Garðar Jóhannsson (born 1 April 1980 in

Garðabær Garðabær () is a municipality in the Capital Region of Iceland. History Garðabær is a growing town in the Capital Region. It is the sixth largest town in Iceland with a population of 13,872 (Sept 1, 2013). The site of Garðabær has been inha ...

) is a retired

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striker.

Career

Fredrikstad Fredrikstad (; previously ''Frederiksstad''; literally "Fredrik's Town") is a city and municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad. The city of Fredrikstad was founded in 15 ...

bought Garðar for 2 million NOK in August 2006, only a month after he was bought for 100.000 NOK by an Icelandic club. Because Garðar had played for

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and

Valur Valur may refer to: People * Birkir Valur Jónsson (born 1998), Icelandic football player * Björn Valur Gíslason (born 1959), Icelandic politician * Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (born 1979), Icelandic handball player * Guðni Valur Guðnason (born ...

after 1 July 2006, he had to wait almost one year before he could play matches for Fredrikstad. Garðar made his debut in

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against

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on 26 May 2007, where he scored the only goal of the match. He scored 18 goals in 58 matches for Fredrikstad. On 22 January 2010, he joined 2. Bundesliga club

Hansa Rostock FC Hansa Rostock () is a German association football club based in the city of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The club is also called as "the cog" because of its club crest. They have emerged as one of the most successful clubs from the forme ...

. Garðar later played for Strømsgodset, where he played six matches and scored one goal in the 2010 season.

References

Garðar Jóhannsson aðstoðarþjálfari Fylkis (Staðfest)
fotbolti.net, 14 November 2015

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* * * 1980 births Living people Gardar Johannsson Gardar Johannsson Gardar Johannsson Gardar Johannsson Gardar Johannsson Fredrikstad FK players FC Hansa Rostock players Strømsgodset Toppfotball players Eliteserien players 2. Bundesliga players Gardar Johannsson Expatriate footballers in Norway Expatriate footballers in Germany Gardar Johannsson Gardar Johannsson Association football forwards {{Iceland-footy-bio-stub