Johansen, Kai

Kai Johansen began his career at the Korslekke club, from where he moved to the “ 1909 ” club from Odense , where he acted as an attacker , not succeeding as a striker, Johansen left “1909” and moved to the Odense club, where He played on the spot as a defender and even attracted the attention of the coaching staff of the Danish national team , in which he debuted on June 11, 1962 in a match with the Hungarian national team , he played 20 matches in total for Johannes.

The game for the national team Johansen attracted the attention of British clubs and in 1963 moved to the Scottish club Greenock Morton , and the next season he moved to Rangers for £ 20,000, signing a contract on June 24 . Johansen - the first non-Briton to win the Scottish Cup , moreover, in the 1966 Cup final held against the eternal rival Rangers, Celtic , it was Johannes who scored the only goal from this 25-meter strike. It was this goal that allowed the Rangers to play in the Goblet Cup next year, in which the Scottish club reached the final, in which, however, lost to Bayern , in that tournament Johannes scored the most important goal in a duel with Borussia from Dortmund . Despite the successes in Scotland, Johannes could not play in the national team, because according to the rules of that time, only amateurs could play in the Danish national team, and Johannes, getting paid in Scotland, was already a professional.

After leaving football in 1970 , Johannes, who had his own clothing store in Odense, returned to his business, he also ran pubs in Glasgow and the Costa del Sol . Then Jozanes returned to the world of football and began working as a football agent, helping players enter into lucrative contracts.

In 2006, a cancer was discovered by Johannes, and on May 13, 2007, the Dane died. The Rangers honored the memory of a player with a minute of silence before the game with Kilmarnock, held on the day of Johansen's death.

• Profile on dbu.dk
• Article on theherald.co.uk
• Rangers paid tribute to Johansen