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Daniel Anthony Johnson (born 8 October 1992) is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays for Championship club Preston North End and the Jamaica national team as a midfielder.

Daniel Johnson

Johnson with Preston North End in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Anthony Johnson[1]
Date of birth	(1992-10-08) 8 October 1992 (age 30)[2]
Place of birth	Kingston, Jamaica
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Preston North End
Number	10
Youth career
0000–2009	Crystal Palace
2009–2011	Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2015	Aston Villa	0	(0)
2012	→ Yeovil Town (loan)	5	(0)
2014	→ Chesterfield (loan)	11	(0)
2014–2015	→ Oldham Athletic (loan)	6	(3)
2015–	Preston North End	291	(52)
National team‡
2020–	Jamaica	8	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 03:57, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

Johnson previously played for Aston Villa and had brief loan spells at Yeovil Town, Chesterfield and Oldham Athletic.

Johnson met his longtime partner Deyanah Martin-Thompson in summer 2014. Thompson is the daughter of Jamaican Reggae musician Pinchers. They welcomed a daughter Ariah in April 2017.

Career

Early career

Born in Jamaica, Johnson played for Crystal Palace as a schoolboy before moving on to Aston Villa's academy. Johnson's potential was recognised following the 2010–11 season. Extra responsibility was placed on Johnson when academy coach Tony McAndrew handed him the captain's armband. As well as leading Villa to the Barclays Premier Academy League Group B title, he was an inspiration during the FA Youth Cup campaign. A left-foot strike from the edge of the box in round four against Peterborough United crowned a true captain's performance and ignited a cup run that would see the young lions reach the semi-finals.[3] His performances for the academy and reserve teams had already caught the eye of manager at the time Gerard Houllier. The Frenchman called up Johnson to Aston Villa's first team for the first time, where he was an unused substitute in Villa's 2–1 League Cup win over Burnley.[4] In January 2011, the midfielder signed his first professional contract at Villa Park.

Johnson had another season of great progress in 2011–12, featuring in all but one of the title-winning reserve team's fixtures as well as making the first team bench for six Premier League games. In the reserve ranks, Johnson once again demonstrated his ability to supply goals from the central ground. He found the net five times, including a wonder strike in a 3–1 defeat against a Manchester United side featuring the likes of Phil Jones, Chris Smalling and Tom Cleverley.[5] That scoring knack was also replicated on the European stage during Villa's run to the quarter-finals of the NextGen Series. Johnson was the only player to feature in all seven of the club's NextGen games and he managed three goals in the process. Those strikes came in home and away wins against Fenerbahçe and in a 3–2 defeat by Rosenborg.[6][7] In March 2012, he extended his contract to summer 2013 but he has still yet to make his official debut for Villa.[8] On 13 June 2013, Johnson signed a new two-year deal keeping him at the club until 2015.^{[citation needed]}

Loan moves

Johnson made a series of short loan moves to League One sides over three seasons. On 23 October 2012, Johnson joined Football League One side Yeovil Town on a month-long youth loan deal,[9] and made his Football League debut as a substitute that evening in Yeovil's 3–1 victory over Shrewsbury Town.[10]

Johnson joined Chesterfield on a three-month loan in August 2014 and made his debut in a 2–1 away win over Port Vale on 30 August.[11] Johnson played 13 times for Chesterfield, becoming a first team regular.[12]

On 10 November 2014, Johnson joined another League One side, Oldham, on a two-month deal until 5 January 2015.[12]

Preston North End

On 23 January 2015, Johnson joined Preston North End for an undisclosed fee, believed to be £50,000, on a two-and-a-half year contract.[13] Johnson started life off well at Preston scoring 8 goals in 18 appearances. Johnson and his teammates won promotion to the Championship on 24 May 2015, following a 4–0 win over Swindon Town in the play-off final at Wembley.

50 Grand, 50 Grand, Daniel Johnson.

International career

In June 2019, Johnson received an invite to play for the Jamaica national side for the CONCACAF Gold Cup in July 2019.[14] On 31 August 2019, he was called up for Jamaica's CONCACAF Nations League matches against Antigua and Barbuda and Guyana.[15] However, on 5 September, Johnson withdrew from the squad, with his agent citing a lack of a direct flight from London to Montego Bay.[16] He debuted with the Jamaica national team in a 3–0 friendly loss to Saudi Arabia on 14 November 2020.[17]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 October 2021

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Aston Villa	2012–13[18]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yeovil Town (loan)	2012–13[18]	League One	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Chesterfield (loan)	2014–15[19]	League One	11	0	0	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	13	0
Oldham (loan)	2014–15[19]	League One	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	3
Preston North End	2014–15[19]	League One	20	8	—		—		3[lower-alpha 2]	0	23	8
	2015–16[20]	Championship	43	8	0	0	1	1	—		44	9
	2016–17[21]	Championship	40	4	1	0	3	0	—		44	4
	2017–18[22]	Championship	33	3	2	0	1	0	—		36	3
	2018–19[23]	Championship	35	6	1	0	2	1	—		38	7
	2019–20[24]	Championship	33	12	0	0	1	0	—		34	12
	2020–21[25]	Championship	33	4	0	0	1	1	—		34	5
	2021–22[26]	Championship	21	3	1	1	2	0	—		24	4
	Total		257	48	5	1	11	3	3	0	268	52
Career total			279	51	6	1	12	3	4	0	301	55

International

As of match played 27 January 2022[27]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Jamaica
	2020	2	1
	2021	5	0
	2022	1	1
Total		8	2

International goals

As of match played 27 January 2022. Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Johnson goal.[27]

List of international goals scored by Daniel Johnson

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	17 November 2020	Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	1–1	2–1	Friendly
2	27 January 2022	Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica	Mexico	1–0	1–2	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Preston North End

• Football League One play-offs: 2015[28]

Individual

• North West Football Awards Championship Player of the Year: 2020[29]
• Preston North End Player of the Year: 2019–20[30]

References

External links

• Daniel Johnson at Soccerbase
• Daniel Johnson's profile at the Official Aston Villa site

На других языках

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- [en] Daniel Johnson (footballer)

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[es] Daniel Johnson (futbolista)

Daniel Johnson (Kingston, Jamaica, 8 de octubre de 1992) es un futbolista jamaicano que juega de centrocampista en el Preston North End F. C. de la Football League Championship.

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[fr] Daniel Johnson (football)

Daniel Johnson, né le 8 octobre 1992 à Kingston, est un footballeur anglo-jamaïcain. Il évolue au poste de milieu de terrain au Preston North End.

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[it] Daniel Johnson (calciatore)

Daniel Anthony Johnson (Kingston, 8 ottobre 1992) è un calciatore giamaicano, centrocampista del Preston N.E..

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