Jóhannes Kristinn Bjarnason (born 24 February 2005) is an Icelandic

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as an midfielder for KR.

Club career

He made his debut for KR as a substitute in a match against Breiðablik on 21 September 2020 when he was 15 years old. He joined

Norrköping Norrköping (; ) is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, about 160 km southwest of the national capital Stockholm, 40 km east of county seat Linköp ...

after the 2020 season along with his father who was appointed as the club's U19 coach. He made his

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 lea ...

debut as a substitute in a match against Degerfors on 28 November 2021.

Personal life

His father is former international footballer

Bjarni Guðjónsson Bjarni Eggerts Guðjónsson (born 26 February 1979) is an Icelandic former professional footballer, who was last manager of KR. He has played in Belgium, England and Germany and has two brothers who have also played professional football, Þ� ...

. His paternal grandfather is manager Guðjón Þórðarson. His paternal uncles are former international footballers

Jóhannes Karl Guðjónsson Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, ''Ioannes''), itself derived from the Hebrew name '' Yeh ...

Þórður Guðjónsson Þórður "Thordur" Gudjonsson (born 14 October 1973) is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or striker. Club career Þórður was born in Akranes started his career with local teams KA Akureyri and ÍA Ak ...

and

Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson (born 26 February 1991) is an Icelandic international footballer who plays as a forward for ÍA. He began his career with ÍA in his native Iceland before a three-year spell at Norwegian side Lillestrøm, during w ...

and his cousin is international footballer

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

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* * 2005 births Living people Johannes Kristinn Bjarnason Johannes Kristinn Bjarnason Men's association football midfielders Johannes Kristinn Bjarnason Allsvenskan players IFK Norrköping players Johannes Kristinn Bjarnason Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden {{Iceland-footy-bio-stub