Ólafur Davíð Jóhannesson (born 30 June 1957, in

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and former player who formerly managed the Iceland national team. During his manager career, he has won the Icelandic championship five times and the Icelandic Cup three times. During his playing career, he played most of his years as a senior player with

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but started his career as manager only 24 years of age with the team

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from Vopnafjörður. He has managed

, Skallagrímur, FH, Þróttur,

, Selfoss, ÍR and Valur.

Managerial career

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, Ólafur 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. Ólafur won two more championships in the years 2005 and 2006 and winning the first VISA-cup in the history of FH in 2007.

Icelandic national team

Ólafur signed a two-year contract on 29 October 2007, after leaving his post as manager of Icelandic side FH. His first game in charge was against

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in November 2007. Ólafur has worked as a carpenter as well as being a manager for years.

Honours

Manager

FH * Úrvalsdeild karla: 2004, 2005, 2006 * Icelandic Cup: 2007 * Icelandic League Cup: 2004, 2006, 2007, 2022 * Icelandic Super Cup: 2005, 2006, 2007 Valur * Úrvalsdeild karla:

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* Icelandic Cup: 2015,

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* Icelandic League Cup:

* Icelandic Super Cup: 2016, 2017, 2018

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Johannesson, Olafur 1957 births Living people Olafur Johannesson Association football defenders Olafur Johannesson Olafur Johannesson Olafur Johannesson Olafur Johannesson Olafur Johannesson Olafur Johannesson Olafur Jóhannesson