Full name Roar Johansen Name Roar Johansen Role Footballer | Playing position | |
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Date of birth (1935-07-08)8 July 1935 Date of death 23 October 2015(2015-10-23) (aged 80) Died October 23, 2015, Fredrikstad, Norway | ||
Place of birth Fredrikstad, Norway | ||
Roar Johansen (8 July 1935 – 23 October 2015) was a Norwegian footballer. As a defender for Fredrikstad he helped win the league title in 1956–57, 1959–60 and 1960–61, and the cup title in 1957, 1961 and 1966. In total he played 190 league-games and scored five goals for Fredrikstad from 1952 to 1967.
Johansen was also an important player for the Norwegian national team. He was capped 61 times; including a Norwegian record of 54 consecutive international matches between 18 September 1960 and 24 September 1967 (which was also his last international). He played in Norway's shock 3-0 win against Yugoslavia in 1965.
He went on to coach Fredrikstad. He died on 23 October 2015 at 80 years old.
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