Christian Johnsen

{{short description|Norwegian footballer and manager (born 1977)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Christian Johnsen

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|6|10|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| height = 1.85 m

| position = forward

| years1 = –1997

| clubs1 = Faaberg

| years2 = 1998–2000

| clubs2 = Moss

| caps2 = 43

| goals2 = 8

| years3 = 2000–2003

| clubs3 = Raufoss

| caps3 = 77

| goals3 = 41

| years4 = 2004

| clubs4 = Örebro

| caps4 = 2

| goals4 = 0

| manageryears1 = c.2006

| managerclubs1 = Stabæk (youth)

| manageryears2 = 2010–2011

| managerclubs2 = Fram (developer/assistant)

| manageryears3 = 2017–2022

| managerclubs3 = Raufoss

| manageryears4 = 2023–2024

| managerclubs4 = Aalesund

}}

Christian Johnsen (born 10 June 1977) is a retired Norwegian football striker and current manager.

Joining Moss FK from Faaberg IL ahead of the 1998 season,{{cite news|title=Fotball: Eliteserielagenes spillerstaller|agency=Norwegian News Agency|date=30 March 1998|language=no}} he played two and a half seasons for them in Eliteserien and then three and a half seasons in Raufoss IL.{{NFF|2991610}} After finishing second top goalscorer in the 2003 1. divisjon with 17 goals, he transferred to Örebro SK of Allsvenskan.{{cite news|title=Toppscorere i 1. divisjon fotball|agency=Norwegian News Agency|date=1 November 2003|language=no}}{{cite news|title=Johnsen klar for Örebro|agency=Norwegian News Agency|date=22 December 2003|language=no}} After one season he had to retire following career-ruining injuries, and blamed ÖSK's artificial turf.{{cite news|title=Kunstgress ødela fotball-karrièren|last=Olsen|first=Sindre J.|date=15 October 2004|work=Aftenposten|language=no}}

Johnsen enrolled at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences. He also started a career in coaching, first for a Stabæk boys' team,{{cite news|title=De etablerte må ta ansvar|date=16 September 2006|work=Oppland Arbeiderblad|page=21|language=no}} later as player developer and assistant in Fram.{{cite news|date=28 September 2010|work=Østlands-Posten|page=13|language=no}} At the time he resided in Sandefjord and worked at the Norwegian School of Elite Sport.

In 2017 he became head coach of Raufoss.{{cite news|title=Blir sjef i klubben i sitt hjerte|last=Befring|first=Knut|date=8 December 2016|work=Oppland Arbeiderblad|pages=30–31|language=no}} He soon steered the team to promotion from the 2018 2. divisjon. Stabilizing Raufoss in the 1. divisjon, he resigned after the 2022 season.

In 2023 he was appointed as the new head coach of Aalesunds FK following the departure of Lars Arne Nilsen.