Jóhannes Eðvaldsson (3 September 1950 – 24 January 2021) was an
Iceland
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ic international
football
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player. He won the
Scottish league championship
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twice with
Celtic F.C.
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and the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,
Playing career
Jóhannes started his career with
Valur
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* Birkir Valur Jónsson (born 1998), Icelandic football player
* Björn Valur Gíslason (born 1959), Icelandic politician
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in his native land before short spells with
Metz
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of France and Holbek of Denmark. He was signed by Sean Fallon in 1975, joining Scottish club
Celtic
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after a short trial. He played in almost every outfield position while at Celtic but was most suited to central defence. He was nicknamed "Shuggy" by the fans. After making 188 appearances for the
Glasgow
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club, during which he scored 36 goals, Johannes won 2 Premier Division titles and 1 Scottish Cup before he moved to the US in February 1980, joining NASL side
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.
Jóhannes returned to Europe in 1981, joining German side
Hannover 96
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. He later joined
Motherwell
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in 1982 and played two seasons for the
Fir Park
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side before retiring in 1984.
During his career he gained 34
caps
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Jóhannes started a coaching career with Þróttur in 1984 but soon returned to live in Scotland, where his wife is from. He suffered a
brain haemorrhage
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in 1995 but made a full recovery. Jóhannes was a coach for a 1994 team at Jimmy Johnstone Academy.
Personal life
Jóhannes' father
Evald Mikson
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was an
Estonian international
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goalkeeper
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in the 1930s, who was later Deputy Head of the
Tallinn
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Police
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during the
Nazi
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occupation. Accused of war crimes, Mikson fled Estonia at the end of World War II, eventually alighting in Iceland where he settled and raised a family, changing his name to the Icelandic Eðvald Hinriksson.
Jóhannes' brother
Atli
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* Atli Viðar Björnsson (born 1980), Icelandic footballer
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, seven years his junior, was also an international footballer. Atli was for a period Iceland's record cap holder, and played most of his career in Germany with
Borussia Dortmund
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,
Bayer Uerdingen
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and
Fortuna Düsseldorf
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before moving into coaching. He managed the Icelandic national side between 2000 and 2003.
Jóhannes died in
Glasgow
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