Bjørnar Johannessen is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 football midfielder who is a player-coach

Player-coach

A player-coach, in sports, is a member of a sports team who simultaneously holds both playing and coaching duties. The term can be used to refer to both players who serve as head coaches, or as assistant coaches....

 at Kråkerøy IL.

He started his career in Vesterøy, and went on to Lisleby, Råde

Råde IL

Råde Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Råde, Østfold. It has sections for association football, race walking, team handball, floorball, tennis, volleyball, speed skating and skiing....

 and Eik Tønsberg. He then joined Fredrikstad FK, and helped win promotion to the Norwegian Premier League

Norwegian Premier League

Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...

. He got eighteen Premier League games in 2004

Norwegian Premier League 2004

The 2004 season of the Norwegian Premier League began on April 12, 2004 and ended on 30 October 2004.26 games are played with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws...

 without scoring. Ahead of the 2005 season he joined Sparta Sarpsborg, and ahead of the 2008 season he joined Moss FK. He joined Sarpsborg 08 in the middle of the 2009-season, and decided to retire at the end of the season. Johannessen became became player-coach at Kråkerøy IL in 2010.