Diego Johannesson

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

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Johannesson and the second or maternal family name is Pando.

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

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. "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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