Hallur Hansson

Hallur Hansson

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club career

Hansson played for some years for the football club in Vágur, Suðuroy; 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 and he began to play for HB Tórshavn. 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 Aberdeen in Scotland together with Gilli Sørensen from Tvøroyri, who also played for HB Tórshavn at that time. Hansson and Sørensen were spotted by Aberdeen at the Aberdeen International Football Festival 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 Scottish Premier League on 27 November 2010. Aberdeen lost 2–0 in their away match against Kilmarnock. On 29 January 2013, he signed a one-and-a-half-year deal with Danish Superliga 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…

International career

Youth

Hansson went to Aberdeen in Scotland in the summer of 2007 with the Faroe Islands under-17 team to play in the Aberdeen International Football Festival. 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 under-19s against Croatia on 7 October 2010, scoring his team's second goal in a 2–2 draw.

Senior

Hansson made his debut for the senior Faroe Islands national team in a friendly loss to Iceland on 15 August 2012. His performance earned him a starting place for the team's first 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match, a 3–0 defeat to Germany in Hannover. On 11 October 2013, Hansson scored his first international goal in a 1–1 draw with Kazakhstan in World Cup qualification. On 13 June 2015, during UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying, he scored the Faroes' opening goal in an upset 2–1 win over Greece.

Career statistics

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

Club
Víkingur Gøta (2014–2014)
Club
Aberdeen F.C. (2008–2011)
Club
Havnar Bóltfelag (2011–2012)
Club
AaB Fodbold (2012–2014)
Club
Vendsyssel FF (2014–)
Club
Faroe Islands national under-17 football team (2007–)
Club
Faroe Islands national under-19 football team (2009–2011)
Club
Faroe Islands national under-21 football team (2009–2013)
Club
Faroe Islands men's national football team (2012–)
Club
Aalborg Boldspilklub (2012–2014)
National team
Faroe Islands

Legacy

Honours

Víkingur Gøta

Faroe Islands Cup: 2014 Individual

Effodeildin Best Midfielder: 2012 Effodeildin Team of the Season: 2012

Clubs

Played together with

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

Faroese footballer

Position

midfielder

Extract from Wikipedia

Hallur Hansson is a Faroese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Faroe Islands Premier League club KÍ.

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