Adrian Rúnason Justinussen (born 21 July 1998) is a Faroese professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Hillerød Fodbold Hillerød Fodbold is a Danish association football club, located in the district of Ullerød in the western part of Hillerød, that is an independent men's football department of the sports club, Hillerød Gymnastik- og Idrætsforening (HGI). The ...

and the Faroe Islands national team.

Club career

Justinussen is a youth academy graduate of

Havnar Bóltfelag Havnar Bóltfelag (HB, lit. 'Harbour football club') is a Faroese football club, and is one of the oldest in the Faroe Islands. The club was founded in 1904, and is based in the city of Tórshavn. Home matches are played in Gundadalur and ...

. On 24 May 2020, he completed a hat-trick by scoring three free kicks in nine minutes in a league match against

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. On 3 March 2021, he signed a contract extension with the club until the end of the

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. On 19 January 2024, Justinussen joined

club

on a two-year deal.

International career

Justinussen made his senior team debut for

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on 29 March 2022 in a 1–0 friendly win over

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Personal life

In The Faroe Islands, Justinussen worked as an electrician while also playing football. {{cite web, url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-justinussen-967b74282/?originalSubdomain=fo After transferring to

, he turned fully professional.

Career statistics

Club

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International

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Honours

HB II *

: 2015 HB *

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 ...

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 alternan ...

: 2019, 2021 Individual *

Faroese Footballer of the Year The Faroese Footballer of the Year is an annual award chosen by a national newspaper, '' Sosialurin'', to determine the best player in the Faroe Islands. Winners Notes References {{National Footballer of the Year Association football pla ...

: 2018 *

top scorer:

{{cite web, title=Effodeildin 2018 - Top Scorer, url=https://www.worldfootball.net/goalgetter/fro-effodeildin-2018/, access-date=23 October 2020

References

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External links

* {{WorldFootball.net, adrian-justinussen {{Navboxes , title = Awards , fg = navy , bg = gold , list1 = {{Faroe Islands Premier League top scorers {{Faroese Footballer of the Year {{DEFAULTSORT:Justinussen, Adrian 1998 births Living people Faroese men's footballers Faroese expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards Faroe Islands men's youth international footballers Faroe Islands men's under-21 international footballers Faroe Islands Premier League players Havnar Bóltfelag players Hillerød Fodbold players Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark {{Faroes-footy-bio-stub