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{{short description|Danish footballer (born 1972)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Michael Johansen
| fullname       = Michael Bro Johansen
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1972|7|22|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Glostrup]], [[Denmark]]
| height         = 1.68 m<ref>{{WorldFootball.net}}</ref>
| position       = [[Attacking midfielder]]
| youthyears1    = 1976–19??
| youthclubs1    = [[Rosenhøj BK]]
| youthyears2    = 19??–1990
| youthclubs2    = [[Kjøbenhavns Boldklub]]
| years1         = 1990–1991
| clubs1         = [[Kjøbenhavns Boldklub]]
| caps1          = 15
| goals1         = 1
| years2         = 1991–1992
| clubs2         = [[B 1903]]
| caps2          = 26
| goals2         = 1
| years3         = 1992–1996
| clubs3         = [[FC København|FC Copenhagen]]
| caps3          = 114
| goals3         = 17
| years4         = 1996–2000
| clubs4         = [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]]
| caps4          = 137
| goals4         = 16
| years5         = 2000–2004
| clubs5         = [[AB Copenhagen]]
| caps5          = 96
| goals5         = 13
| years6         = 2004–2007
| clubs6         = [[Greve IF]]
| caps6          = 
| goals6         = 
| totalcaps      = 388+
| totalgoals     = 48+
| nationalyears1 = 2000–2002
| nationalteam1  = [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]]
| nationalcaps1  = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
}}

'''Michael Bro Johansen''' (born 22 July 1972) is a [[Denmark|Danish]] former professional [[football (soccer)|football]] player who played as a [[midfielder]] in the [[Danish Superliga]] for [[FC Copenhagen]] and for [[Football in England|English]] club [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]]. He played two games for the [[Denmark national football team|Danish national team]] in 2000 and 2002, and was an unused substitute at the [[1992 Summer Olympics]]. He is the older [[twin brother]] of former footballer [[Martin Johansen]], and played alongside him in several clubs.

==Biography==
Born in [[Glostrup]], both Michael and Martin Johansen started playing for local [[Copenhagen]] club [[Rosenhøj IF]] at the age of four.<ref>Steen Uno, "Lille forskel — stor virkning", ''[[B.T. (tabloid)|B.T.]] article'', 18 August 1991</ref> They both went on to play for [[Kjøbenhavns Boldklub]] where they made their senior debut in the second-best Danish division in 1990. They moved to [[Danish Superliga]] club [[B 1903]] in 1991 before they signed for [[FC Copenhagen]] upon the founding of that club in 1992. They helped the club win the Danish Superliga title in its first year of existence, and in 1996 the twins parted ways as Michael Johansen moved to the [[Football League First Division|English First Division]] to join [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]]. Signed for £1.250.000, he became a star at Bolton, earning the nickname "[[The Smurfs|Smurf]]", and helped the club earn [[relegation and promotion|promotion]] to the [[Premier League]] for the [[FA Premier League 1997-98|1997–98 season]]. Bolton's stint in the Premiership only lasted a year, before the club was once again [[relegated]] to the First Division. He also helped Bolton to the FA Cup semi final in 2000, but he was one of two Bolton players to have their penalty saved by [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] goalkeeper [[David James (footballer, born 1970)|David James]] as they crashed out in a penalty shootout.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2000/apr/03/match.sport4 |title=Bolton miss out as Dublin delivers |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=2 April 2000 |access-date=17 February 2010 |location=London |first=David |last=Lacey}}</ref> In all, Johansen played 137 matches and scored 16 goals for Bolton.<ref>[http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=3641 Michael Johansen] at ''Sporting-Heroes.net''</ref>

In June 2000, he returned to Denmark to play for Superliga bronze winners [[AB Copenhagen]]. As [[Morten Olsen]] became Danish national team coach in 2000, he called Johansen up for his national team debut in August 2000, in a 2–0 win against the [[Faroe Islands national football team|Faroe Islands]]. In November 2002, Johansen won his second and last cap for Denmark, in a 2–0 win against [[Poland national football team|Poland]]. As AB was relegated following the [[Danish Superliga 2003-04]] season, Michael moved to amateur club [[Greve IF]] where he was reunited with Martin Johansen.<ref>"Johansen-brødrene samlet", ''[[Politiken]] article'', 28 July 2004</ref> Michael Johansen is now a [[FIFA]]-licensed [[sports agent|player agent]].<ref>Martin Kloster, "Agenter kender spillet indefra", ''[[Fyens Stiftstidende]] article'', 3 April 2006</ref>

==Honours==
'''Copenhagen'''
*[[Danish Cup]]: [[1994–95 Danish Cup|1994–95]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.fck.dk/en/kamp/25-05-95/ab-fc-kobenhavn |title=Thursday 25/05 1995 at 15:00 |publisher=fck.dk|access-date=5 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[Danish Super Cup]]: 1995<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.fck.dk/en/kamp/21-06-95/aab-fc-kobenhavn |title=Wednesday 21/06 1995 at 20:00 |publisher=fck.dk|access-date=4 January 2024}}</ref>

'''Bolton Wanderers'''
* [[Football League Division One|First Division]]: [[1996–97 in English football#Nationwide League Division One|1996–97]]

==Footnotes==
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==External links==
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{{F.C. Copenhagen Player of the Year}}
{{Denmark Squad 1992 Olympic Football Tournament}}

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