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.

  1. ^ "Erland Johnsen". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference strommen was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  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.