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Declan John
John playing for the Cardiff City development team in 2013
Personal information
Full name Declan Christopher John[1]
Date of birth (1995-06-30) 30 June 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Left wing back
Team information
Current team
 Cardiff City
Number 12
Youth career
Cardiff City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012– Cardiff City 42 (0)
2015 → Barnsley (loan) 9 (0)
2016 → Chesterfield (loan) 6 (0)
International career‡
2011–2012 Wales U17 4 (0)
2013 Wales U19 8 (1)
2014–2016 Wales U21 9 (0)
2013– Wales 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:46, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:59, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Declan Christopher John (born 30 June 1995) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays for Cardiff City, as a left wing back.

Career

Born in Merthyr Tydfil, John progressed through the academy at Cardiff City. His professional debut for Cardiff came on 14 August 2012, in a 2–1 home defeat to Northampton Town in the first round of the Football League Cup.[2] On 5 January 2013, he made his only other appearance of the season, a loss by the same margin at Macclesfield Town in the third round of the FA Cup.[3]

John made his league debut on 17 August 2013 in a 2–0 loss at West Ham United, Cardiff's first game in the Premier League. He signed a long-term contract until 2018 in December.[4] He went on to make 20 appearances that season, appearing more frequently in the second half of the campaign, as the Bluebirds were relegated.[5]

Under new manager, Russell Slade, John fell down the pecking order and was subsequently loaned out to Barnsley for the remained of the season.[5] He made nine appearances for the Tykes before returning to Cardiff at the end of the season

After only making a single appearance for Cardiff during the 2015–16 season, John signed for League One side Chesterfield on a month-loan deal in February.[6] Where he impressed in 6 appearances before being recalled by Cardiff on 14 April.[7][8]

Upon his return to Cardiff, John impressed new manager, Paul Trollope, during pre-season and went on to make his first league start for the club in over a year, where he put in a man of the match performance in a goalless draw against Birmingham City, on the opening day of the season.[9] Despite an impressive start to the season, John became a bit-part under Neil Warnock and was told he could leave the club at the end of the season.[10]

International career

John was first called up to the Wales squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Macedonia and Serbia, in September 2013.[11] He was an unused substitute in both games.[12][13] The following month, he retained his place in the squad for the qualifiers against Macedonia and Belgium.[14] On 11 October, John made his debut, playing the whole 90 minutes in the 1–0 win against Macedonia at the Cardiff City Stadium.[15]

Career statistics

Declan John (left), Ashkan Dejagah (right)

Club

As of 4 April 2017[16]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cardiff City 2012–13 Championship 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
2013–14 Premier League 20 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 23 0
2014–15 Championship 6 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 10 1
2015–16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2016–17 15 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 0
2017–18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cardiff City total 42 0 3 0 7 0 0 0 52 1
Barnsley (loan) 2014–15 League One 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Chesterfield (loan) 2015–16 League One 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Total 57 0 3 0 7 0 0 0 67 1

International

As of 10 April 2016
National team Year Apps Goals
Wales 2013 2 0
Total 2 0

References

  1. ^ "Professional retain list & free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. 18 May 2013. p. 11. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Northampton 1-2 Cardiff". BBC. 2012-08-14. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
  3. ^ Hughes, Dewi (3 January 2013). "Macclesfield 2-1 Cardiff". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Cardiff City and Wales defender Declan John agrees with new contract". BBC Sport. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Barnsley sign Declan John on loan from Cardiff City". Barnsley F.C. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  6. ^ "Jordan Slew and Declan John: Chesterfield sign duo". BBC Sport. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  7. ^ "More to come from Declan John at Chesterfield, says Danny Wilson". Derbyshire Times. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  8. ^ "Cardiff City recall Declan John as 'precaution' ahead of play-off run in". Wales Online. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  9. ^ "Birmingham City 0–0 Cardiff City". BBC Sport. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  10. ^ "Craig Noone and Declan John set to leave Cardiff City, says boss Neil Warnock". BBC Sport. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  11. ^ "Bale wants to play for Wales in the World Cup qualifiers". BBC Sport. British Broadcast Corporation. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  12. ^ "Macedonia 2-1 Wales". BBC Sport. British Broadcast Corporation. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  13. ^ "Wales 0-3 Serbia". BBC Sport. British Broadcast Corporation. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  14. ^ "Gareth Bale withdraws from Wales squad with thigh injury". BBC Sport. British Broadcast Corporation. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  15. ^ "Wales 1-0 Macedonia". BBC Sport. British Broadcast Corporation. 11 October 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  16. ^ "Declan John". Soccer Base. Centurycomm Limited. Retrieved 2 November 2013.

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