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

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who plays as an

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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

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

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debut as a substitute in a match against

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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 Guðjón Þórðarson (; born 14 September 1955), known in the United Kingdom as Gudjon Thordarson, is an Icelandic football manager and former player. He has previously been manager of Iceland, Icelandic clubs ÍA, KA, KR, Keflavík, BÍ/Bo ...

. 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 '' Ye ...

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 A ...

and

Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson (born 26 February 1991) is an Icelandic former footballer who played as a forward. He began his career with ÍA in his native Iceland before a three-year spell at Norwegian side Lillestrøm, during which time he m ...

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 and the Iceland national team. Club career ÍA Having been born outside of Iceland, while ...

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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 21st-century Icelandic sportsmen {{Iceland-footy-bio-stub