[1] Johansen played his youth football for amateur club Ryvang FC, before making his senior debut for B 1903 in 1968.
Johansen scored both goals in B 1903's 2-1 win against Celtic FC in the 1971-72 European Cup, though B 1903 was eliminated 4-2 on aggregate.
He became manager of B 1903 in 1990, and led the team to the quarter-finals of the 1991-92 UEFA Cup, beating Aberdeen, Bayern Munich, and Trabzonspor, before being eliminated by Torino Calcio.
Copenhagen, a newly created fusion of B 1903 and KB, and guided the team to the 1992 Danish Superliga championship.
[8] In October 2006 he was named sports director of Fremad Amager,[9] but left the job in March 2007 in order to continue his managerial career.