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Draft:Geir Johansen (footballer, born 1968)

Geir Johansen
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-04-20) 20 April 1968 (age 56)
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
Ekholt
–1987 Moss
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988 Moss
1989–1993 Fredrikstad
1994–1999 Moss
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Geir Johansen (born 20 April 1968) is a retired Norwegian football defender. Playing as a right back, he is best known for playing three seasons on the first tier for Moss FK; 1996, 1998 and 1999.

Career

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Johansen started his career as a youth in Ekholt BK.[1] He joined Moss FK, reigning league champions, ahead of the 1988 season. Having played for their junior team, he struggled to secure a place in the team, but experienced fast development in 1987 under coach Anders Fægri and was deemed ready for the senior team. To complicate matters, Moss FK already had a player named Geir Johansen, who had also been capped for Norway.[2]

As reigning champions, Moss entered the 1988-89 European Cup. Geir Johansen was an unused substitute against Real Madrid.[1] After one year in Moss he went on to Fredrikstad FK together with Glenn Holm. It was announced that Moss exchanged the players for Hans Deunk and Atle Kristoffersen.[3][4][5][6] During the beginning of his Fredrikstad spell, Johansen also carried out his compulsory military service at the time, serving at Rygge Air Force Base.[6] Moss later claimed that Johansen had gone on a two-year loan, which was disputed by Fredrikstad and Ekholt, because Ekholt was entitled to a part of the transfer sum that Moss received. The Football Association ruled that it was a permanent transfer.[7][8]

In Fredrikstad, Johansen was regarded as a somewhat anonymous, but trustworthy player.[9] Johansen went several years without scoring, before his first goal came in July 1993 against Mercantile.[10] Steady play for Fredrikstad meant that Johansen again gained the attention of Moss FK, which still played on a higher level than Fredrikstad. Johansen took the opportunity to rejoin Moss ahead of the 1994 season.[11][12]

While playing for Fredrikstad, Johansen attended Halden Teachers' College. After four years there, he graduated in 1994, and was hired as a schoolteacher at Åsvangen school.[13] When Moss won promotion to Eliteserien, Johansen cut his teacher job by 40% to achieve better training and restitution.[14] From 1999, Johansen was fully professional.[15]

Johansen reached three semi-finals with Moss in the Norwegian Cup; in 1988, 1994 and 1998. Moss lost all three semi-finals; 0–1 against Brann, 0–2 against Lyn[1][16] and on penalty shootout against Stabæk (Geir Johansen did not play that particular match).[17]

Between 1996 and 1999 he got 87 league matches for Moss, scoring none.[18] By June 1999, he was the only starting player to come from the city of Moss. His playing style was characterized as simple, but effective.[19] However, following a red card in the cup match against Rosenborg (where he also made a foul in the penalty area which the referee thought was a free kick)[20] and a match against Viking in July, he was axed from the team.[15][21] Manager Knut Thorbjørn Eggen wanted to strenghten Johansen's right back position, and promptly recruited Johan Petter Winsnes. Eggen then told Johansen that he was no longer in the manager's plans and would mostly play for the B team. According to the player, the directors also wanted to renegotiate Johansen's contract, lowering the wages. Johansen refused, but started training with the recruits. As the recruits only trained in the afternoon, Johansen he chose to returned to his old teaching job on 1 November 1999, which Moss FK looked upon as a breach of contract. The player and club went into legal talks which ended with Johansen's contract being annulled. He was given a certain monetary compensation, but smaller than he meant he was entitled to, since he also claimed he did not subvert the club by teaching. Both the directors[22][23][24][25] and manager Knut Thorbjørn Eggen claimed they were reasonable in negotiating the compensation. Eggen also stated that the players, who supported Geir Johansen, "harrassed" the manager and directors. Johansen disagreed.[26][27] Nonetheless, he retired after the 1999 season.[28]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Wisth, Bjørn (2 September 1994). "Heier på lærer'n". Moss Dagblad (in Norwegian). p. 13.
  2. ^ "– Morn, Geir Johansen". Moss Dagblad (in Norwegian). 19 January 1988. p. 9.
  3. ^ "Styret aksepterer byttehandel". Moss Avis (in Norwegian). 10 March 1989. p. 9.
  4. ^ Jacobsen, Jon (31 March 1989). "Spiller for FFK". Demokraten (in Norwegian). p. 13.
  5. ^ Knudsen, Knut-Eigil (4 April 1989). "MFK og FFK må ta en ny runde ved forhandlingsbordet". Moss Dagblad (in Norwegian). p. 11.
  6. ^ a b Norsted, Lars (22 April 1989). "Reddende engler på plass i plankebyen". Moss Dagblad (in Norwegian). pp. 14–15.
  7. ^ Antonsen, Terje (17 January 1990). "Moss vil ikke betale for Geir". Fredriksstad Blad (in Norwegian). p. 26.
  8. ^ Johansen, Per (23 March 1990). "Ekholt vant, MFK tapte". Moss Avis (in Norwegian). p. 13.
  9. ^ Johannessen, Trond (11 May 1991). "En beskjeden friskus". Fredriksstad Blad (in Norwegian). p. 28.
  10. ^ Bakken, Rolf (19 July 1993). "FFK mistet kontrollen". Demokraten (in Norwegian). p. 10.
  11. ^ Johannessen, Knut (19 October 1993). "Geir valgte Moss FK". Demokraten (in Norwegian). p. 18.
  12. ^ Johansen, Stein H. (7 October 1993). "– Ingen flukt". Demokraten (in Norwegian). p. 15.
  13. ^ Kubberød, Tore (10 August 1994). "Geir J. (26) er spent". Moss Dagblad (in Norwegian). p. 9.
  14. ^ Nesselquist, Knut-Eigil (14 October 1997). "Ingen dumpekandidat". Moss Avis (in Norwegian). pp. 18–19.
  15. ^ a b Olsen, Øistein T. (16 September 1999). "Geir gir ikke opp". Moss Dagblad (in Norwegian). p. 17.
  16. ^ Johansen, Per (5 September 1994). "Ensom i Lyn-spillernes verden". Moss Avis (in Norwegian). pp. 16–17.
  17. ^ Simsø, Robert (24 September 1998). "Ingen syndebukker, bare helter". Moss Dagblad (in Norwegian). pp. 10–11.
  18. ^ Geir Johansen at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  19. ^ Kjøniksen, Helge (16 June 1999). "En trofast sliter". Moss Avis (in Norwegian). p. 25.
  20. ^ Kjøniksen, Helge (1 July 1999). "Klar fremgang på Lerkendal". Moss Avis (in Norwegian). pp. 16–17.
  21. ^ Kjøniksen, Helge (20 October 1999). "Johansen viker ikke". Moss Avis (in Norwegian). p. 51.
  22. ^ Simsø, Robert (29 November 1999). "Refser klubben i sitt hjerte". Moss Dagblad (in Norwegian). p. 16.
  23. ^ Simsø, Robert (29 November 1999). "Spillergruppen stiller seg bak Geir". Moss Dagblad (in Norwegian). p. 18.
  24. ^ Mellqvist, Mikael (30 November 1999). "Kjenner seg ikke igjen". Moss Dagblad (in Norwegian). p. 12.
  25. ^ Snilsberg, Torgeir (30 November 1999). "Skuffet ut av Moss FK". Moss Avis (in Norwegian). p. 15.
  26. ^ Simsø, Robert (1 December 1999). "– Trakassering!". Moss Dagblad (in Norwegian). p. 23.
  27. ^ Simsø, Robert (2 December 1999). "– Usaklig av Eggen, mener Geir Johansen!". Moss Dagblad (in Norwegian). pp. 12–13.
  28. ^ "Tilvekster i norsk eliteserie" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 3 February 2000.
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