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Jóhannes Harðarson
Personal information
Full name	Jóhannes Þór Harðarson
Date of birth	28 July 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Iceland
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–2000	ÍA Akranes
2000–2001	MVV Maastricht
2001–2002	FC Groningen
2002–2003	→ BV Veendam (loan)
2003–2004	FC Groningen
2004–2008	IK Start
2008–2013	Flekkerøy IL
International career‡
2005	Iceland
Managerial career
2013–2014	Flekkerøy IL
2015	ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar
2017–2019	Start (assistant)
2019–2021	Start
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 September 2007; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2007

Jóhannes "Joey" Harðarson (born 28 July 1976) is an Icelandic football coach and former player. He was most recently the head coach of Norwegian First Division club Start.

Club career

Before the 2004 season, he moved to Norwegian club IK Start and helped secure their promotion. His previous clubs include IA Akranes and the Dutch team FC Groningen. When leaving Start, he joined the smaller local club Flekkerøy IL.

Coaching career

Harðarson became interim head coach at IK Start, after Kjetil Rekdal left the position in April 2019.^[1] On 10 July 2019, Start announced that Harðarson would coach the team for the rest of the season.^[2] On 23 October 2019, Start announced that Joey Harðarson had agreed to a contract as head coach on permanent basis till the end of the 2021 season.^[3] Start finished the 2019 season in third place and qualified for promotion play-offs. Harðarson's Start won promotion to Eliteserien on the away goals rule after a 5–5 draw on aggregate against Lillestrøm in the play-off final. He was sacked on 14 June 2021.^[4]^[5]

International career

Harðarson has been capped twice for Iceland.

References

^ "Pressemelding: Oppretter personalsak mot Kjetil Rekdal". ikstart.no (in Norwegian). IK Start. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
^ "Hardarson blir Start-trener ut sesongen". aftenposten.no (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
^ "Hardarson forlenger med Start". abcnyheter.no (in Norwegian). ABC Nyheter. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
^ "Joey og Mattias ferdige i Start" (in Norwegian). IK Start. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
^ "Start-treneren har fått sparken". TV 2 (in Norwegian). 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.