Finnur Justinussen

Finnur Justinussen
Personal information
Full name Finnur Justinussen
Date of birth (1989-03-30) 30 March 1989
Place of birth Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Fremad Amager[1]
Number 17
Youth career
GÍ Gøta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007 GÍ Gøta 7 (0)
2008–2011 Víkingur 89 (47)
2012–2013 Jönköpings Södra IF 3 (0)
2013–2015 Víkingur 77 (50)
2016 Fremad Amager 5 (2)
2016–2017 Víkingur 5 (1)
2017– Fremad Amager 0 (0)
National team‡
2009–2011 Faroe Islands U21 8 (0)
2012– Faroe Islands 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 May 2016.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 June 2016

Finnur Justinussen (born 30 March 1989) is a Faroese footballer who plays for Fremad Amager and the Faroe Islands national team.

Club career

He began his career with local club GÍ Gøta. After GÍ Gøta and Leirvík ÍF merged in 2008, he played for the newly formed club Víkingur. He scored 19 goals in the 2009 season, making him the league top goalscorer.[2] During the 2010 season he scored 7 league goals and 3 in the Faroese Cup. In 2011, he was top scorer again, with 21 goals.[3] Having previously been on trials with Swedish Allsvenskan clubs Örebro SK and Trelleborgs FF, Finnur trialed with Superettan club Jönköpings Södra IF in late 2011. After impressing on trial he signed a permanent deal with the club in early 2012.[4] In 2013, he returned to Víkingur ahead of the 2013 season.

On 9 October 2015, Justinussen joined Danish 2nd Division-side Fremad Amager.[5]

After the end of the 2016/2017 season, Fremad Amager agreed to send Finnur Justinussen out on loan to the ambitious club in Copenhagen, Solbakken GC. So far, he has played 5 matches for Solbakken Gentlemans Club in Copenhagen, scoring 15 goals, the second most scoring player for the club, trailing only the man, the myth, the legend Einar Kerá, who so far has netted 122 goals in only 4 matches.

International career

Justinussen made his U21 debut in September 2009, in a 1-1 draw with Moldova. He made 8 appearances in total for the U21 team, of which he played in they won two matches, two draws, and four defeats, which were all qualifying matches for the 2011 Under-21 tournament. Justinussen was involved in the wins against Latvia and Andorra, but didn't feature in the 1-0 win over Russia.

He was called up to the Faroe Islands national team for the first time in September 2011, for the matches against Italy and Serbia. He was left out the matchday squad for the game against Italy, but was an unused substitute in the match verses Serbia.[6] He made his debut for the team in August 2012 as a substitute, in a 2-0 loss to Iceland in Reykavik.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Fremad Amager henter Justinussen tilbage‚ bold.dk, 21 December 2016
  2. ↑ "Season review: Faroe Islands". uefa.com. UEFA. 2009-10-09. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
  3. ↑ "Season review: Faroe Islands". uefa.com. UEFA. 2011-10-26. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
  4. ↑ "Finnur klar för J-södra". nutidningen.nu (in Swedish). Nutidningen Nu. 2012-01-09. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
  5. ↑ "VIKING TIL FREMAD AMAGER". Fremad Amager. 9 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "UEFA EURO - Serbia-Faroe Islands". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
  7. ↑ "UEFA - Iceland-Faroe Islands". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
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