{{short description|Danish footballer (1940-2007)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Kai Johansen | image = | fullname = | birth_date = 23 July 1940 | birth_place = Odense, Denmark | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2007|5|13|1940|7|23}} | death_place = | height = | position = Full-back | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = –1963 | clubs1 = Odense BK | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1963–1965 | clubs2 = Morton | caps2 = 33 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1965–1970 | clubs3 = Rangers | caps3 = 158 | goals3 = 4 | nationalyears1 = 1960–1961 | nationalteam1 = Denmark U21 | nationalcaps1 = 8 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 1962–1963 | nationalteam2 = Denmark | nationalcaps2 = 20 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | manageryears1 = 1970–1972 | managerclubs1 = Cape Town City | manageryears2 = 1973–1975 | managerclubs2 = Arcadia Shepherds }} '''Kai Johansen''' (23 July 1940 – 13 May 2007) was a Danish professional footballer who played as a full-back. He spent a large proportion of his career playing in Scotland with Rangers.
==Career== Born in Odense, Johansen began his football career in the small club of Korsløkke before moving to Boldklubben 1909 in Odense as a striker. However, he was not successful, and moved to another of the major clubs in the city, Odense Boldklub. Here he found his natural place as a right full back and soon attracted attention from the Denmark national team manager. Johansen made his debut as a member of the national team on 11 June 1962 against Hungary. The following year and a half he played 20 national matches.
After attracting international interest, Johansen was the first of a number of Scandinavian players signed by Morton in 1964.
The following year, Johansen signed for Rangers on 24 June 1965 for £20,000 after impressing manager Scot Symon with his performance for a European Select side against a UK Select in Stanley Matthews' testimonial.<ref name="mcelroy">{{cite news|url=http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/obituaries/display.var.1404472.0.kai_johansen.php|last1=McElroy|first1=Robert|title=Kai Johansen (obituary)|publisher=Glasgow Herald|access-date=9 March 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929111544/http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/obituaries/display.var.1404472.0.kai_johansen.php|archive-date=29 September 2007}}</ref> He scored for Rangers in the 1966 Scottish Cup Final against Celtic, sealing a 1–0 win for Rangers and becoming the first foreign player to score in the final.<ref name="said">{{cite web |last1=Said |first1=Nick |title=Simon Murray to add to Scottish links to South African football |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/south-african-premiership/story/3580944/simon-murray-to-add-to-scottish-links-to-south-african-football |website=ESPN |access-date=6 January 2022 |date=1 August 2018}}</ref> This cup victory earned Rangers qualification to the following season's UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. Johansen featured throughout the run to the 1967 European Cup Winners' Cup Final – Rangers' second in their history – including scoring a goal in the 2–1 first leg win against Borussia Dortmund, the holders, who Rangers knocked out of the tournament.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}} He played in the final which Rangers lost 1–0 in extra-time to Bayern Munich.<ref name="said"/>
Becoming a professional footballer excluded Johansen from the national team, which at the time entirely consisted of amateurs. He undoubtedly would have had many more caps without this rule.
He retired in 1970<ref name="mcelroy"/> and returned to a career as a store owner. Before his career in Scotland, he had established a men's wear store in Odense. He also ran pubs in Glasgow and on the Costa del Sol, before becoming a player's agent.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}
In 1970 Johansen moved to South Africa with joining Cape Town City.<ref name="said"/> At another South African side Arcadia Shepherds he managed the club's treble-winning side of 1974.<ref name="said"/>
He was diagnosed with cancer in 2006 and died on 13 May 2007. His death was marked with a minute's silence before Rangers' match against Kilmarnock that day.<ref name="Minute's silence">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/6651555.stm|title=Rangers pay tribute to Johansen|publisher=BBC Sport website|date=13 May 2007}}</ref>
==Honours==
===Player=== '''Rangers''' * European Cup Winners Cup: runner-up 1966–67<ref name="said"/> * Scottish Cup: 1965–66;<ref name="said"/> runner-up 1968–69<ref name="mcelroy"/>
===Manager=== '''Arcadia Shepherds''' * National Football League (South Africa): 1974<ref name="said"/> * NFL Cup: 1974<ref name="said"/> * NFL UTC Bowl Cup: 1974<ref name="said"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{DBU player|3113}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929111544/http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/obituaries/display.var.1404472.0.kai_johansen.php Obituary from The Herald]
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