Stefan Johansen

Stefan Johansen
Personal information
Full name Stefan Marius Johansen
Date of birth (1991-01-08) 8 January 1991
Place of birth Vardø, Norway
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position Central Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Celtic
Number 25
Youth career
0000–2004 Vardø
2005–2006 Bodø/Glimt
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2007–2010 Bodø/Glimt 29 (0)
2011–2013 Strømsgodset 67 (8)
2014– Celtic 70 (12)
National team‡
2006–2007 Norway U16 8 (3)
2007–2008 Norway U17 10 (3)
2008–2009 Norway U18 5 (1)
2009–2010 Norway U19 8 (1)
2011–2013 Norway U21 5 (0)
2012 Norway U23 1 (0)
2013– Norway 26 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 April 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2016

Stefan Marius Johansen (born 8 January 1991) is a Norwegian international footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Scottish Premiership side Celtic.

Hailing from Vardø, he joined Bodø/Glimt at the age of 14. He made his first-team debut in 2007, and transferred to Strømsgodset in 2011 where he was one of the key players in the team that finished second in the league in 2012 and won the league-title in 2013. Johansen won the Kniksen Award as the midfielder of the year in 2013. He transferred to Celtic in January 2014. At Celtic in 2015 he won their player of the year voted for by fans of the club.

Johansen has represented Norway at youth international level, and was a part of the under-21 team at the 2013 European Championship. He made his full international debut in 2013.

Career

Bodø/Glimt

Johansen was born and raised in Vardø, a small town in the far north of Norway.[2][3] He moved to Bodø to sign for Bodø/Glimt at the age of 14.[4] He joined the first-team squad along with Anders Ågnes Konradsen ahead of the 2007 season and Johansen made his debut for the team in the First Round of the 2007 Norwegian Football Cup against Hammerfest.[2] Johansen played six matches in Adeccoligaen when Bodø/Glimt was promoted to Tippeligaen in 2007, and made his debut in Tippeligaen in the 3–2 win against Viking on 10 August 2008[1] when he replaced Jan Derek Sørensen in the 85th minute.

Johansen made four appearances in the 2009 season,[1] going on to play regularly for Bodø/Glimt in Adeccoligaen in 2010 and was regarded as one of the biggest talents in Northern Norway.[4] Clubs like Tromsø, Fredrikstad and Aalesund wanted to sign Johansen whose contract expired after the season,[4] but he signed a three-year contract with Strømsgodset in December 2010, and joined the club on a free transfer on 1 January 2011.[5] Johansen played 18 matches in Adeccoligaen in his final season at Bodø/Glimt.[1]

Strømsgodset

Johansen made his debut for Strømsgodset against in the 2–1 against Sogndal when he came on in the 80th minute and replaced Fredrik Nordkvelle. In his first season at Strømsgodset, Johansen made 13 league appearances and scored one goal.[1] In the match against Sandnes Ulf on 16 May 2012, Johansen scored a goal from a free kick. In the 5–0 win against Fredrikstad on 27 May 2012, Johansen scored another goal from a free kick, identical to the one he scored 11 days earlier.[6] Johansen made his break-through at Strømsgodset after Mohammed Abu returned to Manchester City, when he became a regular in Strømsgodset's starting line-up[2][3][7] and was in August 2012 awarded the Statoil Talent Prize for his performances.[8] In 2013, Johansen helped Stromsgodset to win their first league title for 43 years[9] and was voted the Midfielder of the Year in the Norwegian league.[10]

Celtic

On 15 January 2014, Johansen sealed a move to Scottish Premiership club Celtic for a transfer fee of £2 million.[9][11] Johansen signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with the club, and became the fourth Norwegian to play for Celtic following Harald Brattbakk, Vidar Riseth and Thomas Rogne.[12] He was given the number 25 shirt, the same number worn in previous years by Ľubomír Moravčík and Shunsuke Nakamura.[12]

Johansen made his debut for Celtic in the 4–0 victory against Hibernian on 26 January 2014 when he played the last five minutes as a substitute.[13] He scored his first goal for Celtic on 22 March 2014 in a home league match against St Mirren, opening the scoring in a 3–0 win with a header.[14]

International career

Johansen made his debut for Norway when he played for the under-15 team against Poland U15 on 8 August 2006.[1] He has later represented Norway at every level up to under-23,[15] and played both matches for the under-21 team when they eliminated France U21 and qualified for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.[3] Johansen was part of the Norway side which beat England in the European Under-21 Championships before losing to eventual winners Spain at the semi-final stage.[16]

Johansen has fifteen full international caps for his country, scoring his first international goal on his debut against Sweden in Stockholm on 14 August 2014.[17][18]

Career statistics

As of 9 April 2016[1]
Club Season Division League Cups Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bodø/Glimt 2007 Adeccoligaen 6000–60
2008 Tippeligaen 1010–20
2009 4020–60
2010 Adeccoligaen 18032–212
Total 29062–352
Strømsgodset 2011 Tippeligaen 1311000141
2012 27351–324
2013 2741040324
Total 6787140789
Celtic 2013–14 Scottish Premiership 1621000172
2014–15 349811435613
2015–16 20151112364
Total 701214225510919
Career Total 1662027529522230

Honours

Individual

Strømsgodset

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Stefan Johansen". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Spillerprofiler – Stefan Marius Johansen" (in Norwegian). Strømsgodset IF. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 Johansen, Øyvind (23 December 2012). "Scouting report: Stefan Johansen, Strømsgodset". Scandinavian Scouting Agency. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 Sandmo, Ole-Marius Aune (19 July 2010). "- TIL leder kampen om Vardø-talent" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  5. ↑ Nilsen, Magne J. (7 December 2010). "Stefan Johansen klar for Godset" (in Norwegian). Drammens Tidende. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  6. ↑ Skeie, Terje (27 May 2012). "Stefan Johansen med blåkopi-scoring da Strømsgodset knuste FFK" (in Norwegian). TV2. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  7. ↑ Overvik, Jostein (17 May 2013). "Spår duell med RBK". VG Sporten (in Norwegian). p. 3.
  8. ↑ Aasen, Jonn Erik (30 August 2012). "Stefan Johansen er månedens talent – august 2012" (in Norwegian). TV2. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  9. 1 2 Walker, Mark (15 January 2014). "Stefan Johansen signs for Celtic". The Scotsman. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  10. ↑ "Kniksenprisen". Norsk Toppfotball. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  11. ↑ McGarry, John (15 January 2014). "Johansen's Celtic move sorted as classy Norweigian signs three-and-a-half year deal". MailOnline. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  12. 1 2 Wikan, Magnus (15 January 2014). "Johansen klar for Celtic". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  13. ↑ "Stefan Johansen fikk Celtic-debuten". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Fraser (22 March 2014). "Celtic 3–0 St Mirren: Hoops on brink of yet another title as Johansen nets first goal". Daily Mail. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  15. ↑ "Stefan Marius Johansen's profil". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  16. ↑ Grahame, Ewing (13 January 2014). "Celtic close in on Stromsgodset and Norway midfielder Stefan Johansen". The Telegraph. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  17. ↑ "Stromsgodset confirm Celtic interest in midfielder Stefan Johansen". STV Sport. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  18. ↑ "Stefan Johansen". National Football Teams. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  19. ↑ http://m.scotsman.com/sport/football/spfl/stefan-johansen-arctic-circle-to-champions-league-1-3270198
  20. ↑ "Stefan Johansen vant gullballen" [Stefan Johansen won the Golden Ball]. toppfotball.no (in Norwegian). Norsk Toppfotball. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
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