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| Full name | Ola John | ||
| Date of birth | 19 May 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Zwedru, Liberia | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Twente | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| DES Nijverdal | |||
| Twente | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2010– | FC Twente | 30 | (6) |
| National team | |||
| 2009- | Netherlands U19 | 12 | (7) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 December 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Ola John (born 19 May 1992) is a Liberian-born Dutch footballer who plays as a winger for Twente in the Eredivisie. He was a member of the Netherlands team during the qualifying rounds for the 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.
His brothers Collins and Paddy are also footballers.
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As a 2-year-old Ola fled with his mother and brothers from Liberia to the Netherlands. His father was killed during the bloody First Liberian Civil War. He did not return to the African continent until the Youth World Championship in Nigeria in 2009. Like his brothers Collins and Paddy, Ola joined the youth academy of FC Twente.[1]
The 2011-12 season was the big breaktrough for Ola at Twente, as he got a starting place from Co Adriaanse at the start of the season, and did not lose that even with competition for the left forward position, as Nacer Chadli returned from injury. He also topped the UEFA Europa League group stage assist rankings with six assists.[2][3] In Twente's home match in the Europa League against Odense BK on 3 November, John provided all three assists in a 3-2 win.[4] John was influential in the Eredivisie campaign as well, netting two goals in a 6-2 victory over FC Utrecht on 4 December 2011.[5]
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