Early career Johansson was born in
Stockholm, Sweden, and started his career in Finland with his hometown club
PIF. In 1995, he moved on to the
Veikkausliiga club
TPS. In 1997, he transferred to
Flora, becoming the first Finnish player to move to an Estonian club. The fee for transfer was reportedly 170.000
Finnish markka, which corresponds to around €30.000. In 1997, he moved to Scotland to join
Rangers for a transfer fee of £300,000. Johansson signed for newly promoted English
Premier League club
Charlton Athletic in the summer of 2000, for a fee of around £3.75 million (€5.6 million). On 31 January 2006, having fallen out of contention at
The Valley, Johansson was loaned to
Championship side
Norwich City as a replacement for
Dean Ashton. He scored his first goal on 5 February to open an
East Anglian derby at home to
Ipswich Town, a 2–1 loss. Johansson and fellow out-of-favour forwards Bartlett and
Francis Jeffers were released by Charlton in May 2006. In July he signed with Swedish club
Malmö FF until 2008.
Hibernian On 13 November 2008, Johansson signed a pre-contract agreement with
Scottish Premier League side
Hibernian. He agreed an 18-month contract with Hibs, after his contract with Malmö FF expired. He made his debut on 3 January 2009 against
Hearts in the
Edinburgh derby. Johansson scored his first goal seven months after signing at
East End Park against
Dunfermline Athletic in a 4–0 friendly win, but he was expected to leave Hibernian due to the increased competition for places. His departure was confirmed on 1 September 2009.
St Johnstone It only became apparent that Johansson had signed for St Johnstone on 27 October 2009 when he was named in the starting line-up for their
Scottish League Cup quarter-final tie at home to
Dundee United. He had previously been training with the club to maintain his fitness ahead of Finland's international matches earlier in the month. Johansson signed a short-term contract until the new year. He scored a winning goal against Hearts on 21 November, which was his first competitive goal in Scotland for ten years, St Johnstone did not renew his short-term contract and Johansson left the club. but Johansson rejected Morton's offer.
Return to TPS On 8 February 2010, Johansson returned to TPS Turku after spending 14 years abroad. He scored his first goal (a
penalty kick) in a Veikkausliga game against VPS Vaasa on 7 May. He also scored twice in the next match, against
Inter Turku, in
the city's
local derby. He also won the
2010 Finnish Cup, 2–0 against
HJK Helsinki in the final. He finished the season with 10 goals, being the club's second best goalscorer, only two goals behind
Roope Riski. Johansson announced his retirement from professional football on 23 March 2011. ==International career==