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Aron Jóhannsson (born November 10, 1990) is an American professional
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player who plays as a striker for
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club Valur. He began his career with
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and later played in the
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for AGF before joining AZ in January 2013. After two-and-a-half seasons at the
Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...
club, he was signed by
Werder Bremen Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. (), commonly known as Werder Bremen, Werder or simply Bremen, is a German professional sports club based in Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, Werder are best known for their professional association foo ...
. His four years in
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was plagued by injuries, and he left in 2019 to revive his career with
Hammarby IF Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differ ...
in
Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish football league system. Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegatio ...
. Formerly an Iceland under-21 international, Aron made his senior debut for the
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in 2013. He represented the US at the
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and the
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, helping them to fourth place in the latter.


Early life

Born to Icelandic parents who were students in
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, United States, Aron moved to Iceland with his family at the age of three. Growing up, he spent most his life in Iceland while occasionally visiting the United States as well as spending one year and graduating in 2008 from The Pendleton School at the
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in
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in the United States.


Club career


Youth development

Aron started his youth career at his local club,
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, in Reykjavik, Iceland. In 2005, he moved to Breiðablik for one season, heading back to his former club the following year. He then spent the 2007–08 school year playing in the U.S. Football Development Academy for the
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squad based in
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.


Fjölnir

Aron made his debut for Fjölnir in the
2008 Úrvalsdeild The 2008 season of Úrvalsdeild was the 97th season of top-tier football in Iceland. The league, also known as ''Landsbankadeild'' for sponsoring reasons, has been expanded from 10 teams to 12 teams in 2008. Teams and venues Promotion and relega ...
season. He became a regular in the side the following year, making a total of 37 league appearances for the club and scoring 13 goals in the process. 12 of those he scored in his last season with Fjölnir, when he was voted both the best and the most promising player of the first division. On top of that he was also the top scorer of the league.


AGF Aarhus

Aron attracted attention from foreign clubs during his second full season for Fjölnir, moving to AGF Aarhus in late August 2010. Following a fine performance in AGF's 3–2 win at
Viborg FF Viborg Fodsports Forening (), also known as Viborg FF or VFF for short, is a Danish professional association football, football club based in the Central Denmark Region, Central Jutland city of Viborg, Denmark, Viborg. They compete in the Danish ...
on April 16, 2011, he was chosen as one of the team's starting strikers. Aron played the remaining games for AGF in the season, helping his team to the promotion to the Superliga. His first goal for AGF came in an away match in the
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against
Hvidovre IF Hvidovre Idrætsforening, more commonly known as Hvidovre IF () is a Danish association football club from Hvidovre, Capital Region of Denmark. The club competes in the Danish 1st Division, the second tier of Danish football, and plays its ...
on April 28, 2011. He made his debut in the
Danish Superliga The Danish Superliga (, ) is a professional association football league in Denmark and the highest level of the Danish football league system. The league is currently contested by 12 teams each year, with 2 teams relegated. It is the current ...
on July 18, 2011, in a 2–1 win against
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. After 15 goalless matches, he finally scored his first goal in the Superliga in the away match against
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on November 7, 2011, securing a 1–1 result. Aron set a new record August 27, 2012 when he scored the fastest hattrick ever in the Danish Superliga, completing the hattrick in 3 minutes and 50 seconds against
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; he also scored their fourth goal of the match, giving AGF a 1–4 victory. It took him only 16 minutes to score the four goals, which is another record in the Superliga.


AZ Alkmaar

Aron joined AZ on January 29, 2013. He scored his first goal for the club on April 14, 2013. On August 11, 2013, Aron scored from the penalty spot in a 3–2 win over reigning
Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...
champions
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. Against
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he scored a hat trick in the Dutch Cup on September 25. Three days later, he scored the winning goal in a 2–1 win over
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. On October 20. Aron netted a brace as AZ came from a goal back to record a 3–1 win.


Werder Bremen


2015–16 season and long injury layoff

On August 5, 2015, Aron underwent a medical and signed for
Werder Bremen Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. (), commonly known as Werder Bremen, Werder or simply Bremen, is a German professional sports club based in Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, Werder are best known for their professional association foo ...
on a four-year deal, for a fee reported to be in the region of €5 million. Just ten days later, on August 15, he made his debut replacing Levin Öztunalı after 57 minutes in Werder's first match of the 2015–2016 Bundesliga season, a 0–3 home defeat to
Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as Schalke 04 (), and abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional sports club from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its football team, w ...
. He made his full debut a week later in a 1–1 draw away to
Hertha Berlin Hertha, Berliner Sport-Club e. V., commonly known as Hertha BSC () or Hertha Berlin, is a German professional football club based in Berlin. Hertha BSC plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football, following relegation from t ...
on the second matchday of the season, before scoring his first goal for Werder in his team's 2–1 defeat of
Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach, better known as Borussia Mönchengladbach () and colloquially known as just Gladbach, is a professional Association football, football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-W ...
on August 30, 2015, converting a penalty for 1–0. He picked up his second goal at
Darmstadt 98 Sportverein Darmstadt 1898 e.V., commonly known as Darmstadt 98 (), is a German professional association football club based in Darmstadt, Hesse. The club was founded on 22 May 1898 as FC Olympia Darmstadt. Early in 1919, the association was bri ...
on September 22, the opening goal in a 2–1 defeat. In early October, Aron was diagnosed with a nerve irritation in his right hip which Werder Bremen announced they would treat "in a conservative manner" and which would keep him out of action for a minimum of three weeks. On October 28, he underwent hip surgery that would leave him unable to play for "the coming weeks". However, after multiple attempts at a comeback, his season was ruled to be over by club CEO Thomas Eichin on March 24. Coming into the club with high expectations, Aron was not really able to prove his worth during his first season. He made six appearances before his season-ending injury, scoring two goals.


2016–17 season

After being expected to miss the beginning of the 2016–17 season as well, Aron started in the opening match, a 6–0 defeat away to
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, returning after an eleven-month layoff. He scored his first goal of the campaign in his second appearance, converting a penalty in a 1–2 defeat to
FC Augsburg Fußball-Club Augsburg 1907 e. V., commonly known as FC Augsburg (), is a Football in Germany, German professional football club based in Augsburg, Bavaria. FC Augsburg play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. T ...
. The following week, in a substitute appearance against Mönchengladbach, Aron assisted
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's goal. However, he was sent off for cursing, in English, at the referee, for which he was banned two matches and fined €8,000. In the days following the incident, Aron claimed he was misheard, but when he tried to explain to the referee his version, he said that the referee "stayed by his opinion". In addition, that was manager
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's last game in charge, before he was sacked and replaced with reserve manager Alexander Nouri. Following Aron's suspension, he began losing playing time to young center forward Ousman Manneh, and acknowledged at the end of his suspension that a return to the starting lineup would "certainly not be simple". With Aron yet to make a start under Nouri at the end of October, assistant coach Markus Feldhoff voiced his concerns about his match fitness, which Aron argued was "very near 100%", regarding his recent return from a lengthy injury. After making two substitute appearances in February in defeats against Augsburg and Borussia Mönchengladbach, he did not feature in Werder's following four matches during which the team amassed ten points.


2017–18 season

Until Nouri's dismissal in October 2017, Aron hardly featured and often did not make the squad playing a total of 80 minutes in seven substitute appearances. During the 2017–18 winter training camp, new manager Florian Kohfeldt praised Aron's competitive spirit. On February 3, 2018, Aron was involved in two goals in Werder Bremen 2–1 win away to Schalke 04 after coming as a substitute, This performance earned him a place in the starting lineup in the DFB-Pokal quarter-final match against Bayer Leverkusen three days later. He scored for 2–0 but Werder Bremen lost 4–2 after extra-time. From mid-March, he was repeatedly kept out of action with hamstring problems. In early May, Werder Bremen announced Aron would miss the rest of the season due to injury.


2018–19 season

Aron was sidelined with an ankle injury in July 2018 und underwent surgery in November. He returned to team training in late February 2019. On the last matchday of the season, he made his farewell from the club during the pre-match ceremony and was given a short substitute appearance by manager Kohfeldt. In his four seasons at the club, he made a total of 30 appearances across all competitions scoring five goals while being repeatedly kept out of action by injuries.


Hammarby IF

In July 2019, Aron joined
Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish football league system. Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegatio ...
club
Hammarby IF Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differ ...
on a three-year contract. In 2020, Aron was Hammarby's top scorer in Allsvenskan, scoring twelve goals in 22 appearances, although the side disappointedly finished 8th in the table. He decided to terminate his contract with the club at the end of the year.


Lech Poznań

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Aron joined
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club
Lech Poznań Kolejowy Klub Sportowy Lech Poznań S.A., commonly referred to as KKS Lech Poznań or simply Lech Poznań (), is a Polish professional football club based in Poznań and currently competing in the Ekstraklasa, the nation's highest division. ...
in February 2021, having agreed a contract until the end of 2021 with the option of an 18-month extension until summer 2023. At the time, the club placed 10th out of 16 teams in the league. He started and scored a game-winning goal in his debut game against
Śląsk Wrocław Wrocławski Klub Sportowy Śląsk Wrocław Spółka Akcyjna, commonly known as WKS Śląsk Wrocław (), is a Polish professional Association football, football club based in Wrocław that plays in , the second level of the Polish football leagu ...
on February 21. Having picked up an arm injury in a reserve team's league game that would keep him sidelined for the rest of the year, he left the club by mutual consent on the last day of the summer transfer window.


Valur

On November 4, 2021, Jóhannsson returned to Iceland to sign with
Úrvalsdeild The Besta deild karla () is a professional association football league in Iceland and the highest level of the Icelandic football league system. The competition was founded in 1912 as the Icelandic Championship. Because of the harsh winters in I ...
side Valur.


International career

After a string of good performances in the
Danish Superliga The Danish Superliga (, ) is a professional association football league in Denmark and the highest level of the Danish football league system. The league is currently contested by 12 teams each year, with 2 teams relegated. It is the current ...
in 2012, Aron received his first call-up to the Iceland squad on October 3, 2012, for the World Cup qualifiers against
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and
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. However, he did not appear due to a groin injury. Due to being a
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through his birth in the United States, Aron was also eligible to play for the United States national football team. In May 2013, U.S. coach
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stated that the U.S. team was keeping a "very close eye" on Aron. On August 13, his switch from Iceland was approved by FIFA. Aron's decision to choose the United States over Iceland was widely criticized in his home country. In a written statement The Football Association of Iceland (KSÍ) urged the player to reconsider his decision, claiming that the player – who grew up in Iceland – had "no link to soccer in the USA at all" and that there was no logic behind him "relinquishing his Icelandic football identity". Aron made his first appearance for the United States in their 4–3 friendly victory over
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in
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the next day, coming on for Eddie Johnson in the 63rd minute. In the final World Cup qualifying game against
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on October 15, 2013, he scored his first goal in the final minute, securing a 3–2 win. He was included on Klinsmann's 23-man squad for the
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, coming on for an injured
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in the 23rd minute of the opening game against
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for his tournament debut. Aron was part of the American squad which came fourth at the
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, scoring their third goal in a 6–0 quarter-final win over
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in at the
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in
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; set up by a 50-yard pass by captain Michael Bradley, he chipped goalkeeper Diosvelis Guerra from the edge of the penalty area. In March 2018, he was called up by interim coach
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for a friendly match against
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but was forced to pull out due an injury.


Career statistics


Club


International

:''Scores and results list United States' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Aron goal.''


Honors

AGF *
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:
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AZ *
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Valur * Icelandic League Cup: 2023


References


External links

* *
Official Danish Superliga player statistics
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