Arnbjørn Hansen
Arnbjørn Theodor Hansen ( born February 27, 1986 in Eiði ) is a Faroese football player who plays for the Faroese Erstligisten EB / Streymur and for the national team.
Football
Club career
Hansen since his youth has already played EB / Streymur. His debut for the second team, he was on the second matchday of the 2003 season in a 1-0 away win against B36 Tórshavn III in the third division. Here Hansen scored the winning goal and was substituted in the 86th minute for Leif Niclasen. In his first season he was one of the key players of the second team and played in second place and the play-offs for promotion to the second division against LIF Leirvík which ended 1:1 and 1:3, which the team remained in the third division. Matchday 18 of the 2004 season he was in the first division debut in the 0-1 against Skala ÍF when he came on in the 61st minute for Fróði Clementsen. The following year, Hansen graduated only five games for the first and second team. His breakthrough came in 2006, where he now was one of the key players of the first team and was elected directly for " Young Player of the Year." The first league goal he scored in the ninth match day 5-0 away win against VB / Sumba, Hansen scored in the final minute for the final score. In 2007, he missed the first third of the season due to a broken foot. However, this season he succeeded with his team in the first Cup victory with a 4-3 victory over HB Tórshavn, where Hansen scored the 3-0. A year later, the league and cup double. In the cup final, he scored two goals in the 3-2 win against B36 Tórshavn, also Hansen was elected with 20 goals scorer in the first division and the " Player of the Season ". His teammates this year were Egil á Bø, among others, and Mikkjal K. Thomassen. 2010 Hansen was with Christian Høgni Jacobsen and 22 goals scored again scorer and succeeded with EB / Streymur the third Cup victory in the last four years. This time ÍF Fuglafjørður was defeated 1-0.
In the match for the Supercup against the Faroese champions HB Tórshavn Hansen scored both goals in the 2-0 victory. Also two times he met in the new edition of the Cup final last year against ÍF Fuglafjørður, which won EB / Streymur 3-0. In 2012, Hansen contributed its share in the renewed success in the Supercup, when he scored the winning goal to make it 2-1 in stoppage time against last year's champion B36 Tórshavn. In addition, again was the championship to be held at the site of Egil á Bø and Jónhard Frederiksberg. The Cup final but was lost in a penalty shoot-out against Víkingur Gøta, Hansen missed the decisive penalty in this case. In 2013 the team was defeated in the cup final Víkingur Gøta 0-2. In April Hansen fell for several weeks due to a knee injury and could thus disputed, only half of all league games.
European Cup
Hansen takes far 16 European Cup bets. He made his debut in 2007/ 08 for EB / Streymur in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup in the 0-1 away defeat in the first leg against Myllykosken Pallo -47. Hansen was thereby replaced in the 68th minute against Hanus Eliasen, the return match ended 1-1. His first goal he succeeded in the first leg of the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League 1-1 draw against FK Qarabağ Aghdam. After the 0-0 draw in the return leg EB / Streymur retired on the away goals rule. In the first qualifying round of the Champions League 2013/14 against FC Lusitano he met both in the away match, which ended 2-2, and the 5-1 victory in the second leg. In the second qualifying round EB / Streymur difference with 1:6 and 1:3 against Dinamo Tbilisi.
National
On 7 October 2006 Hansen, together with team-mate Marni Djurhuus was the European Championship qualifier against Lithuania his debut in the Faroese national team when he came on in the 90th minute for Pauli Hansen. The game was lost 0-1. His first international goal he scored on 9 September 2009 in a World Cup qualifier against Lithuania when he scored the 2:1 and thus the winning goal.
Achievements
- 2 × Faroese champions: 2008, 2012
- 4 × Faroese Cup Winners: 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011
- 2 × scorer of the first Faroese League: 2008, 2010
- 2 × Faroese Supercup Winner: 2011, 2012
- 1 × Player of the Year: 2008
- 1 × Rookie of the Year: 2006
Personal
Arnbjørn Hansen's older brother Gert Aage (* 1984) plays since 2003 also for EB / Streymur in the first division.