Roger Johnson (footballer)
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| Roger Johnson | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roger Johnson | |
| Date of birth | April 28, 1983 | |
| Place of birth | Ashford, England | |
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 31⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Cardiff City | |
| Number | 12 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1998-2000 | Wycombe Wanderers | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2000–06 2006–present |
Wycombe Wanderers Cardiff City |
156 (19) 74 (7) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Roger Johnson (born April 28, 1983 in Ashford, Surrey) is an English professional football defender, who currently plays for Cardiff City in the Football League Championship.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Wycombe Wanderers
Johnson is a product of the Wycombe Wanderers youth set-up and made his first-team debut for Wycombe in the final game of the 1999/2000 season, aged just 17. He became a first-team regular and was awarded the captaincy of the club when John Gorman took over in November 2004.
Johnson won the 2003/04 Fans' Player of the Year Award and came second the season after with the award being won by striker Nathan Tyson.
[edit] Cardiff City
On 4 July 2006, after 182 appearances and 22 goals for Wycombe, he joined Cardiff City for a fee of £275,000, despite their local rivals Swansea City attempting to sign him, including having a £100,000 bid rejected by Wycombe.[1]
Johnson had a strong first year at Cardiff, and after spending the first six months as a regular substitute, began to form a dominant pairing with Dutchman Glenn Loovens which saw them keep club captain Darren Purse out of the side. In the 2007/08 season he began to grab goals for the side, scoring late winners against Norwich City[2] in the League and Brighton[3] in the Carling Cup as well as vital equalizer's against Hull City[4] and Preston North End[5]. Johnson scored the second goal of Cardiff's memorable 2-0 away victory over Premier League Middlesbrough in the 2007-08 FA Cup Quarter Final[6] and his header in the Severnside Derby match against Bristol City in March 2008 was his 7th of the season[7]. He also played in all 6 of Cardiff's matches on their way to reaching the FA Cup Final before losing 1-0 to Portsmouth.
Johnson's impressive consistent performances for the Bluebirds have seen him become very popular with the fans and many see him as the future captain of Cardiff City.
[edit] Club stats
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Wycombe Wanderers | 2000-01 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001-02 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2002-03 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 3 | |
| 2003-04 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 3 | |
| 2004-05 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 7 | |
| 2005-06 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 53 | 8 | |
| Subtotal | 156 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 182 | 22 | |
| Cardiff City | 2006-07 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 2007-08 | 42 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 7 | |
| Total | 230 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 267 | 29 | |
[edit] Honours
- Cardiff
- FA Cup Runner-up: 1
[edit] Personal Life
Johnson is married to 24 year old Melissa Johnson. She's just made a new workout DVD called 'WAGs Workout'.
[edit] References
- ^ "Swansea bid for Johnson rejected" BBC Sport Retrieved on 1 November 2007
- ^ "Norwich 1 - 2 Cardiff" BBC Sport Retrieved on 1 September 2007
- ^ "Cardiff 1 - 0 Brighton (aet)" BBC Sport Retrieved on 14 August 2007
- ^ "Hull 2 - 2 Cardiff" BBC Sport Retrieved on 1 December 2007
- ^ "Preston 1 - 2 Cardiff" BBC Sport Retrieved on 29 December 2007
- ^ "Middlesbrough 0 - 2 Cardiff" BBC Sport Retrieved on 9 March 2008
- ^ "Cardiff 2 - 1 Bristol City" BBC Sport Retrieved on 22 March 2008
[edit] External links
- Roger Johnson player profile at cardiffcityfc.co.uk
- Roger Johnson player profile at wwfc.com
- Roger Johnson career stats at Soccerbase
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