Roger Johnson (footballer)
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| Roger Johnson | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roger Johnson | |
| Date of birth | 28 April 1983 | |
| Place of birth | Ashford, England | |
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Birmingham City | |
| Number | TBA | |
| Youth career | ||
| 1998–2000 | Wycombe Wanderers | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2000–2006 2006–2009 2009– |
Wycombe Wanderers Cardiff City Birmingham City |
156 (19) 119 (12) 0 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Roger Johnson (born 28 April 1983 in Ashford, Surrey) is an English professional football defender who currently plays for Birmingham City.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Wycombe Wanderers
Johnson is a product of the Wycombe Wanderers youth set-up, joining the club at the age of 15 having previously spent time at Portsmouth and Bournemouth, and made his first-team debut for Wycombe in the final game of the 1999/2000 season against Cambridge United, becoming the youngest ever player to make a Football League appearance for the club at the time, at the age of 17 years and 8 days. The 2003-04 season saw Johnson in and out of the side under manager Tony Adams but he was still awarded the Fans' Player of the Year Award.[1]
After the departure of Adams after one season, Johnson became a regular in the side and was handed the captaincy by new manager John Gorman when he took over in November 2004, as well as fiinishing second in the player of the year award to forward 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.[2]
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[3] in the League and Brighton[4] in the Carling Cup as well as vital equalisers against Hull City[5] and Preston North End[6]. 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[7] and his header in the Severnside Derby match against Bristol City in March 2008 was his 7th of the season[8]. 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 and at the end of the season he was awarded the clubs player of the year award.[9]
[edit] 2008–09
The summer transfer window saw prolonged interest in Johnson with both Ipswich Town[10] and West Bromwich Albion[11] having bids rejected. Despite the interest Johnson remained with the side into the new season although he did see his centre-back partner Glenn Loovens leave to join Celtic. On the opening day of the season, Johnson scored a late winning goal against Southampton as Cardiff came away with a 2-1 win and despite continued changes in his defensive partner, having played alongside Loovens, Purse and new signing Gábor Gyepes who forced his way into the side past Purse in November,[12] Johnson remained the only player to have played every minute of the season for Cardiff, as well as passing the 100 appearances mark, until April 2009 when he was forced off during a 2-0 victory over Crystal Palace after being hit in the throat by an elbow from Palace defender Claude Davis. After the incident Johnson suffered breathing difficulties and was forced to spend two nights in hospital as well as having daily checks throughout the following week.[13][14] Davies was later found guilty of violent conduct by the FA and was banned for three matches.[15][16]
Johnson was forced to miss the sides next match, a 3-1 win over Burnley, but returned for the 6-0 defeat to Preston North End the following week. On 26 April, he was awarded the clubs player of the year award for the second year in a row and was named in the Championship team of the year.[17][18]
[edit] Birmingham City
In June 2009, after two previous bids had been rejected, Cardiff accepted an offer of £5m from Birmingham City.[19] Johnson, described by former teammate Tony Capaldi as "definitely captain material",[20] signed a three-year deal with the club on 25 June 2009, stating "Premier League football is the dream at the start of any footballer's career so I am pleased I have been given that chance with Birmingham and I can't wait to get started."[21]
[edit] Club stats
As of 3 May, 2009
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 |
| 2007-08 | 42 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 7 | |
| 2008-09 | 45 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 5 | |
| Total | 275 | 31 | 15 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 318 | 36 | |
[edit] Honours
[edit] Club
- Cardiff City
- FA Cup Runner-up: 1
[edit] Individual
- Championship team of the year: 1
[edit] Personal life
As a youngster he attended Queen Elizabeths school in Wimborne which is now a specialist sports college.
Johnson is married to 24 year old Melissa Johnson. She's just made a new workout DVD called 'WAGs Workout'.
[edit] References
- ^ "Roger Johnson" chairboys.net Retrieved on 30 January, 2009
- ^ "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
- ^ "Roger Johnson wins player of the year award" Cardiff City online Retrieved on 30 January, 2009
- ^ "Bluebirds reject bids for Johnson" BBC Sport Retrieved on 10 September 2008
- ^ "Cardiff refuse Ledley Stoke talks" BBC Sport Retrieved on 10 September 2008
- ^ "Cardiff City are going up, insists Roger Johnson Western Mail Retrieved on 30 January, 2009
- ^ "Johnson eager for Cardiff return" BBC Sport Retrieved on 18 April, 2009
- ^ "Roger Johnson on mend, but Cardiff City boss Dave Jones still fuming" South Wales Echo Retrieved on 18 April, 2009
- ^ "Claude Davis banned for three games over Johnson challenge" WalesOnline Retrieved on 18 April, 2009
- ^ "Davis guilty of violent conduct" BBC Sport Retrieved on 18 April, 2009
- ^ "Cardiff City supporters club roll call of honour" South Wales Echo Retrieved on 27 April, 2009
- ^ "Championship team of the year" footballleague.co.uk Retrieved on 27 April, 2009
- ^ "Cardiff accept Blues' Johnson bid". BBC Sport. 2009-06-24. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/8113313.stm. Retrieved on 2009-06-24.
- ^ "Birmingham City signing is 'captain material'". Birmingham Mail. 2009-06-30. http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/birmingham-city-fc/2009/06/30/birmingham-city-signing-is-captain-material-97319-24022524/. Retrieved on 2009-07-01.
- ^ "Johnson Deal Done". Birmingham City F.C.. 2009-06-25. http://www.bcfc.com/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10412~1702843,00.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-25.
[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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