Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson (born 23 March 2003) is an Icelandic professional

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who plays as a

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for German club

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and the Iceland national team.

Club career

ÍA

Having been born outside of Iceland, while his father Jóhannes Karl Guðjónsson was playing for

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, Ísak started his career with local family club ÍA in

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in Iceland. In 2017 he went on trial with both

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and

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. 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. Later that year, he agreed a move to

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in Sweden, though the transfer didn't go through until 2019.

IFK Norrköping

Ísak made his Norrköping debut in the Swedish Cup on 21 August 2019, starting and scoring against IFK Timrå. He made his

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debut on 26 September 2019, aged 16, coming on as a substitute against

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. Before the Swedish 2020 season, he was named the most promising player in the league. 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 ''

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Copenhagen

On 1 September 2021, Ísak joined

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club

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on a deal until June 2026.

Fortuna Düsseldorf

On 9 August 2023, Ísak joined 2. Bundesliga club

on loan until the end of the 2023–24 season. After a good season in which Ísak recorded seven goals and nine assists in 37 games for Düsseldorf, the club confirmed on 14 June 2024 that they had triggered his buyout clause - around €2 million according to media reports. According to media reports, Ísak signed a contract until June 2029.

International career

Ísak has featured for Iceland at under-16, under-17, under-19 and under-21 level. In November 2020 he was called up to the senior squad for

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match against

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. 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. He only became the third youngest player from

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. His paternal grandfather is manager

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. His paternal uncles are

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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. His girlfriend is

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player Agnes Perla Sigurðardóttir, a former youth international.

Career statistics

Club

International

: ''Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ísak goal''.

Honours

Copenhagen *

: 2021–22 2022–23 *

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: 2022–23 Iceland * Baltic Cup:

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