Karl-Johan Johnsson

Karl-Johan Anton Johnsson (born 28 January 1990) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for FC Copenhagen as a goalkeeper.

Karl-Johan Johnsson

Personal information
Full name	Karl-Johan Anton Johnsson[1]
Date of birth	28 January 1990
Place of birth	Ränneslöv, Sweden
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	FC Copenhagen
Number	21
Youth career
	Ränneslövs GIF
2005–2008	Halmstads BK
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2012	Halmstads BK	67	(0)
2013–2014	NEC	30	(0)
2014–2016	Randers FC	64	(0)
2016–2019	Guingamp	92	(0)
2019–	FC Copenhagen	42	(0)
National team^‡
2007–2009	Sweden U19	4	(0)
2009–2012	Sweden U21	17	(0)
2012–	Sweden	8	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:49, 26 January 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 October 2020

Starting off his career in Sweden with Halmstads BK, Johnsson has gone on to play in the Netherlands, Denmark, and France. A full international for the Sweden national team since 2012, he was a squad player for his country at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Career

Halmstads BK

In 2005, at the age of 15, Johnsson moved to Halmstads BK after beginning his career at Ränneslövs GIF. When goalkeeper Marcus Sahlman was loaned to Trelleborgs FF Johnsson was picked up as third choice goalkeeper on the senior team and he made his game debut on 24 August 2008 against Djurgårdens IF when Magnus Bahne was forced to leave the field during halftime.[2] On 20 November 2008, it was reported that Johansson would go to Manchester, England, for a week and join Manchester City during training.[3][4] As Conny Johansson retired and Marcus Sahlman left for Tromsø IL, Karl-Johan was made second choice goalkeeper for the 2009 season.

During the 2010 season Johnsson became second choice behind Robin Malmqvist. The 2011 season became turbulent, at first Halmstads BK appointed Josep Clotet Ruiz as new manager of the club, this saw changes among the goalkeepers as Malmqvist was loaned out to Tromsø IL in Norway and Spanish keeper Nauzet Pérez was brought in as first choice, however poor performance and problems with adapting to the Swedish lifestyle saw Pérez depart the club before half the season was played,[5] with his departure Johnsson was appointed first choice as goalkeeper at the club.[6]

NEC Nijmegen

On 5 November 2012, Halmstads BK announced that Johnsson would leave the club as a Bosman for Dutch club NEC when the transfer window opened on 1 January 2013.[7][8]

Randers FC

On 11 July 2014, Johnsson signed for the Danish Superliga team Randers FC on a 3-year-contract.[9]

Guingamp

On 28 June 2016, Johnsson signed with the French Ligue 1 team Guingamp.[10] In the 2018–19 Coupe de la Ligue quarter-finals, Johnsson played the full 90 minutes as Guingamp eliminated PSG and thereby ended their 43 games-long unbeaten streak.[11] He was an unused substitute in the 2019 Coupe de la Ligue final.[12]

FC Copenhagen

On 12 July 2019, F.C. Copenhagen confirmed, that they had signed Johnsson on a four-year contract.[13] On 10 August 2020, Johnsson made 13 saves in a 0–1 loss to Manchester United in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League quarter-finals – the most amount of saves in a Europa League game by a goalkeeper since 2009.[14]

International career

Johnsson represented Sweden at U19 level before moving up to the Swedish U21 team and debuting against the Slovakian U21 team in 2009. Over time Johnsson was able to work himself into becoming the first choice goalkeeper in the U21 team.

Despite Halmstads BK's poor performance in the 2011 Allsvenskan with ended with Halmstad being relegated, Johnsson was called up to the Swedish national team for the 2012 January tour against Qatar and Bahrain.[15] Missing out on the game against Bahrain, he then came on as a substitute at halftime against Qatar, making his senior team debut.[16]

In May 2018 he was named in Sweden's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[17]

Career statistics

Club

As of 11 August 2020[18][19]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Halmstad	2009	Allsvenskan	3	0	2	0	–		–		5	0
	2010	Allsvenskan	10	0	1	0	–		–		11	0
	2011	Allsvenskan	24	0	2	0	–		–		26	0
	2012	Superettan	30	0	–		–		2	0	32	0
	Total		67	0	5	0	–		2	0	74	0
NEC	2012–13	Eredivisie	1	0	–		–		–		1	0
	2013–14	Eredivisie	29	0	4	0	–		2	0	35	0
	Total		30	0	4	0	–		2	0	36	0
Randers FC	2014–15	Superligaen	32	0	1	0	–		–		33	0
	2015–16	Superligaen	32	0	1	0	4	0	–		37	0
	Total		64	0	2	0	4	0	–		70	0
Guingamp	2016–17	Ligue 1	37	0	5	0	–		–		42	0
	2017–18	Ligue 1	38	0	2	0	–		–		40	0
	2018–19	Ligue 1	17	0	4	0	–		–		21	0
	Total		92	0	11	0	–		–		103	0
FC Copenhagen	2019–20	Superliga	29	0	1	0	12	0	–		42	0
Career total			282	0	23	0	16	0	4	0	325	0

International

As of 16 October 2018[20]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Sweden	2012	1	0
	2015	1	0
	2016	1	0
	2017	1	0
	2018	3	0
Total		7	0

Honours

Individual

• Tipsbladet Det Gyldne Bur: 2015
• UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2019–20[21]

References

1. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
2. "Djurgården vann över Halmstads BK" (in Swedish). Hallandsposten.se. 24 August 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
3. "Kalle tränar med Manchester City" (in Swedish). HBK.se. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
4. "Keeper training with City". Skysports.com. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
5. "Förändringar i truppen" (in Swedish). hbk.se. 29 May 2011. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
6. "Tuff press på ung HBK-keeper: "Kan bli problem"" (in Swedish). fotbolldirekt.se. 30 May 2011. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
7. "Kalle lämnar HBK efter säsongen" (in Swedish). hbk.se. 5 November 2012. Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
8. "N.E.C. legt talentvolle keeper Kalle Johnsson vast" (in Dutch). nec-nijmegen.nl. 5 November 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
9. Korpi, Peter (11 July 2014). "Danskt kontrakt för Kalle Johnsson". hallandsposten.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 August 2020.
10. "KLART: Svensken klar för Ligue 1". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 August 2020.
11. "Det var sjukt skönt". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 August 2020.
12. "RC Strasbourg - EA Guingamp 4:1 (Coupe de la Ligue 2018/2019, Final)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
13. FCK HENTER KARL-JOHAN JOHNSSON, fck.dk, 12 July 2019
14. "Johnsson hyllas efter jättematchen mot Manchester United: "Vilken insats"". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 August 2020.
15. "Herr: Nio U21-spelare med till Qatar" (in Swedish). svenskfotboll.se. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
16. "Storseger mot Qatar" (in Swedish). svenskfotboll.se. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
17. Crawford, Stephen (4 June 2018). "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". Goal. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
18. "Kalle Johnsson » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
19. Karl-Johan Johnsson at Soccerway
20. "Karl-Johan Johnsson". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
21. "UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.

External links

• Voetbal International profile (in Dutch)
• Karl-Johan Johnsson at SvFF (in Swedish)