Christian Johnsen (born 10 June 1977) is a retired Norwegian

football striker Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals as well as assisting them. As with any attacking player, the role ...

and current manager. Joining

Moss FK Moss Fotballklubb is a Norwegian football club, founded on 28 August 1906. They play in the 2. divisjon, the third highest division in the Norwegian football league system. They played in the Norwegian top flight between 1937-1939, 1953-1954 ...

from Faaberg IL ahead of the 1998 season, he played two and a half seasons for them in

Eliteserien Eliteserien () is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotio ...

and then three and a half seasons in

Raufoss IL Raufoss IL is a sports club from Raufoss, Norway. The club was formed in 1918. The football section played in the Norwegian top flight between 1937–1948, between 1957–1960, in 1964 and between 1973–1974. The club currently plays in 1. divis ...

. After finishing second top goalscorer in the

2003 1. divisjon The 2003 1. divisjon season kicked off on 13 April 2003, and the final round was played on 1 November 2003. Ham-Kam were promoted to the 2004 Tippeligaen as 1. divisjon winners, along with Fredrikstad who finished second. Ham-Kam will be playing ...

with 17 goals, he transferred to

Örebro SK Örebro Sportklubb, more commonly known as Örebro SK, Örebro or (especially locally) ÖSK, is a Swedish professional football club based in Örebro. The club are affiliated to Örebro Läns Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Behrn ...

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football le ...

. After one season he had to retire following career-ruining injuries, and blamed ÖSK's artificial turf. Johnsen enrolled at the

Norwegian School of Sport Sciences The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences ( no, Norges idrettshøgskole, NIH) is a public university located at Sognsvann in Oslo, Norway. It has the national responsibility for education and research related within sport sciences. It provides educa ...

. He also started a career in coaching, first for a Stabæk boys' team, later as player developer and assistant in Fram. At the time he resided in

Sandefjord Sandefjord () is a city and the most populous municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The municipality of Sandefjord was established on 1 January 1838. The municipality of Sandar was merged into Sandefjord on 1 January 1969. On 1 ...

and worked at the Norwegian School of Elite Sport. In 2017 he became head coach of Raufoss. He soon steered the team to promotion from the 2018 2. divisjon.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnsen, Christian 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Lillehammer Norwegian footballers Moss FK players Raufoss IL players Örebro SK players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Allsvenskan players Association football forwards Norwegian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Sweden Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Norwegian football managers Raufoss IL managers