Top 10 Goalkeepers in Sweden

3) Karl-Johan Johnsson

Karl-Johan Johnsson is a Swedish professional football player. He plays as a goalkeeper for Copenhagen and the Sweden national team. He has represented NEC, Randers FC, and Guingamp.

Karl-Johan Johnsson

At the age of 15, he moved to Halmstads BK after beginning his career at Ränneslövs GIF. On 24 August 2008, he made his game debut against Djurgårdens IF. Later he got the opportunity to play for ‘NEC Nijmegen’. On 11 July 2014, he signed a 3-year contract with the Danish Superliga team Randers FC. On 28 June 2016, he signed with the French Ligue 1 team Guingamp.

In the 2018–19 Coupe de la Ligue quarter-finals, he played the full 90 minutes as ‘Guingamp’ eliminated ‘PSG’. Johnsson was an unused substitute in the 2019 Coupe de la Ligue final. On 12 July 2019, F.C. Copenhagen confirmed, that they had signed Johnsson on a four-year contract.

On 10 August 2020, he made 13 saves in a match against Manchester United in the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals. It is the most saves in a Europa League game by a goalkeeper since 2009.

 

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