- Ólafur Jóhannesson (coach)
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This article is about the football manager. For the former prime minister of Iceland, see Ólafur Jóhannesson.
Ólafur Jóhannesson Personal information Full name Ólafur Davíð Jóhannesson Date of birth 30 June 1957 Place of birth Reykjavík, Iceland Club information Current club Haukar (manager) Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† Haukar Teams managed 1982 Einherji 1983–1985 Skallagrímur 1988–1990 FH 1992 Þróttur 1993 Haukar 1995 FH 1996–1997 Skallagrímur 1998 UMF Selfoss 1998 Skallagrímur 2002 ÍR 2003–2007 FH 2007–2011 Iceland 2011– Haukar * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). Ólafur Davíð Jóhannesson (born 30 June 1957 in Reykjavík) is a Icelandic football manager and former player, formerly managing the Icelandic national team.
As an athlete himself, he played most of his years as a senior player with Haukar but started his career as manager only 24 years of age with the team Einherji from Vopnafjörður. Prior to his current manager position he has managed Einherji, Skallagrímur, FH, Þróttur, Haukar, Selfoss & ÍR.[1]
Fimleikafélag Hafnafjarðar (FH)
Ólafur Jóhannesson managed FH a total of three times, the most recent and successful between the years 2002 and 2008.
During those years FH rose up to become a major power in Icelandic football. In his first season as manager Jóhannesson steered his team to second place, FH highest finish in years.
Next season he did even better and made them champions and secured a place in the qualifying rounds of the Champions League. Jóhannesson won 2 more championship in the years 2005 and 2006 and winning the first VISA-cup in the history of FH in 2007. [2]
Icelandic national team
Jóhannesson signed a 2 year contract on 29 October 2007, after leaving his post as manager of Icelandic side FH. His first game in charge will be against Denmark in November 2007. Jóhannesson has worked as a carpenter as well as being a manager for years. He plans to keep on working as a carpenter as well as being the manager of the national team.[3]
References
- ^ "Ólafur Jóhannessson" (in Icelandic). FHingar.net. http://www.fhingar.net/fullStory.php?id=862&p=leikmenn. Retrieved 30 October 2007.[dead link]
- ^ "Ólafur Jóhannesson ráðinn þjálfari A-landsliðs karla" (in Icelandic). ksi.is. http://www.ksi.is/landslid/nr/5726. Retrieved 18 September 2008.
- ^ "Óli Jó tekur við íslenska landsliðinu" (in Icelandic). fotbolti.net. http://www.fotbolti.net/fullStory.php?action=viewStory&id=54180. Retrieved 29 October 2007.
Iceland national football team – managers - Steele & McDougall (1946)
- Bergström (1947)
- Devene (1948)
- Buchloh (1949)
- Ó. Jónsson (1951)
- Köhler (1953)
- Guðmundsson (1954–56)
- Wier (1957)
- Ó. Jónsson (1958)
- Guðmundsson (1959)
- Ó. Jónsson (1960)
- Guðmundsson (1961)
- R. Jónsson (1962)
- Guðmundsson (1963–66)
- Karlsson (1967)
- Pfeiffer (1968)
- R. Jónsson (1969–1971)
- McDowell (1972)
- Jóhannesson (1972)
- Enoksen (1973)
- Knapp (1974–77)
- Illichev (1978–79)
- Kjartansson (1980–81)
- Atlason (1982–83)
- Knapp (1984–85)
- Held (1986–89)
- Kjartansson (1989)
- Johansson (1990–91)
- Elíasson (1991–95)
- Ólafsson (1996–97)
- Þórðarson (1997–99)
- Eðvaldsson (2000–03)
- Sigurvinsson & Ólafsson (2003–05)
- Sverrisson (2006–07)
- Jóhannesson (2007–11)
- Lagerbäck (2011–)
Categories:- Icelandic football managers
- Icelandic footballers
- 1957 births
- Living people
- People from Reykjavík
- Iceland national football team managers
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