Erland Johnsen

Erland Johnsen
Personal information
Full name Erland Johnsen[1]
Date of birth (1967-04-05) 5 April 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth Fredrikstad, Norway[2]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
Sarpsborg 08 FF
(Youth Director)
Youth career
Eika Fotballklubb
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1988 Moss
1988–1989 Bayern Munich 21 (0)
1989–1997 Chelsea 145 (1)
1997–1998 Rosenborg 12 (0)
1998–1999 Strømsgodset 11 (0)
Total 189 (1)
International career
1982–1983 Norway U16[3] 3 (0)
1983–1984 Norway U19[3] 11 (1)
1985–1987 Norway U21[3] 16 (0)
1987–1995 Norway 24 (2)
Managerial career
1999–2002 Strømsgodset (assistant)
2002–2003 Moss
2003–2006 Follo
2006–2011 Lillestrøm (development coach)
2008 Lillestrøm (caretaker)
2012–2013 Strømmen
2014–2018 Norway U15 + U16 + U17
2019– Sarpsborg 08 Youth
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Erland Johnsen (born 5 April 1967) is a Norwegian football manager and former professional footballer who is director of youth at Sarpsborg 08 FF.

As a player he was a centre back from 1983 until 1999, notably in the Premier League for Chelsea and in the Bundesliga for Bayern Munich. He also played for Moss, Rosenborg and Strømsgodset and earned 24 caps for Norway.

He moved into management in 1999 with Strømsgodset and later with Moss, Follo, Lillestrøm and Strømmen.

Club career

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His playing career began in Moss, and he later joined Bayern Munich as a professional. During his two seasons at the club he was involved in two championships in 1989 and 1990.

In December 1989, he transferred to English team Chelsea, where he played for eight seasons and was voted player of the year for the club in 1995. He scored his only goal for the club against Southampton in April 1994.[4] Whilst at Chelsea he played in the 1994 FA Cup Final. Chelsea won the 1996–97 FA Cup; in the fifth round against Leicester City FC at Stamford Bridge, Johnsen went down in the penalty area in the final minutes of extra time and referee Mike Reed awarded a penalty to Chelsea. The penalty was converted by Frank Leboeuf and secured a 1–0 win for Chelsea. It was considered by The Guardian's Scott Murray as one of the six worst referee decisions ever.[5] Johnsen was left out of the squad for the final but played in the semi-final against Wimbledon.[6] Shortly after this he returned to his native Norway where he played for Rosenborg and finally Strømsgodset before retiring in June 1999.

International career

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Johnsen was a central defender who was capped 19 times for the Norwegian national team, participating in the 1994 World Cup. He also won five caps during Norway's unsuccessful qualification campaign for 1988 Olympics, although these are not recognized as full internationals by FIFA. He made 16 under-21 appearances for Norway. Perhaps the most famous moment in Johnsen's career came on 15 November 1989, during a match between Norway and Scotland, at Hampden Park, where he scored a goal from the middle of the pitch. The goal went around the world, even making CNN's "Play of the Day". It also caught the interest of Chelsea who purchased Johnsen later that same year. Legendary Scottish goalkeeper Jim Leighton said about the shot twenty years later: "I'm never allowed to forget about it in Scotland, it is the furthest I've ever lost a goal from." Johnsen reconstructed the goal together with Leighton in 2009 on the Norwegian sports entertainment show Golden Goal.[7]

Managerial career

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Johnsen remained with Strømsgodset as an assistant coach for the next three years after he retired as a footballer. Later he had spells with Moss (2002–2003) and Follo (2003–2006). He also worked for Lillestrøm as a player developer.

After Tom Nordlie resigned on 29 May 2008, Johnsen stepped in as caretaker,[8] together with former Chelsea teammate Frode Grodås.

In January 2012, he agreed to coach Strømmen.[2]

Ahead of the 2019 season he became youth director of Sarpsborg 08 FF.[9]

Honours

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Moss

Bayern Munich

Chelsea

Rosenborg

Individual

Statistics

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Club

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Season Club Division League Cup Other Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Norway League Norwegian Cup Playoffs Europe Total
1983 Moss 1. Divisjon 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
1985 22 1 2(?) 0(?) 1 0 25 1
1986 2. Divisjon 22(?) 1(?) 2(?) 1(?) 24 2
1987 1. Divisjon 22 0 3(?) 1 25 1
1988 11 0 3(?) 1 0 0 14 1
Germany League DFB-Pokal Supercup Europe Total
1988–89 Bayern Munich Bundesliga 13 0 1 0 5 1 19 1
1989–90 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 0
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
1989–90 Chelsea First Division 18 0 3 0 0 0 251 0
1990–91 6 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
1991–92 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1992–93 Premier League 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1993–94 28 1 8 0 1 0 37 1
1994–95 33 0 2 0 3 0 8 0 46 0
1995–96 22 0 2 0 2 0 26 0
1996–97 18 0 3 0 1 0 22 0
Norway League Norwegian Cup Europe Total
1997 Rosenborg Tippeligaen 6 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
1998 6 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1998 Strømsgodset 7 0 0 0 3 0 10 0
1999 4 0 0 0 4 0
Total Norway 100 2 11 3 3 0 3 0 117 5
Germany 21 0 1 0 0 0 7 1 29 1
England 145 1 19 0 7 0 8 0 183 1
Career total 266 3 31 3 10 0 18 1 329 7

1Includes four 1989–90 Full Members Cup games.

International

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Norway national team
Year Apps Goals
1987 4 0
1988 6 0
1989 4 1
1990 4 1
1991 0 0
1992 0 0
1993 0 0
1994 3 0
1995 3 0
Total 24 2

International goals

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# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 15 November 1989 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland  Scotland 1–1 1–1 1990 World Cup qualifier
2. 27 March 1990 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland  Northern Ireland 2–3 2–3 Friendly

References

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  1. ^ "Erland Johnsen". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Erland Johnsen" (in Norwegian). Strømmen IF. 25 July 2012. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  3. ^ a b c "Erland Johnsen" (in Norwegian). N3Sport.no. 25 July 2012. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Chelsea v Southampton". The Daily Telegraph. 9 April 2001. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  5. ^ Scott Murray (25 September 2008). "The Joy of Six: shocking refereeing decisions". The Guardian.
  6. ^ "Football: Zola sorcery dazzles Dons". The Independent. 13 April 1997. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Avslutter "Golden Goal" med et brak" (in Norwegian). TV2. 7 May 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  8. ^ "Lillestrøm SK's trenere fra 1945–2012" (in Norwegian). LSKhistorikk.com. Archived from the original on 13 June 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  9. ^ "Erland Johnsen ny utviklingssjef i Sarpsborg 08" (in Norwegian). Sarpsborg 08 FF. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  10. ^ a b "Johnsen's Norwegian stats" (in Norwegian). NFF. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  11. ^ "Johnsen's Bayern stats". Fussballdaten.de (in German). Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  12. ^ "Johnsen's Chelsea stats". Bounder.Friardale.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  13. ^ "Johnsen's Rosenborg stats" (in Norwegian). Rosenborg BK. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  14. ^ "Erland Johnsen". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
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