Stefan Johansen

Stefan Johansen
Johansen playing for Fulham in 2017
Personal information
Full name Stefan Marius Johansen[1]
Date of birth (1991-01-08) 8 January 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Vardø, Norway
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
Sarpsborg 08
Number 10
Youth career
0000–2004 Vardø
2005–2006 Bodø/Glimt
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Bodø/Glimt 30 (0)
2011–2014 Strømsgodset 67 (8)
2014–2016 Celtic 73 (12)
2016–2021 Fulham 126 (19)
2019West Bromwich Albion (loan) 14 (2)
2021Queens Park Rangers (loan) 21 (4)
2021–2023 Queens Park Rangers 64 (3)
2024– Sarpsborg 08 16 (3)
International career
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)
2013–2020 Norway 55 (6)
Medal record
Representing  Norway
European Under-21 Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Israel U-21[3]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 August 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2020

Stefan Marius Johansen (born 8 January 1991) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Sarpsborg 08. He played for the Norway national team until his international retirement in 2021.[4]

Johansen 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.

  1. ^ "Stefan Marius Johansen" (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Stefan Johansen". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  3. ^ "- Nyland bedre enn de Gea i EM". www.aftenposten.no. 20 June 2013.
  4. ^ "De siste sportsnyhetene fra NRK". 14 August 2019.