Karl-Johan Johnsson

Karl-Johan Johnsson

Karl-Johan Johnsson with Strasbourg in 2024.
Personal information
Full name	Karl-Johan Anton Johnsson [1]
Date of birth	(1990-01-28) 28 January 1990 (age 35)
Place of birth	Ränneslöv, Sweden
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Strasbourg
Number	30
Youth career
0000–2008	Ränneslövs GIF
2005–2008	Halmstads BK
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2012	Halmstads BK	67	(0)
2013–2014	NEC	30	(0)
2014–2016	Randers	64	(0)
2016–2019	Guingamp	92	(0)
2019–2023	Copenhagen	56	(0)
2023–2024	Bordeaux	22	(0)
2024–	Strasbourg	3	(0)
International career‡
2007–2009	Sweden U19	4	(0)
2009–2012	Sweden U21	17	(0)
2012–2021	Sweden	9	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:03, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

Karl-Johan Anton Johnsson (born 28 January 1990) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Strasbourg.

Starting off his career in Sweden with Halmstads BK, Johnsson has gone on to represent NEC, Randers, and Guingamp before signing with Copenhagen in 2019. A full international for the Sweden national team since 2012, he was a squad player for his country at the 2018 FIFA World Cup as well as UEFA Euro 2020.

Club 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

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]

Copenhagen

On 12 July 2019, Copenhagen confirmed, that they had signed Johnsson on a four-year contract. ^[13] On 10 August 2020, Johnsson made 13 saves in a 1–0 loss to Manchester United in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League quarter-finals – the most saves in a Europa League game by a goalkeeper since 2009. ^[14] On 3 June 2023, his departure from the club was confirmed. ^[15]

International career

Johnsson represented Sweden at U19 level before moving up to the Sweden 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 Sweden national team for the 2012 January tour against Qatar and Bahrain. ^[16] Missing out on the game against Bahrain, he then came on as a substitute at halftime against Qatar, making his senior team debut. ^[17]

In May 2018 he was named in Sweden's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. ^[18] He was also included in Sweden's 26-man squad for UEFA Euro 2020. ^[19]

Career statistics

Club

As of 5 February 2025 ^{[20] [21]}

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	2014–15	Danish Superliga	32	0	1	0	–		–		33	0
	2015–16	Danish Superliga	32	0	1	0	4 [a]	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
Copenhagen	2019–20	Danish Superliga	29	0	1	0	12 [b]	0	–		42	0
	2020–21	Danish Superliga	23	0	1	0	3 [c]	0	–		27	0
	2021–22	Danish Superliga	0	0	1	0	3 [d]	0	–		4	0
	2022–23	Danish Superliga	4	0	1	0	0	0	–		5	0
	Total		56	0	4	0	18	0	–		78	0
Bordeaux	2023–24	Ligue 2	22	0	2	0	–		–		24	0
Strasbourg	2024–25	Ligue 1	3	0	3	0	–		–		6	0
Career total			336	0	31	0	22	0	4	0	393	0

1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
2. 11 appearances in UEFA Europa League, 1 appearance in UEFA Champions League
3. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
4. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played on 31 March 2021. ^[22]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Sweden	2012	1	0
	2013	0	0
	2014	0	0
	2015	1	0
	2016	1	0
	2017	1	0
	2018	3	0
	2019	0	0
	2020	1	0
	2021	1	0
Total		9	0

Honours

Guingamp

• Coupe de la Ligue runner-up: 2018–19 ^[23]

Copenhagen

• Danish Superliga: 2021–22 ^[24]
• Danish Cup: 2022–23 ^[25]

Individual

• Tipsbladet Det Gyldne Bur: 2015
• UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2019–20 ^[26]

References

1. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
2. "Djurgården vann över Halmstads BK" (in Swedish). Hallandsposten.se. 24 August 2008. Archived from the original on 15 January 2018. 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. Archived from the original on 2 December 2014. 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. FCK siger farvel til målmand, sport.tv2.dk, 3 June 2023
16. "Herr: Nio U21-spelare med till Qatar" (in Swedish). svenskfotboll.se. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
17. "Storseger mot Qatar" (in Swedish). svenskfotboll.se. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
18. Crawford, Stephen (4 June 2018). "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". Goal. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
19. "Sweden Euro 2020 squad: Full team profile". FourFourTwo . Retrieved 14 June 2021.
20. "Kalle Johnsson » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
21. Karl-Johan Johnsson at Soccerway
22. "Karl-Johan Johnsson". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
23. Kezzouf, Youmni (31 March 2019). "Strasbourg remporte la Coupe de la Ligue aux tirs au but". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 5 November 2023.
24. "FC Copenhagen win 14th Danish league title". www.dailytimes.com.pk. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
25. "FCK win 2022/23 Danish Cup". Copenhagen. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
26. "UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season". UEFA . Union of European Football Associations. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.

External links

• Voetbal International profile Archived 29 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch)
• Karl-Johan Johnsson at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archived)