Michael Johansen
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| Michael Johansen | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Bro Johansen | |
| Date of birth | July 22, 1972 (age 34) | |
| Place of birth | Glostrup, Denmark | |
| Height | 170 cm | |
| Nickname | Tvil | |
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1976-19?? 19??-1990 |
Rosenhøj IF Kjøbenhavns Boldklub |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1990-1991 1991-1992 1992-1996 1996-2000 2000-2004 |
Kjøbenhavns Boldklub B 1903 FC København Bolton Wanderers AB Copenhagen |
137 (16) |
| National team | ||
| 2000-2002 | Denmark | 2 (0) |
|
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Michael Bro Johansen (born July 22, 1972) is a Danish former professional football player, who most notably played as a midfielder for English club Bolton Wanderers. He represented Denmark at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain and he later played two games for the Danish national team in 2000 and 2002. He is the older twin brother of former footballer Martin Johansen, and played alongside him in several clubs.
Born in Glostrup, both Michael and Martin Johansen started playing for local Copenhagen club Rosenhøj IF at the age of four.[1] They both went on to play for Kjøbenhavns Boldklub where they made their senior debut in the second-best Danish division in 1990. They moved to Danish Superliga club B 1903 in 1991 before they signed for FC Copenhagen upon the founding of that club in 1992. They helped the club win the Danish Superliga title in its first year of existence, and in 1996 the twins parted ways as Michael Johansen moved to the English First Division to join Bolton Wanderers. Signed for £1.250.000, he became a star at Bolton, and helped the club earn promotion to the English Premier League for the 1997-98 season. Bolton's stint in the Premiership only lasted a year, before the club was once again relegated to the First Division. In all, Johansen played 137 matches and scored 16 goals for Bolton.[2]
In June 2000, he returned to Denmark to play for Superliga bronze winners AB Copenhagen. As Morten Olsen became Danish national team coach in 2000, he called Johansen up for his national team debut in August 2000, in a 2-0 win against the Faroe Islands. In November 2002, Johansen won his second and last cap for Denmark, in a 2-0 win against Poland. As AB was relegated following the Danish Superliga 2003-04 season, Michael moved to amateur club Greve IF where he was reunited with Martin Johansen.[3] Michael Johansen is now a FIFA-licensed player agent.[4]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Steen Uno, "Lille forskel - stor virkning", B.T. article, August 18, 1991
- ^ Michael Johansen at Sporting-Heroes.net
- ^ "Johansen-brødrene samlet", Politiken article, July 28, 2004
- ^ Martin Kloster, "Agenter kender spillet indefra", Fyens Stiftstidende article, April 3, 2006
