Michael Johnston (Scottish footballer)
Michael “Mikey” Andrew Johnston (born 19 April 1999) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Scottish Premiership club Celtic.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Andrew Johnston[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 April 1999[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Winger[1] | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Celtic | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2017 | Celtic | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017– | Celtic | 37 | (7) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2017 | Scotland U19 | 5 | (3) |
| 2018– | Scotland U21 | 3 | (1) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:28, 2 February 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 June 2018 | |||
Club career
Johnston was born in Glasgow.[1] He made his Celtic debut on 6 May 2017, in a 4–1 victory over St Johnstone at Celtic Park.[2] Shortly after the game, the winger signed a new three-year contract with his boyhood club.[3][4]
In November 2018, Johnston signed a contract with Celtic to run until the end of the 2022–23 season.[5]
Johnston signed a new five-year contract with Celtic on 28 December 2019.[6]
Statistics
- As of match played 2 February 2021[8]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Celtic | 2016–17 | Scottish Premiership | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017–18 | Scottish Premiership | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | Scottish Premiership | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 5 | |
| 2019–20 | Scottish Premiership | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 6 | |
| 2020-21 | Scottish Premiership | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Career total | 37 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 59 | 11 | ||
Honours
Celtic
- Scottish Premiership: 2018–19,[9] 2019–20[10]
- Scottish Cup: 2018–19,[11] 2019–20[12]
- Scottish League Cup: 2019–20[13]
Individual
- Best XI - 2018 Toulon Tournament[14]
References
- "Michael Johnston: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- Barnes, John (6 May 2017). "Celtic 4–1 St Johnstone". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- "Delight as Michael Johnston signs new three-year deal". Celtic. 6 May 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- "Celtic: Youngster Michael Johnston delighted to sign new three year contract". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
- "Michael Johnston: Celtic winger signs new five-year contract". BBC Sport. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- "Celtic: Mikey Johnston signs five-year contract extension". BBC Sport. 28 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2019/08/07/do-celtic-replacing-mikey-johnston-with-husein-balic-is-now-unth/
- "Johnston, Michael". Fitbastats. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- "Celtic secured an eighth consecutive title in style with a convincing win away to wasteful Aberdeen". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- "Celtic champions & Hearts relegated after SPFL ends season". BBC Sport. 18 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- "Heart of Midlothian 1-2 Celtic". BBC Sport. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- Celtic win fourth straight Scottish Cup as Hazard's shootout saves break Hearts, Ewan Murray, The Guardian, 20 December 2020
- "Rangers 0 – 1 Celtic". BBC Sport. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- "L'équipe type du Festival International Espoirs 2018" (in French). Toulon Tournament. 11 June 2018.
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