Jóhannes Harðarson
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jóhannes Þór Harðarson | ||
Date of birth | 28 July 1976 | ||
Place of birth | Iceland | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–2000 | ÍA Akranes | 73 | (5) |
2000–2001 | MVV Maastricht | 16 | (0) |
2001–2002 | FC Groningen | 3 | (0) |
2002–2003 | → BV Veendam (loan) | 12 | (1) |
2003–2004 | FC Groningen | 2 | (0) |
2004–2008 | IK Start | 47 | (2) |
2008–2013 | Flekkerøy IL | ||
National team‡ | |||
2005 | Iceland | 2 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2013–2014 | Flekkerøy IL | ||
2015 | ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar | ||
2017–2019 | Start (assistant) | ||
2019–2021 | Start | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 September 2007 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2007 |
Jóhannes "Joey" Harðarson (born 28 July 1976) is an Icelandic football coach and former player. He was most recently the head coach of Norwegian First Division club Start.
Club career
Before the 2004 season, he moved to Norwegian club IK Start and helped secure their promotion. His previous clubs include IA Akranes and the Dutch team FC Groningen. When leaving Start, he joined the smaller local club Flekkerøy IL.
Coaching career
Harðarson became interim head coach at IK Start, after Kjetil Rekdal left the position in April 2019.[1] On 10 July 2019, Start announced that Harðarson would coach the team for the rest of the season.[2] On 23 October 2019, Start announced that Joey Harðarson had agreed to a contract as head coach on permanent basis till the end of the 2021 season.[3] Start finished the 2019 season in third place and qualified for promotion play-offs. Harðarson's Start won promotion to Eliteserien on the away goals rule after a 5–5 draw on aggregate against Lillestrøm in the play-off final. He was sacked on 14 June 2021.[4][5]
International career
Harðarson has been capped twice for Iceland.
References
- ^ "Pressemelding: Oppretter personalsak mot Kjetil Rekdal". www.ikstart.no (in Norwegian). IK Start. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ "Hardarson blir Start-trener ut sesongen". aftenposten.no (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "Hardarson forlenger med Start". abcnyheter.no (in Norwegian). ABC Nyheter. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Joey og Mattias ferdige i Start" (in Norwegian). IK Start. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ "Start-treneren har fått sparken". TV 2 (in Norwegian). 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
External links
- Jóhannes Harðarson at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile at nifs.no
- CS1 Norwegian-language sources (no)
- Articles with short description
- Use dmy dates from July 2013
- BLP articles lacking sources from May 2010
- All BLP articles lacking sources
- NFT template with ID not in Wikidata
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Icelandic footballers
- Iceland international footballers
- Icelandic expatriate footballers
- Íþróttabandalag Akraness players
- Úrvalsdeild karla (football) players
- MVV Maastricht players
- FC Groningen players
- Eredivisie players
- SC Veendam players
- Expatriate footballers in Norway
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- IK Start players
- Eliteserien players
- Flekkerøy IL players
- Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Association football midfielders
- Úrvalsdeild karla (football) managers
- Flekkerøy IL managers
- IK Start managers
- Icelandic football managers
- Expatriate football managers in Norway
- Eliteserien managers
- All stub articles
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