Michael Johnson (footballer born 1988)
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Michael Johnson | |
| Date of birth | 24 February 1988 | |
| Place of birth | Urmston, England | |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Manchester City | |
| Number | 6 | |
| Youth career | ||
2004–2006 |
Everton Manchester City |
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| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2006– | Manchester City | 37 (2) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2007– | England U21 | 2 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Michael Johnson (born 24 February 1988 in Urmston, Manchester) is a professional footballer who plays for Manchester City and has made appearances at an international level with the England national under-19 football team. His Mother Lynne, Father David and his 2 sisters: Kimberley aged 23 and Lisa aged 16, also live locally in Urmston as Michael and his 2 sisters were brought up there.
As well as being compared to Manchester City F.C. legend Colin Bell, Johnson's energetic, lung-busting runs and all-round midfield ability have drawn comparisons to current England midfielder Steven Gerrard.
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[edit] Club career
[edit] Manchester City
Johnson signed for Manchester City in 2004. Prior to signing for them, Johnson was a schoolboy at Everton.[1], and supported Leeds United as a youth.[1] He was part of the Manchester City F.C. youth team which reached the 2006 FA Youth Cup final. On 21 October 2006 he made his Premiership debut in the 4-0 defeat to Wigan Athletic at the JJB Stadium. His second start came in a 2-0 win over Middlesbrough in March 2007, the start of a run of seven consecutive first team appearances, which was ended by a hamstring injury which ruled him out of a match against Aston Villa.[2]
[edit] 2007/08
He scored his first goal for City in the 1-0 win over Derby County on 15 August 2007 at the City of Manchester Stadium.[3]
Johnson spent the end of 2007 and early 2008 out of the team with an abdominal injury during which time he would have a double-hernia operation[4], returning on the 29th of February 2008, playing the full 90 minutes in City's goal-less home draw with Wigan Athletic. Johnson finished the season with 3 goals.
[edit] 2008/09
Johnson started the 2008/09 season in good form, linking well with players such as Stephen Ireland and Elano in the first few games of the season, however after this, Johnson wouldn't feature for nearly a year due to a recurrence of his abdominal injury after City's Carling Cup disaster against Brighton and Albion Hove on September 24, 2008. He would not return for nearly 7 months when he played for MCFC's reserve team in April, but Johnson would not feature for the first team until the following pre-season.
[edit] 2009/10
Johnson made his return to action in City's pre-season match against South African team Orlando Pirates during the Vodacom Challenge, but a strain picked up in the warm-up for the next game set him back.[5] Johnson made his first appearance of the 2009/10 season on the 28th September 2009 in a 3-1 victory over West Ham United, coming on as a sub for Gareth Barry. On the 28th October Johnson scored his first goal in over a year in a Carling Cup tie against Scunthorpe United.
[edit] International career
He has represented England at under-19 level and under-21 level.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "In Reserve: Michael Johnson". Manchester City F.C. v Newcastle United Match programme. 2006-02-01.
- ^ "West Ham Thrash Wigan, Charlton In Deep Trouble". Goal.com. http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=291022. Retrieved 29 April 2007.
- ^ "Man City 1-0 Derby". BBC. 15 August 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/6941808.stm. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
- ^ http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Team-news/2008/April/Johnson-hopes-for-strong-finish
- ^ http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Team-news/2009/September/Injured-trio-progress-well
- ^ "Vaughan leads Pole-axeing". The FA. http://www.thefa.com/England/U19s/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2007/01/U19sPoland.htm. Retrieved 27 March 2007.
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