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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Andrew Johnson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1981-02-10)10 February 1981 (age 44)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Bedford, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2] | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Luton Town | |||
| –1998 | Birmingham City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2002 | Birmingham City | 83 | (8) |
| 2002–2006 | Crystal Palace | 140 | (74) |
| 2006–2008 | Everton | 61 | (17) |
| 2008–2012 | Fulham | 86 | (13) |
| 2012–2014 | Queens Park Rangers | 20 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | Crystal Palace | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 390 | (114) | |
| International career | |||
| 2005–2007 | England | 8 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Andrew Johnson (born 10 February 1981) is an English former professionalfootballer who played as astriker. He played forBirmingham City,Crystal Palace,Everton,Fulham andQueens Park Rangers.
A legend at Crystal Palace, Johnson scored more than one goal per every other game in 140 appearances and helped Crystal Palace win promotion to the Premier League
He wascapped eight times forEngland.
Johnson was born inBedford, Bedfordshire,[1] and started his career atLuton Town's Academy.[citation needed] He moved on toBirmingham City, where he signed his first professional contract on 11 March 1998.[1] He missed a decidingpenalty in the2001 League Cup Final penalty shoot-out defeat toLiverpool.[3]
After making over 100 appearances for the Blues, he was sold toCrystal Palace in 2002, following Birmingham's promotion into thePremier League. Johnson was used as the makeweight in a transfer deal forClinton Morrison, valued at £750,000 for the purposes of the transaction.[4]
Johnson's made a strong start to his career at Palace by scoring ahat-trick in the 5–0 thrashing of rivalsBrighton & Hove Albion on 26 October 2002,[5] and then another, in the next match, atWalsall.[6] Despite this, he made few appearances until managerTrevor Francis was dismissed[citation needed] with the Eagles mid-table, and replaced bySteve Kember.[7] Kember was replaced by Iain Dowie a few months into the 2003–04 season.[8] Under the new manager, Johnson ended the season as top scorer in the2003–04 First Division season with 32 goals.[9] Palace reached theplay-offs and were promoted into the Premier League for2004–05 after beatingWest Ham United 1–0 inthe final.[10]
Despite Palace's relegation back into theChampionship the following season, Johnson was the highest scoring English player with 21 goals and the second highest overall in the Premier League.[11] his form attracted the attention ofEngland managerSven-Göran Eriksson.[12] Johnson requested a transfer,[citation needed] but signed a new five-year contract with Palace in August 2005.[13]
Johnson was soon playing alongside Clinton Morrison, who had rejoined Palace from Birmingham for a fee of £2 million,[14] three years after Birmingham had bought him in a deal for £4.25 million plus Johnson.[15] However, due to injury to Johnson, and Morrison's lack of form, the pairing was limited in the early part of the season.[citation needed] With a return to fitness and form, the two soon became Dowie's first choice pairing as the season progressed, with Dougie Freedman adding experience to the strike force.[citation needed]
Palace comfortably made it into a top-six position but in the play-offs failed to recover from a first leg defeat at the hands ofWatford,[16] being beaten on aggregate in the semi-final.[17] Johnson scored 15 goals in the Championship that season.[citation needed]
In 2005, Johnson was voted into Palace'sCentenary XI, the only player at the club at the time to be selected, and, together withNigel Martyn, the only members of the XI then playing on a professional basis.[citation needed]
After Crystal Palace's failure to return to top-flight football, speculation about Johnson's future at the club began with a transfer to a Premier League club seeming highly likely.[citation needed] However, when an initial bid fromEverton of £7.25 million was rejected, it looked more likely that the club would be able to keep Johnson for a further year after all.[citation needed] Nevertheless, the departure of manager Iain Dowie only increased the likelihood of Johnson's departure, and on 24 May 2006 Palace accepted an £8.5m million offer fromWigan Athletic for Johnson.[citation needed] This bid was matched by fellow Lancashire clubBolton Wanderers a day later, which was also accepted.[citation needed]
With Johnson having indicated a preference for a move to Merseyside, Everton, prompted by the two other bids, improved their offer to £8.6 million the following day.[citation needed] On 30 May 2006, he passed his medical and completed the move toGoodison Park, signing a five-year contract.[citation needed] Johnson's move set new club transfer records, both as Everton's most expensive purchase and Palace's most expensive sale.[citation needed]
Johnson scored his first goal for Everton on his debut on 19 August 2006, in a 2–1 win over Watford.[citation needed] He continued a good start to his Everton career by scoring againstTottenham Hotspur away to end a 21-year victory drought there and then scoring twice in the 3–0 derby victory against Liverpool.[citation needed] Johnson was Everton's top scorer in the2006–07 FA Premier League with 11 goals (and one in theFA Cup).[citation needed] However, Johnson was allegedly affected by allegations ofsimulation, going 13 matches without scoring a goal at one stage.[citation needed]
After a league match withChelsea on 17 December 2006, Chelsea managerJosé Mourinho branded Johnson "untrustworthy" following a challenge with Chelsea goalkeeperHenrique Hilário. Everton issued a statement threatening legal action and calling on Mourinho to apologise,[18] which he did two days later.[19] Mourinho was not the first to air such sentiments about Johnson; formerSheffield United managerNeil Warnock also having accused Johnson of resorting to "gamesmanship" to win a penalty in a Premier League match between the two clubs.[20]
Everton managerDavid Moyes took the unusual step of contacting theProfessional Game Match Officials Board in order to counter these accusations.[citation needed] The board's general managerKeith Hackett agreed that Johnson was being treated harshly and had been denied several clear penalties.[citation needed]
On 6 November 2007, Johnson signed a new five-year contract with Everton.[21] During the new season, Johnson scored some vital goals for Everton, including a Premier League winner away to West Ham.[citation needed] He scored Everton's first goal in the 2–1 away victory against Wigan Athletic, and was denied a winning goal atBlackburn Rovers, adjudged to have been offside.[citation needed]
Johnson scored twice in Everton's 6–1 thrashing of SK Brann in the UEFA Cup.[citation needed] He scored Everton's second and sixth goal and the last goal was a driven shot from outside the box.[citation needed] Johnson also scored in Everton's Round of 16 tie againstFiorentina.[citation needed] He picked up a groin injury in Everton's match at the Craven Cottage against Fulham.[citation needed]
In July 2008, Everton accepted an offer of "an eight figure sum" fromFulham for Johnson.[22] It was reported that problems had arisen from his medical, prompting a possible renegotiation of the fee,[23] but the move was completed on 7 August 2008, the player signing a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee, thought to be in the region of £10.5 million.[24] He made his debut for the club in a 2–1 win over Bolton Wanderers atCraven Cottage on 13 September 2008.[25] Johnson was sent off against West Ham United on 27 September 2008 for two bookable offences.[citation needed] He scored his first and second Fulham goals against Wigan Athletic on 29 October 2008.[citation needed]
Johnson finished the 2008–09 season with 10 goals helping Fulham to finish in seventh place and qualify for theUEFA Europa League.[citation needed] He made only 13 appearances for Fulham in 2009–10, scoring three goals, as he missed much of the season due to a troublesome knee problem.[citation needed] He also missed most of the early part of the 2010–11 season with injury.[citation needed] He made a good start to the 2011–12 season, scoring aPremier League hat-trick on 2 October in the 6–0 win over West London rivalsQueens Park Rangers.[26] Johnson also scored twice in Fulham's 4–1 win overWisła Kraków on 4 November 2011, putting them on the brink of securing a place in the knockout stages of theUEFA Europa League.[27] These goals were Johnson's seventh and eighth in the UEFA Europa League; he also scored againstNSÍ Runavík,Crusaders,RNK Split,Twente andOdense.[28]
Johnson's contract at Fulham expired in June 2012 and he was released after four years at the club.[29]
In June 2012, Johnson signed for Queens Park Rangers on a two-year contract.[30] Johnson made his debut as a substitute in the first match of the season at home againstSwansea City.[31] Johnson made his first start away atManchester City, providing an assist forBobby Zamora's equalising goal.[32] On 17 September 2012, it was announced that Johnson was likely to miss the majority of the season with a cruciate ligament injury.[33] In August 2013, Johnson scored the winning goal in Queens Park Rangers' opening fixture of the Championship season against Sheffield Wednesday.[34] He was released on 1 July 2014 following the end of his contract.[citation needed]
On 3 September 2014, Johnson signed a short-term contract with Crystal Palace on a free transfer, and was given some coaching responsibility with academy players.[35] He left the club at the start of January 2015 when that contract expired, having made a solitary appearance in the League Cup.[36]
On 30 March 2016, Johnson returned to Crystal Palace as an ambassador. His duties would again involve some coaching responsibility as well as involvement with the community.[37]
Johnson was first capped for England at U20 level, being selected in the team for the 1999FIFA World Youth Championship alongsideStuart Taylor,Ashley Cole,Peter Crouch andMatthew Etherington.[citation needed] The team finished bottom of their group, losing all three matches without scoring.[citation needed]
As the top English goalscorer in the2004–05 Premier League, there were many calling for him to be selected for the full England squad.[citation needed] Midway through the season, Johnson revealed that he would accept a call-up to thenational team of Poland, after being eligible through his grandfather being born in Poland.[38] This subsequently hurried then England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson into giving Johnson his first call-up, to face theNetherlands on 9 February 2005, and he made his first international appearance in that match.[39]
A second cap came when Johnson made his full debut for England, in a 2–1 friendly win over theUnited States, during England's tour of America in the summer of 2005.[39] On 9 May 2006, Johnson was put on standby by Eriksson in his squad for the2006 World Cup in Germany.[39] He was also an unused substitute in theEngland B match againstBelarus and the first team's wins overHungary andJamaica.[citation needed]
WhenSteve McClaren was installed as England coach, Johnson got further opportunities to play for his country in theUEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers.[citation needed] Johnson made substitute appearances againstAndorra (atOld Trafford on 2 September 2006) and away toMacedonia (on 6 September 2006).[citation needed] Johnson then made his first competitive start for England in the Euro 2008 qualifier withIsrael.[citation needed]
Johnson now runs a property company, and also works for BAND, a business advisory firm.[40][41] In February 2024, Johnson was appointed to the role of director of football atAFC Croydon Athletic, a non-league club.[42]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Birmingham City | 1998–99[43] | First Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1999–2000[44] | First Division | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 30 | 2 | ||
| 2000–01[45] | First Division | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 41 | 7 | ||
| 2001–02[46] | First Division | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 28 | 4 | ||
| Total | 83 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | — | 4 | 0 | 104 | 13 | |||
| Crystal Palace | 2002–03[47] | First Division | 28 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 34 | 14 | ||
| 2003–04[48] | First Division | 42 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | — | 3[a] | 1 | 49 | 32 | ||
| 2004–05[49] | Premier League | 37 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 22 | |||
| 2005–06[50] | Championship | 33 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[b] | 0 | 39 | 17 | ||
| Total | 140 | 74 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 7 | — | 5 | 1 | 160 | 85 | |||
| Everton | 2006–07[51] | Premier League | 32 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 12 | ||
| 2007–08[52] | Premier League | 29 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7[c] | 4 | — | 39 | 10 | ||
| Total | 61 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | — | 74 | 22 | |||
| Fulham | 2008–09[53] | Premier League | 31 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 10 | ||
| 2009–10[54] | Premier League | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[d] | 3 | — | 13 | 3 | ||
| 2010–11[55] | Premier League | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 3 | |||
| 2011–12[28] | Premier League | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13[d] | 8 | — | 34 | 11 | ||
| Total | 86 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 11 | — | 112 | 27 | |||
| Queens Park Rangers | 2012–13[56] | Premier League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14[57] | Championship | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | ||
| Total | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | |||
| Crystal Palace | 2014–15[58] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 390 | 114 | 20 | 7 | 32 | 12 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 475 | 149 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| England[59] | 2005 | 2 | 0 |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 0 | |
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