Islands2–12–12010 FIFA World Cup qualifying
27 June 2011Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe Islands2–02–0UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
316 October 2012Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands1–21–42014 World Cup qualifier

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