Full name Bjorn Lidin Hansen 2005–2006 Lyn Current team Lyn Fotball Number 8 Height 1.76 m | Playing position Role Footballer Place of birth Kiruna, Sweden Name Bjorn Hansen Position Midfielder | |
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Date of birth (1989-06-11)11 June 1989 | ||
Bjørn Lidin Hansen (11 June 1989 – 25 October 2016) was a Norwegian footballer who played one match in the Norwegian Premier League for Tromsø, and also played senior football for Tromsdalen and Lyn. He also played seven youth internationals for Norway.
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Football career
Hansen was born in Kiruna, Sweden, to a Norwegian father and Swedish mother. The family soon relocated to Norway; first to Storslett and around 1992–93 to Tromsø. He played youth football in Stakkevollan IL and IF Fløya. In 2005, he moved south to attend the Norwegian Academy of Elite Sport, and while staying here he played one game for Lyn in the Norwegian Cup in 2006. He then moved home to play for the youth team of Tromsø IL.
Drafted into the first team, Hansen made his debut in the Norwegian Premier League on 12 July 2008 in the game between Aalesund and Tromsø, as a 90th-minute substitute for Morten Moldskred. This turned out to be his only first-team match for Tromsø; he left the club in July 2009, choosing to take a sabbatical from football. In April 2010 he was close to signing with First Division side Sarpsborg 08, before ending up signing a contract with Tromsdalen. He left Tromsdalen after the 2012 season and rejoined Lyn, now a 2. Divisjon team, the following spring.
Illness and death
In the spring of 2015, Hansen was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma, a rare form of cancer. He was declared cancer-free about a year later, and successfully returned to Lyn, playing his first match after the cancer battle on 10 September 2016.
Hansen died on 25 October 2016. His family revealed that he had suffered from constant pain, fatigue and depression after his cancer recovery, and according to his obituary he "could not bear to live with the pain, and chose death over life."