Jonatan Johansson (footballer)

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Jonatan Johansson
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Johansson playing for Finland in 2009
Personal information
Full name Jonatan Lillebror Johansson
Date of birth (1975-08-16) 16 August 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth Stockholm, Sweden
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993–1995 PIF 49 (13)
1995–1997 TPS 32 (6)
1997 Flora 9 (9)
1997–2000 Rangers 48 (14)
2000–2006 Charlton Athletic 148 (27)
2006 → Norwich City (loan) 12 (3)
2006–2008 Malmö FF 41 (12)
2009 Hibernian 9 (0)
2009–2010 St Johnstone 6 (1)
2010–2011 TPS 19 (10)
Total373(98)
International career
1996–2010 Finland [1] 106 (22)
Managerial career
2012 Greenock Morton (U20)
2012–2015 Motherwell U20
2016–2017 Finland (assistant)
2017–2018 Rangers (assistant)
2018–2019 Greenock Morton
2020–2022 TPS
2023– Rangers (academy coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jonatan Lillebror Johansson (born 16 August 1975) is a Finnish football coach and former player. [2] He is currently working as an academy coach for Rangers. [3]

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His main position was forward, playing most notably for Rangers and Charlton Athletic. Johansson was also a regular in the Finland national team, earning a total of 106 caps.

Club career

Early career

Johansson was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and started his career in Finland with his hometown club PIF. In 1995, he moved on to the Veikkausliiga club TPS. In 1997, he transferred to Flora, becoming the first Finnish player to move to an Estonian club. The fee for transfer was reportedly 170.000 Finnish markka, which corresponds to around €30.000. [4]

In 1997, he moved to Scotland to join Rangers for a transfer fee of £300,000. [5]

Johansson signed for newly promoted English Premier League club Charlton Athletic in the summer of 2000, for a fee of around £3.75 million (€5.6 million). [6] [5] He competed for a place up front with Shaun Bartlett, Kevin Lisbie and Jason Euell. [7] [8]

On 31 January 2006, having fallen out of contention at The Valley, Johansson was loaned to Championship side Norwich City as a replacement for Dean Ashton. [9] He scored his first goal on 5 February to open an East Anglian derby at home to Ipswich Town, a 2–1 loss. [10]

Johansson and fellow out-of-favour forwards Bartlett and Francis Jeffers were released by Charlton in May 2006. [11] In July he signed with Swedish club Malmö FF until 2008. [12]

Hibernian

On 13 November 2008, Johansson signed a pre-contract agreement with Scottish Premier League side Hibernian. [13] He agreed an 18-month contract with Hibs, after his contract with Malmö FF expired. [13] Johansson was unable to sign until 1 January, due to the transfer window rules, but began training in December. [14] He made his debut on 3 January 2009 against Hearts in the Edinburgh derby. Johansson scored his first goal seven months after signing at East End Park against Dunfermline Athletic in a 4–0 friendly win, but he was expected to leave Hibernian due to the increased competition for places. [15] His departure was confirmed on 1 September 2009. [16]

St Johnstone

It only became apparent that Johansson had signed for St Johnstone on 27 October 2009 when he was named in the starting line-up for their Scottish League Cup quarter-final tie at home to Dundee United. He had previously been training with the club to maintain his fitness ahead of Finland's international matches earlier in the month. Johansson signed a short-term contract until the new year. [17] He scored a winning goal against Hearts on 21 November, which was his first competitive goal in Scotland for ten years, [18] St Johnstone did not renew his short-term contract and Johansson left the club. [19]

Greenock Morton and an unnamed German club made Johansson contract offers, [19] but Johansson rejected Morton's offer. [20]

Return to TPS

On 8 February 2010, Johansson returned to TPS Turku after spending 14 years abroad. [21] He scored his first goal (a penalty kick) in a Veikkausliga game against VPS Vaasa on 7 May. He also scored twice in the next match, against Inter Turku, in the city's local derby. He also won the 2010 Finnish Cup, 2–0 against HJK Helsinki in the final. He finished the season with 10 goals, being the club's second best goalscorer, only two goals behind Roope Riski. Johansson announced his retirement from professional football on 23 March 2011. [22]

International career

Johansson made his debut for the Finland national team on 16 March 1996 against Kuwait, scoring the game's only goal. He was a regular member of the Finland squad and earned his 100th cap in October 2009. Johansson made a total of 106 appearances for Finland and scored 22 goals. Only Jari Litmanen has made more appearances for Finland than Johansson. As of October 2021, Johansson is fourth in goals scored for Finland, after Teemu Pukki, Litmanen and Mikael Forssell. [23]

After scoring the opening goal in a 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying match against Wales, Johansson was the subject of verbal criticism by Craig Bellamy. [24]

Coaching career

Johansson worked for Greenock Morton as their reserve team coach in 2012. He moved to Motherwell in August 2012 to coach their under-20 team. [25] [26] Johansson left Motherwell in July 2015 and was replaced by Stephen Craigan. [27] In December 2016, he was appointed as an assistant coach to Markku Kanerva for the Finland national team. [28]

On 9 April 2017, he was announced as an assistant coach to Rangers manager Pedro Caixinha. [29] After starting work with Rangers, Johansson left his position with the Finland national team. [30]

Greenock Morton

Johansson was appointed on a two-year contract as manager of Scottish Championship club Greenock Morton on 6 September 2018. [31] His first match in charge ended in a 1–1 draw at Tannadice Park against Dundee United. [32] Johansson left Morton at the end of the 2018–19 season, as the club decided not to exercise the option of retaining him for the second year of his contract. [33]

TPS

Johansson was appointed as new manager at TPS on 24 July 2020. He signed an initial two-year contract with the option of another year. [2] He was dismissed by TPS on 25 September 2022. [34]

Personal life

Johansson married Jean Anderson, a Scottish television presenter who is from Port Glasgow, in June 2008. [35]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupEuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
TPS 1995 Veikkausliiga 90600020170
1996 Veikkausliiga236000000236
Total326600020406
Flora Tallinn 1996–97 Meistriliiga 9900000099
Rangers 1997–98 Scottish Premier League 6020001080
1998–99 Scottish Premier League2583321753718
1999–2000 Scottish Premier League166002081267
Total471453411667125
Charlton Athletic 2000–01 Premier League 31110023103414
2001–02 Premier League305202000345
2002–03 Premier League313221000343
2003–04 Premier League264102000294
2004–05 Premier League264302000294
2005–06 Premier League4021000061
Total14827103931016833
Norwich City (loan) 2005–06 Championship 123000000123
Malmö FF 2006 Allsvenskan 0000000000
2007 Allsvenskan216000000216
2008 Allsvenskan206000000206
Total41120000004112
Hibernian 2008–09 Scottish Premier League90100000100
St Johnstone 2009–10 Scottish Premier League6110000061
TPS 2010 Veikkausliiga191000000000
Career total3239323613419635999

International

Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Johansson goal.
List of international goals scored by Jonatan Johansson [36]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
116 March 1996 Kuwait City, KuwaitFlag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 1–0Friendly
25 February 1998 Limassol, CyprusFlag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 1–1Friendly
322 April 1998 Edinburgh, ScotlandFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1–1Friendly
45 September 1998 Helsinki, FinlandFlag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 3–2 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
514 October 1998 Istanbul, TurkeyFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 3–1UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
610 February 1999 Ta'Qali, MaltaFlag of Poland.svg  Poland 1–1Friendly
718 August 1999 Bruges, BelgiumFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 4–3Friendly
8
99 October 1999Helsinki, FinlandUlster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 4–1UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
1030 April 2003 Vantaa, FinlandFlag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 3–0Friendly
118 February 2005 Nicosia, GreeceFlag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 2–1Friendly
1226 March 2005 Teplice, Czech RepublicFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 3–4 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
136 September 2006Helsinki, FinlandFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1–1 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
146 June 2007Helsinki, FinlandFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
1520 August 2008 Tampere, FinlandFlag of Israel.svg  Israel 2–0Friendly
16
1710 September 2008Helsinki, FinlandFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 3–3 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
1828 March 2009 Cardiff, WalesFlag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 2–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
191 April 2009 Oslo, NorwayFlag of Norway.svg  Norway 2–3Friendly
206 June 2009Helsinki, FinlandFlag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 2–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification
215 September 2009 Lankaran, AzerbaijanFlag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 2–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2214 October 2009 Hamburg, GermanyFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 1–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification

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