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Declan Christopher John (born 30 June 1995) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a left wing-back for Bolton Wanderers and the Wales national team.

Declan John

John with Swansea City in August 2019
Personal information
Full name	Declan Christopher John[1]
Date of birth	(1995-06-30) 30 June 1995 (age 27)
Place of birth	Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Left wing-back
Club information
Current team	Bolton Wanderers
Number	3
Youth career
	Cardiff City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2017	Cardiff City	42	(0)
2015	→ Barnsley (loan)	9	(0)
2016	→ Chesterfield (loan)	6	(0)
2017	→ Rangers (loan)	12	(2)
2017–2018	Rangers	14	(1)
2018–2021	Swansea City	11	(0)
2020	→ Sunderland (loan)	0	(0)
2021	→ Bolton Wanderers (loan)	21	(2)
2021–	Bolton Wanderers	45	(4)
National team‡
2011–2012	Wales U17	4	(0)
2013	Wales U19	8	(1)
2014–2016	Wales U21	9	(0)
2013–	Wales	7	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:14, 25 October 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:00, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Cardiff City

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 remainder 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 six 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 player under Neil Warnock and was told he could leave the club at the end of the season.[10]

Rangers

John was loaned to Scottish Premiership club Rangers in August 2017,[11] and the move was made permanent in December.[12]

Swansea City

On 9 August 2018, John joined Swansea City on a three-year contract.[13] He made his debut for Swansea on 28 August 2018 in the EFL Cup against Crystal Palace.[14]

John signed for Sunderland on a six-month loan on 31 January 2020.[15] He played no matches, and returned to Swansea after the completion of his loan. On 7 January 2021, John joined League Two side Bolton Wanderers on loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.[16]

Bolton Wanderers

On 11 June 2021, Bolton confirmed that John would be re-joining them on a permanent three year deal.[17] John made his second debut for the club on 7 August in a 3–3 draw against MK Dons[18]

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.[19] He was an unused substitute in both games.[20][21] The following month, he retained his place in the squad for the qualifiers against Macedonia and Belgium.[22] On 11 October, John made his debut, playing the whole 90 minutes in the 1–0 win against Macedonia at the Cardiff City Stadium.[23]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 October 2022

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Domestic Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Cardiff City	2012–13[24]	Championship	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	2013–14[25]	Premier League	20	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	23	0
	2014–15[26]	Championship	6	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	10	0
	2015–16[27]	Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2016–17[28]	Championship	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	16	0
	2017–18[29]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		42	0	3	0	7	0	0	0	52	0
Barnsley (loan)	2014–15[26]	League One	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
Chesterfield (loan)	2015–16[27]	League One	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Rangers (loan)	2017–18[29]	Scottish Premiership	12	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	14	2
Rangers	2017–18[29]	Scottish Premiership	14	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	17	1
	Total		26	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	31	3
Swansea City	2018–19[30]	Championship	10	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	13	0
	2019–20[31]	Championship	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	5	0
	2020–21[32]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		11	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	18	0
Sunderland (loan)	2019–20[32]	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bolton Wanderers (loan)	2020–21[32]	League Two	21	2	—		—		—		21	2
Bolton Wanderers	2021–22[33]	League One	39	4	2	0	0	0	3[lower-alpha 1]	1	44	5
	2022–23[33]		6	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	10	0
	Total		66	6	2	0	2	0	5	1	75	7
Career total			145	9	11	0	15	0	5	1	176	10

International

As of 20 March 2019.[34]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Wales	2013	1	0
	2014	1	0
	2018	4	0
	2019	1	0
Total		7	0

Honours

Bolton Wanderers

• EFL League Two third-place (promotion): 2020–21[35][32]

References

External links

• Declan John at Soccerbase
• Wales profile at UEFA

На других языках

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[de] Declan John

Declan Christopher John (* 30. Juni 1995 in Merthyr Tydfil) ist ein walisischer Fußballspieler. Der Linksverteidiger steht aktuell bei den Bolton Wanderers unter Vertrag.

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- [en] Declan John

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[fr] Declan John

Declan John, né le 30 juin 1995 à Merthyr Tydfil, est un footballeur international gallois qui évolue au poste de défenseur avec les Bolton Wanderers.

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[it] Declan John

Declan John (Merthyr Tydfil, 30 giugno 1995) è un calciatore gallese, difensore del Bolton e della nazionale gallese.

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[ru] Джон, Деклан

Деклан Кристофер Джон (англ. Declan Christopher John; 30 июня 1995, Мерфил Тижфил, Уэльс) — валлийский футболист, защитник клуба «Болтон Уондерерс» и сборной Уэльса.

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