Karl-Johan Johnsson

NEC Nijmegen On 5 November 2012, Halmstads BK announced that Johnsson would leave the club as a Bosman for Dutch club NEC when the transfer window opened on 1 January 2013.

Randers On 11 July 2014, Johnsson signed for the Danish Superliga team Randers FC on a 3-year-contract.

Guingamp On 28 June 2016, Johnsson signed with the French Ligue 1 team Guingamp. In the 2018–19 Coupe de la Ligue quarter-finals, Johnsson played the full 90 minutes as Guingamp eliminated PSG and thereby ended their 43 games-long unbeaten streak. He was an unused substitute in the 2019 Coupe de la Ligue final.

Copenhagen On 12 July 2019, Copenhagen confirmed, that they had signed Johnsson on a four-year contract. On 10 August 2020, Johnsson made 13 saves in a 1–0 loss to Manchester United in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League quarter-finals – the most saves in a Europa League game by a goalkeeper since 2009. On 3 June 2023, his departure from the club was confirmed.

International career Johnsson represented Sweden at U19 level before moving up to the Sweden U21 team and debuting against the Slovakia U21 team in 2009. Over time Johnsson was able to work himself into becoming the first choice goalkeeper in the U21 team.

Despite Halmstads BK's poor performance in the 2011 Allsvenskan with ended with Halmstad being relegated, Johnsson was called up to the Sweden national team for the 2012 January tour against Qatar and Bahrain. Missing out on the game against Bahrain, he then came on as a substitute at halftime against Qatar, making his senior team debut.

In May 2018 he was named in Sweden's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. He was also included in Sweden's 26-man squad for UEFA Euro 2020.

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Honours Guingamp Coupe de la Ligue runner-up: 2018–19

Copenhagen Danish Superliga: 2021–22 Danish Cup: 2022–23

Individual Tipsbladet Det Gyldne Bur: 2015 UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2019–20