Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson

Icelandic footballer (born 2003)

Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-03-23) 23 March 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Sutton Coldfield, England
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Fortuna Düsseldorf (on loan from Copenhagen)
Number 8
Youth career
0000–2018 ÍA
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 ÍA 1 (0)
2019–2021 IFK Norrköping 44 (5)
2021– Copenhagen 40 (5)
2023– → Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan) 20 (2)
International career‡
2018 Iceland U16 7 (2)
2018–2019 Iceland U17 9 (8)
2019 Iceland U19 5 (1)
2020– Iceland U21 6 (0)
2020– Iceland 25 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 March 2024

Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson (born 23 March 2003) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for German 2. Bundesliga club Fortuna Düsseldorf on loan from Copenhagen, and the Iceland national team.

Club career

ÍA

Having been born outside of Iceland, while his father Jóhannes Karl Guðjónsson was playing for Aston Villa, Ísak started his career with local family club ÍA in Akranes in Iceland.[1][2] In 2017 he went on trial with both Ajax and Brighton & Hove Albion.[3][4] In 2018 he played his first senior game with ÍA, aged 15, in the Icelandic second tier, with his father managing ÍA at the time.[5] Later that year he agreed a move to IFK Norrköping in Sweden, though the transfer didn't go through until 2019.[2][6]

IFK Norrköping

Ísak made his Norrköping debut in the Swedish Cup on 21 August 2019, starting and scoring against IFK Timrå. He made his Allsvenskan debut on 26 September 2019, aged 16, coming on as a substitute against AFC Eskilstuna.[7] Before the Swedish 2020 season, he was named the most promising player in the league.[8] He was in the starting line-up for Norrköping for most of the season. In October 2020 he was named one of the 60 most promising players in the world, born in 2003, by British paper The Guardian.[9]

Copenhagen

On 1 September 2021, Ísak joined Danish Superliga club F.C. Copenhagen on a deal until June 2026.[10]

Fortuna Düsseldorf

On 9 August 2023, Ísak joined 2. Bundesliga club Fortuna Düsseldorf on loan until the end of the 2023–24 season.[11]

International career

Ísak has featured for Iceland at under-16, under-17, under-19 and under-21 level.[2] In November 2020 he was called up to the senior squad for UEFA Nations League match against England.[12] He made his debut in that match at the age of 17 years and 240 days, becoming the fifth youngest player to debut for the Icelandic national team.[13] He only became the third youngest player from Akranes to debut for the national team, as Akranes is the home town of four of the six youngest players to debut for the national team.

Personal life

Ísak was born in England on 23 March 2003, to his parents, former international Jóhannes Karl Guðjónsson, known as Joey Guðjónsson who is currently the assistant manager of the Icelandic national football team and his mother Jófríður María Guðlaugsdóttir who works in Akranes's high school, Fjölbrautaskóli Vesturlands. Ísak also has three younger brothers called Jóel Thor (2005), Daniel Ingi (2007) and Emil Karl (2010). His maternal cousin is Oliver Stefánsson, who is also contracted to Norrköping.[6] His paternal grandfather is manager Guðjón Þórðarson. His paternal uncles are Bjarni Guðjónsson, Þórður Guðjónsson and Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson. His maternal aunt is Magnea Guðlaugsdóttir. His father, grandfather, aunt and uncles have all won senior caps for Iceland. In addition his grandfather managed the senior side.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 March 2024[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
ÍA 2018 1. deild 1 0 0 0 – 1 0
IFK Norrköping 2019 Allsvenskan 1 0 1 1 – 2 1
2020 28 3 4 1 – 32 4
2021 15 2 1 1 – 16 3
Total 44 5 6 3 — 50 8
Copenhagen 2021–22 Danish Superliga 16 4 1 0 8[b] 2 25 6
2022–23 22 1 5 0 6[c] 0 33 1
2023–24 2 0 0 0 1[c] 0 3 0
Total 40 5 6 0 15 2 61 7
Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan) 2023–24 2. Bundesliga 22 2 4 3 – 26 5
Career total 107 12 16 6 15 2 138 20

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Iceland 2020 1 0
2021 9 1
2022 7 2
2023 7 0
2024 1 0
Total 25 3
Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ísak goal.
List of international goals scored by Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 October 2021 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Armenia 1–1 1–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 22 September 2022 Motion invest Arena, Mödling, Austria  Venezuela 1–0 1–0 Friendly
3 19 November 2022 Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia  Latvia 1–0 1–1 (8–7 p) 2022 Baltic Cup

Honours

Copenhagen

Iceland

References

  1. ^ "Fótbolti.net".
  2. ^ a b c "Leikmaður - Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson".
  3. ^ "IA". Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson æfir með Brighton". 22 November 2017. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Leikskýrsla: ÍA - Þróttur R. - Knattspyrnusamband Íslands".
  6. ^ a b "Ísak Bergmann: "Rétti kosturinn á þessum tímapunkti"". skagafrettir.is (in Icelandic). Skagafréttir. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Fótbolti.net".
  8. ^ "Aftonbladet velur Ísak Bergmann efnilegasta leikmanninn í Svíþjóð - Vísir".
  9. ^ Christenson, Marcus; Powell, Jim; Blight, Garry; Christenson, Marcus; Powell, Jim; Blight, Garry. "Next Generation 2020: 60 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian.
  10. ^ FCK KØBER STORTALENTET ISAK BERGMANN JÓHANNESSON, fck.dk, 31 August 2021
  11. ^ "FORTUNA VERSTÄRKT SICH MIT ÍSAK BERGMANN JÓHANNESSON" [FORTUNA STRENGTHENS ITSELF WITH ÍSAK BERGMANN JÓHANNESSON] (in German). Fortuna Düsseldorf. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Ísak kallaður í hópinn".
  13. ^ "Fimmti yngsti landsliðsmaður Íslands".
  14. ^ Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  15. ^ "FC Copenhagen win 14th Danish league title". www.dailytimes.com.pk. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  16. ^ "FCK win 2022/23 Danish Cup". Copenhagen. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.

External links

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