Jonatan Lillebror Johansson (born 16 August 1975) is a Finnish football coach and former player. He is working as an academy coach for Rangers.RYDC: JJ'S PROUD OF ACADEMY ROLE, rangers.co.uk, 5 March 2024

His main position was forward, playing most notably for Rangers and Charlton Athletic. Johansson was also a regular in the Finland national team, earning 106 caps.

He was inducted into the Finnish Football Hall of Fame in 2019.

Club career Early career Johansson was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and started his career in Finland with his hometown club PIF. In 1995, he moved on to the Veikkausliiga club TPS. In 1997, he transferred to Flora, becoming the first Finnish player to move to an Estonian club. The fee for transfer was reportedly 170.000 Finnish markka, which corresponds to around €30.000.PIF perää TPS:ltä Johanssonin siirtorahoja, Helsingin Sanomat, 15 March 1998

In 1997, he moved to Scotland to join Rangers for a transfer fee of £300,000.

Johansson signed for newly promoted English Premier League club Charlton Athletic in the summer of 2000, for a fee of around £3.75 million (€5.6 million).Jonatan Johansson, Helsingin Sanomat, 27 April 2004 He competed for a place up front with Shaun Bartlett, Kevin Lisbie and Jason Euell.

On 31 January 2006, having fallen out of contention at The Valley, Johansson was loaned to Championship side Norwich City as a replacement for Dean Ashton. He scored his first goal on 5 February to open an East Anglian derby at home to Ipswich Town, a 2–1 loss.

Johansson and fellow out-of-favour forwards Bartlett and Francis Jeffers were released by Charlton in May 2006. In July he signed with Swedish club Malmö FF until 2008.

Hibernian On 13 November 2008, Johansson signed a pre-contract agreement with Scottish Premier League side Hibernian.Johansson agrees Hibernian switch , BBC Sport, 13 November 2008. He agreed an 18-month contract with Hibs, after his contract with Malmö FF expired. Johansson was unable to sign until 1 January, due to the transfer window rules, but began training in December.Johnstone, Darren.Hibs hope to have Johansson fit in time for Tynecastle trip, Edinburgh Evening News, 17 December 2008. He made his debut on 3 January 2009 against Hearts in the Edinburgh derby. Johansson scored his first goal seven months after signing at East End Park against Dunfermline Athletic in a 4–0 friendly win, but he was expected to leave Hibernian due to the increased competition for places.Hughes keen to keep Nish but warns of player exits, scotsman.com, 24 August 2009. His departure was confirmed on 1 September 2009.Player update , Hibernian FC official site, 1 September 2009.

St Johnstone It only became apparent that Johansson had signed for St Johnstone on 27 October 2009 when he was named in the starting line-up for their Scottish League Cup quarter-final tie at home to Dundee United. He had previously been training with the club to maintain his fitness ahead of Finland's international matches earlier in the month. Johansson signed a short-term contract until the new year. He scored a winning goal against Hearts on 21 November, which was his first competitive goal in Scotland for ten years, St Johnstone did not renew his short-term contract and Johansson left the club.

Greenock Morton and an unnamed German club made Johansson contract offers, but Johansson rejected Morton's offer.

Return to TPS On 8 February 2010, Johansson returned to TPS Turku after spending 14 years abroad.Jonatan Johansson returns to TPS He scored his first goal (a penalty kick) in a Veikkausliga game against VPS Vaasa on 7 May. He also scored twice in the next match, against Inter Turku, in the city's local derby. He also won the 2010 Finnish Cup, 2–0 against HJK Helsinki in the final. He finished the season with 10 goals, being the club's second best goalscorer, only two goals behind Roope Riski. Johansson announced his retirement from professional football on 23 March 2011.Tintti retires

International career Johansson made his debut for the Finland national team on 16 March 1996 against Kuwait, scoring the game's only goal. He was a regular member of the Finland squad and earned his 100th cap in October 2009. Johansson made a total of 106 appearances for Finland and scored 22 goals. Only Jari Litmanen and Teemu Pukki have made more appearances for Finland than Johansson. As of October 2021, Johansson is fourth in goals scored for Finland, after Pukki, Litmanen and Mikael Forssell.

After scoring the opening goal in a 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying match against Wales, Johansson was the subject of verbal criticism by Craig Bellamy.

Coaching career Johansson worked for Greenock Morton as their reserve team coach in 2012. He moved to Motherwell in August 2012 to coach their under-20 team.Jonatan Johansson , motherwellfc.co.uk, 31 July 2013. Johansson left Motherwell in July 2015 and was replaced by Stephen Craigan. In December 2016, he was appointed as an assistant coach to Markku Kanerva for the Finland national team.

On 9 April 2017, he was announced as an assistant coach to Rangers manager Pedro Caixinha. After starting work with Rangers, Johansson left his position with the Finland national team.

Greenock Morton Johansson was appointed on a two-year contract as manager of Scottish Championship club Greenock Morton on 6 September 2018. His first match in charge ended in a 1–1 draw at Tannadice Park against Dundee United. Johansson left Morton at the end of the 2018–19 season, as the club decided not to exercise the option of retaining him for the second year of his contract.

TPS Johansson was appointed as new manager at TPS on 24 July 2020. He signed an initial two-year contract with the option of another year. He was dismissed by TPS on 25 September 2022.

Personal life Johansson married Jean Anderson, a Scottish television presenter who is from Port Glasgow, in June 2008.Hibs target former Rangers striker Jonatan Johansson, Daily Record.

Career statistics Club + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupEuropeTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsTPS1995Veikkausliiga906000201701996Veikkausliiga236000000236Total326600020406Flora Tallinn1996–97Meistriliiga9900000099Rangers1997–98Scottish Premier League60200010801998–99Scottish Premier League25833217537181999–2000Scottish Premier League166002081267Total471453411667125Charlton Athletic2000–01Premier League311100231034142001–02Premier League3052020003452002–03Premier League3132210003432003–04Premier League2641020002942004–05Premier League2643020002942005–06Premier League4021000061Total14827103931016833Norwich City (loan)2005–06Championship123000000123Malmö FF2006Allsvenskan141100000014112007Allsvenskan2160000002162008Allsvenskan206000000206Total55230000005523Hibernian2008–09Scottish Premier League90100000100St Johnstone2009–10Scottish Premier League6110000061TPS2010Veikkausliiga191000000000Career total33793236134196392109

International goals Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Johansson goal.

+ List of international goals scored by Jonatan JohanssonNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 16 March 1996 Kuwait City, Kuwait 1–0 Friendly2 5 February 1998 Limassol, Cyprus 1–1 Friendly3 22 April 1998 Edinburgh, Scotland 1–1 Friendly4 5 September 1998 Helsinki, Finland 3–2 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying5 14 October 1998 Istanbul, Turkey 3–1 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying6 10 February 1999 Ta'Qali, Malta 1–1 Friendly7 18 August 1999 Bruges, Belgium 4–3 Friendly89 9 October 1999 Helsinki, Finland 4–1 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying10 30 April 2003 Vantaa, Finland 3–0 Friendly11 8 February 2005 Nicosia, Greece 2–1 Friendly12 26 March 2005 Teplice, Czech Republic 3–4 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification13 6 September 2006 Helsinki, Finland 1–1 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying14 6 June 2007 Helsinki, Finland 2–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying15 20 August 2008 Tampere, Finland 2–0 Friendly1617 10 September 2008 Helsinki, Finland 3–3 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification18 28 March 2009 Cardiff, Wales 2–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification19 1 April 2009 Oslo, Norway 2–3 Friendly20 6 June 2009 Helsinki, Finland 2–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification21 5 September 2009 Lankaran, Azerbaijan 2–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification22 14 October 2009 Hamburg, Germany 1–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Managerial

TeamNatFromToRecordPWDLW%Greenock Morton6 September 20184 May 2019TPS27 July 202025 September 2022Total

See also List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps

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