Ólafur Jóhannesson (coach)

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 (1957-06-30) (age 54)
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

1. ^ "Ólafur Jóhannessson" (in Icelandic). FHingar.net. http://www.fhingar.net/fullStory.php?id=862&p=leikmenn. Retrieved 30 October 2007. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "Ólafur Jóhannesson ráðinn þjálfari A-landsliðs karla" (in Icelandic). ksi.is. http://www.ksi.is/landslid/nr/5726. Retrieved 18 September 2008. 
3. ^ "Óli Jó tekur við íslenska landsliðinu" (in Icelandic). fotbolti.net. http://www.fotbolti.net/fullStory.php?action=viewStory&id=54180. Retrieved 29 October 2007. 

Persondata
Name	Olafur Johannesson
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	30 June 1957
Place of birth	Reykjavík, Iceland
Date of death
Place of death