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 Denmark, 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 (H ...

and the Faroe Islands national team.

Club career

Justinussen is a youth academy graduate of

Havnar Bóltfelag Havnar Bóltfelag (HB, Literal translation, lit. 'Harbour Football Club') is a Faroe Islands, Faroese professional association football, football club, and is one of the oldest in the Faroe Islands. The club was founded in 1904, and is base ...

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

Argja Bóltfelag Argja Bóltfelag (AB) is a Faroe Islands, Faroese Professional sports, professional football Football team, club based in Argir. In 2020, they were playing their third season in the Faroe Islands Premier League, after being promoted from 1. deil ...

. On 3 March 2021, he signed a contract extension with the club until the end of the 2023 season. 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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. He scored his first goal for the Faroe Islands in a 4–0 friendly win against

on 22 March 2024.

Personal life

In The Faroe Islands, Justinussen worked as an electrician while also playing football. After transferring to

, he turned fully professional.

Career statistics

Club

International

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

Honours

HB II * 2. deild: 2015 HB *

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 ...

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Faroe Islands Super Cup The Faroe Islands Super Cup (in Faroese: ''Stórsteypadystur'', or simply ''Stórsteypið'') is a football competition contested between the Faroe Islands Premier League champions and the winners of the Faroe Islands Cup from the previous season. ...

: 2019, 2021 Individual * Faroese Footballer of the Year: 2018 *

top scorer:

References

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* 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 21st-century Danish sportsmen {{Faroes-footy-bio-stub