KR where the first for the club in a match. On 1 January 2014, Jóhannes Karl moved to Fram Reykjavík. He was handed the number 10 jersey. On 30 October 2014, he moved to Fylkir. International career Jóhannes Karl made his international debut for the Iceland national team on 15 August 2001, in a 1–1 friendly draw with Poland. He scored once for the national team in a 1–1 draw with Norway on 22 May 2002. Jóhannes Karl was involved in Iceland's qualification for both the 2002 FIFA World Cup when he made three appearances during qualification when Iceland finished fourth in group 3, including a 3–1 home victory over the Czech Republic as well as away defeats to Northern Ireland and Denmark and 2006 FIFA World Cup when he made four appearances during qualification when Iceland finished fifth in group 8, playing a total of seven World Cup qualifying games. He was also involved in Iceland's qualification campaigns for the UEFA European Championships. Including Euro 2004 where he started in Iceland's games aniseed Scotland which they lost 2–1 as well as both their 2–1 wins over the Faroe Islands, a 3–0 away win over Lithuania and Iceland's 0–0 home draw with Germany. Jóhannes Karl picked up his 16th and 17th caps for Iceland against England and Japan in a mini tournament held in Manchester prior to Euro 2004. Jóhannes Karl has earned 34 caps scoring once for Iceland. Coaching career Jóhannes Karl was appointed player-manager of HK in 2016 and served in that role through the 2017 season. Before the 2018 season he moved to fellow 1. deild karla club ÍA, his hometown club. He joined as manager, retiring from playing. He guided ÍA to a promotion to the top tier Úrvalsdeild in his first season in charge and kept them up the following three seasons. Before the 2022 season he was hired as the assistant manager of Iceland. Personal life Jóhannes Karl married his longtime girlfriend, Jófríður María Guðlaugsdóttir in June 2006. The couple have four sons, Ísak Bergmann (2003), Jóel Thor (2005), Daniel Ingi (2007) and the youngest, Emil Karl (2010). His father, Guðjón Þórðarson, has managed Stoke City, Notts County, Barnsley and the Iceland national team. He has three brothers who have also played professional football, Þórður (Thordur or Doddi), Bjarni and Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson. Whilst another brother, Atli Guðjónsson, played in the Icelandic leagues before