Sam Johnson (footballer, born 1993)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sam Garyahzon Johnson | ||
| Date of birth | 6 May 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Monrovia, Liberia | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Djurgårdens IF | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| New Dream FC | |||
| 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 | 36 | (16) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011 | Liberia U-23 | 8 | (6) |
| 2015– | Liberia | 8 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 2, 2016. | |||
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 his village team before joining Liberian third division side New Dream FC. With them he scored two goals in a cup game against Liberian Premier League club Nimba FC who were so impressed by his performance that they ended up signing him.[2]
In 2011 Johnson travelled to Norway 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.[3]
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.[4] After the season he was awarded the title of "best midfielder" in the league Härnösand played in.[5]
Before the 2013 season Johnson trialed with second tier Superettan club Jönköpings Södra IF but was turned down.[6] Instead he signed a three-year deal with third tier club IK Frej.[7] 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]
Sam Johnson made his Allsvenskan debut for Djurgården in the 1–2 loss against Elfsborg on 5 April 2015.[8] He got his first Allsvenskan goal in the 1–2 loss against Hammarby on 13 April.[9] After a successful first top flight season where Johnson scored a total of 10 times Djurgården turned down a 22 million SEK bid from french Ligue 1 club Bordeaux the following winter.[10]
International career
Johnson played with the Liberia U23 National Team in 2011 for which he scored six goals in eight games.[11][12] In 2015 he started playing for the Liberia national football team.[13]
Career statistics
- As of 2 May 2016[14]
| 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 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 0 | — | 32 | 10 | |
| 2016 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | 10 | 6 | |||
| Career total | 95 | 36 | 10 | 1 | — | 120 | 44 | |||
References
- 1 2 "Anfallare klar för Djurgården". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ↑ "”Folk fattar inte hur jag har lidit...”". Aftonbladet. (subscription required)
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Johnsons tårar: "Vill ge något till fansen"". Expressen.
- ↑ "Djurgårdens derbymålskytt besviken: "Göra mål när mitt lag förlorar – jag räknar inte de målen"". FotbollDirekt.
- ↑ "Utländska klubbarna som rycker i Johnson – Djurgårdens skyttekung bekräftar". FotbollDirekt. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ↑ "Liberia U23 football game results against Nigeria". Shout Africa. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ↑ "Spisstalent på prøve". Haugesunds Avis. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ↑ "Sam Johnson - National Football Teams". National Football Teams. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ↑ "Eliteprospects.com – Sam Johnson". Eliteprospects. 15 April 2015.
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