Diegui Johannesson
Johannesson with Real Oviedo in 2017
Personal information
Full name Diego Johannesson Pando
Date of birth (1993-10-03) 3 October 1993
Place of birth Villaviciosa, Spain
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Albacete
Number 20
Youth career
Laviada
2001–2006 Sporting Gijón
2006–2011 Llano 2000
2011–2013 Oviedo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Oviedo B 85 (5)
2014–2021 Oviedo 126 (7)
2020 → Cartagena (on loan) 8 (0)
2021– Albacete 26 (0)
International career‡
2016– Iceland 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2017

Diego "Diegui" Johannesson Pando (born 3 October 1993) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Albacete Balompié.

Club career

Born in Villaviciosa, Asturias to an Icelandic father and a Spanish mother,[1] Johannesson joined Real Oviedo's youth setup in the 2011 summer, after spells at SD Llano 2000 and Sporting de Gijón. He made his debuts as a senior with the reserves in 2012, in Tercera División.

Initially a right winger, Johannesson was converted to a right back during the 2013–14 season. On 3 September 2014, he made his first team debut, starting in a 4–0 Copa del Rey home routing of SD Amorebieta.[2]

Johannesson appeared in 13 first team matches during the campaign, as his side was promoted as champions. He made his professional debut on 25 October 2015, coming on as a second-half substitute for José Manuel Fernández in a 2–4 Segunda División away loss against SD Ponferradina.[3]

On 4 July 2017, after already becoming a full-time member of the first team squad, Johannesson renewed his contract until 2019.[4] A regular starter in the following two campaigns, he lost his first-choice status after the arrival of Juanjo Nieto in 2019.

On 10 January 2020, Johannesson went on loan to FC Cartagena for the remainder of the season.[5] He helped the team in their promotion to the second division before returning to Oviedo, where he was again a backup option.

On 14 June 2021, Johannesson signed a two-year contract with Albacete Balompié, freshly relegated to Primera División RFEF.[6]

International career

On 10 December 2014, Johannesson committed himself to Iceland, after stating that he would "dream of playing with its national team".[1] On 25 January 2016, he received his first call up, being included in Lars Lagerbäck and Heimir Hallgrímsson's squad for a friendly against the United States.[7][8]

Johannesson made his full international debut on 31 January 2016, replacing Guðmundur Þórarinsson at half-time in a 2–3 loss at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.[9]

Honours

References

  1. 1 2 "Diegui: "Quiero jugar en Primera con el Oviedo y en la selección de Islandia"" [Diegui: "I want to play in Primera with Oviedo and in the Iceland national team"] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Goleada del Real Oviedo que pasa a tercera ronda" [Routing from Real Oviedo which goes through the third round] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "La Ponferradina castiga la ambición del Oviedo" [Ponferradina punishes Oviedo's ambition] (in Spanish). Marca. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Acuerdo para la ampliación de contrato de Diegui Johannesson" [Agreement for the extension of Diegui Johannesson's contract] (in Spanish). Real Oviedo. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "Diegui Johannesson Loaned Out". Real Oviedo. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  6. ↑ "Diego Johannesson se une al proyecto del Alba" [Diego Johannesson joins Alba's project] (in Spanish). Albacete Balompié. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "Johannesson, convocado con la Selección Islandesa" [Johannesson, called up with the Iceland national team] (in Spanish). Oviedo's official website. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Iceland call up Oviedo's Diego Johannesson". Diario AS. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "United States beats Iceland with late goal from substitute Steve Birnbaum". ESPN FC. 31 January 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
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