Hanus Thorleifsson (born 19 December 1985) is a
Faroese footballer, currently a free agent. Previously he played for
Skála ÍF,
HB Tórshavn,
ÍF Fuglafjørður,
B36 Tórshavn and
Giza Hoyvík. Thorleifsson has been capped for the
Faroe Islands national football team at senior and junior level.
Club career
Thorleifsson begun his professional career with
Skála ÍF in 2002.
Until 2006 he played in 68 matches and scored 7 goals with the club in the
Faroe Islands Premier League.
In November 2005 he transferred to
B36 Tórshavn. Thorleifsson was in the starting line-up of B36 in the 2006
Faroe Islands Cup final, where his team won the trophy by winning 2–1 versus
KÍ. Following reports about leaving B36, he moved to rivals
HB Tórshavn in the summer of 2009.
In January 2013 he moved to
ÍF Fuglafjørður. In February 2014 Thorleifsson returned for a second spell in B36, after leaving the club in 2009. In
2015 Thorleifsson helped B36 win back-to-back championships for the first time in the club's history by scoring the winning goal against
TB Tvøroyri.
International career
Thorleifsson made his senior debut for the
Faroe Islands
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in a 6–0 away defeat against
Scotland
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, coming in as a substitute for
Jónhard Frederiksberg.
Totally he has been capped 3 times for the Faroe Islands at senior level.
Honours
;B36 Tórshavn
*
Faroe Islands Premier League (2):
2014,
2015,
*
Faroe Islands Cup (1): 2006
;HB Tórshavn
*
Faroe Islands Premier League (2):
2009,
2010,
References
External links
*
*Player profile a
faroesoccer.com*The full list of Faroe Islands national men's team from th
Faroe Islands Football Association
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1985 births
Living people
Faroese men's footballers
Faroe Islands men's international footballers
B36 Tórshavn players
Havnar Bóltfelag players
Skála ÍF players
Ítróttarfelag Fuglafjarðar players
Men's association football midfielders
Faroe Islands men's youth international footballers
21st-century Danish sportsmen