Sam Johnson (footballer, born 1993)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sam Garyahzon Johnson | ||
| Date of birth | 6 May 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Liberia | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Djurgårdens IF | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Nimba FC | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| –2011 | Nimba FC | ||
| 2011 | Assyriska IF KF | 5 | (1) |
| 2012 | Juventus IF | 10 | (4) |
| 2012 | Härnösands FF | 9 | (5) |
| 2013–2014 | IK Frej | 50 | (17) |
| 2015– | Djurgårdens IF | 6 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 2011 | Liberia U23 | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 April 2015. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Sam Johnson (born 6 May 1993) is a Liberian footballer who plays for Djurgårdens IF as a forward.[1]
Career
Johnson started out playing for Nimba FC in his homeland Liberia before traveling to Norway in 2011 to trial with FK Haugesund. He impressed the norwegian club, but only enough for them to offer him a youth contract, so he instead signed with swedish club Dalkurd FF. He would however only stay there for a couple of months due to work permit problems. Johnson remained in Sweden though and played for fourth tier club Assyriska IF KF during the second half of the 2011 season.[2]
For the first half of the following season Johnson stepped down one division and played for fifth tier club Juventus IF before once again returning to the fourth tier when playing for Härnösands FF during the fall.[3] After the season he was awarded the title of "best midfielder" in the league Härnösand played in.[4]
Before the 2013 season Johnson trialed with second tier Superettan club Jönköpings Södra IF but was turned down.[5] Instead he signed a three year deal with third tier club IK Frej.[6] In his second season with them Johnson, who was now playing as forward, became their top goalscorer as the club was promoted to Superettan. In december 2014 Allsvenskan club Djurgårdens IF announced that they had signed Johnson on a four year deal.[1]
International career
Johnson played with the Liberia U23 National Team in 2011.[7]
Career statistics
- As of 15 April 2015[8]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Sweden | League | Svenska Cupen | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2011 | Assyriska IF KF | Division 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 1 | ||
| 2012 | Juventus IF | Division 3 | 10 | 4 | — | — | 10 | 4 | ||
| Härnösands FF | Division 2 | 9 | 5 | — | — | 9 | 5 | |||
| 2013 | IK Frej | Division 1 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | 27 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 1 | — | 27 | 13 | |||
| 2015 | Djurgårdens IF | Allsvenskan | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 8 | 1 | |
| Career total | 79 | 28 | 7 | 1 | — | 86 | 29 | |||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Anfallare klar för Djurgården". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ↑ "Talangen: "Min pappa dog när jag var 13 år"". Expressen. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ↑ "Förre HFF-stjärnan målskytt i derbyt". Allehanda. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ↑ "Norrlands bästa spelare i tvåan utsedda". Unibet. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ↑ "J-Södra säger nej till flera provspelare". Jnytt.se. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ↑ "Årets mittfältare i Norrlandstvåan klar för IK Frej Täby". IK Frej. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ↑ "Liberia U23 football game results against Nigeria". Shout Africa. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ↑ "Eliteprospects.com - Sam Johnson". Eliteprospects. 15 April 2015.
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