Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson

Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson (born 23 March 2003) is an Icelandic footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for IFK Norrköping.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Ísak.
Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-03-23) 23 March 2003
Place of birth Sutton Coldfield, England
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 IFK Norrköping
Number 27
Youth career
0000–2018 ÍA
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 ÍA 1 (0)
2019– IFK Norrköping 29 (3)
National team‡
2018 Iceland U16 7 (2)
2018–2019 Iceland U17 9 (8)
2019 Iceland U19 5 (1)
2020– Iceland U21 4 (0)
2020– Iceland 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2020

Club career

ÍA

Having been born outside of Iceland, while his father Jóhannes Karl Guðjónsson was playing professional football, Ísak started his career with local family club ÍA in Akranes in Iceland.[1][2] In 2017 he went on trial with both Ajax and Brighton.[3][4] 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.[5] Later that year he agreed a move to IFK Norrköping in Sweden, though the transfer didn't go through until 2019.[2][6]

IFK Norrköping

Ísak made his Norrköping debut in the Swedish Cup on 21 August 2019, starting and scoring against IFK Timrå. He made his Allsvenskan debut on 26 September 2019, aged 16, coming on as a substitute against AFC Eskilstuna.[7] Before the Swedish 2020 season, he was named the most promising player in the league.[8] 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 The Guardian.[9]

International career

Ísak has featured for Iceland at under-16, under-17, under-19 and under-21 level.[2] In November 2020 he was called up to the senior squad for UEFA Nations League match against England.[10] 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.[11] Interestingly, he only became the third youngest player from Akranes 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.

Career statistics

Club
As of 6 December 2020.[12]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
ÍA 2018 1. deild 1000–0010
IFK Norrköping 2019 Allsvenskan 101[lower-alpha 1]1–0021
2020 2834[lower-alpha 1]1–00324
Total 293520000345
Career total 303520000355
Notes
  1. Appearances in the Svenska Cupen

Personal life

Ísak is the son of former international Jóhannes Karl Guðjónsson, known as Joey Guðjónsson. His maternal cousin is Oliver Stefánsson, who is also contracted to Norrköping.[6] His paternal grandfather is manager Guðjón Þórðarson. His paternal uncles are Bjarni Guðjónsson, Þórður Guðjónsson 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.

References
  1. https://fotbolti.net/news/29-10-2020/the-sun-fjallar-um-ad-isak-se-loglegur-med-enska-landslidinu
  2. https://www.ksi.is/mot/leikmadur/?leikmadur=274207
  3. http://sagan.kfia.is/frettir/Isak_bergmann_til_aefinga_hja_ajax
  4. https://ia.is/2017/11/22/isak-bergmann-johannesson-aefir-med-brighton/
  5. https://www.ksi.is/mot/leikskyrsla/?leikur=428893
  6. "Ísak Bergmann: "Rétti kosturinn á þessum tímapunkti"". skagafrettir.is (in Icelandic). Skagafréttir. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  7. https://fotbolti.net/news/27-09-2019/isak-i-vidtali-a-saensku-thetta-er-draumur
  8. https://www.visir.is/g/202022335d
  9. https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2020/oct/08/next-generation-2020-60-of-the-best-young-talents-in-world-football?CMP=share_btn_tw
  10. https://www.mbl.is/sport/efstadeild/2020/11/14/isak_kalladur_i_hopinn/
  11. https://www.mbl.is/sport/efstadeild/2020/11/19/fimmti_yngsti_landslidsmadur_islands/
  12. Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 November 2020.


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