Magnus Johansson

Magnus Johansson is regarded as one of the greatest players in Linköping HC's historyArticle in HockeynewsRead the sourceArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose. Magnus JohanssonArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose grew up in Sturefors outside Linköping and travelled into the city to play hockey, he recalled in a 2019 interview with Hockeysverige. Football was the sport he played most while growing upArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose. He remembered his first year of introductory hockey sessions as one practice a week, mostly spent playing gamesArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose.

In the same interview, Johansson said he had played forward as a boy until a coach asked him to try defence at around age 10Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose. He discovered that he could still join the attack from his new positionArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose.

Johansson played mainly with Linköping’s juniors in autumn 1990Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose, then played more senior hockey after Christmas, according to his 2019 recollection. In a 2016Article in Linköping HCRead the sourceClose club portrait, he said that school had kept him in Linköping after the team was relegated to division 2. He also recalled Jim Brithén’sArticle in Linköping HCRead the sourceClose demanding training and the coach appointing him captain while he was still young.

In AugustArticle in Linköping HCRead the sourceClose 2026, Johansson began working on individual player development in Linköping’s youth and junior programmes. When the club announced the role on 21 August, he described how he wanted to guide players individually, both on and off the iceArticle in Linköping HCRead the sourceClose.