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.

Mikey Johnston
Personal information
Full name Michael Andrew Johnston[1]
Date of birth (1999-04-19) 19 April 1999[1]
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Playing position(s) Winger[1]
Club information
Current team
Celtic
Number 19
Youth career
2008–2017 Celtic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Celtic 29 (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 22:30, 29 January 2020 (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]

International career

Johnston was born in Scotland and is a youth international for Scotland.[7]

Statistics

As of match played 29 January 2020[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Celtic 2016–17 Scottish Premiership 1000000010
2017–18 Scottish Premiership 3010000040
2018–19 Scottish Premiership 145301050235
2019–20 Scottish Premiership 112002183216
Career total 29740311334911

Honours

Celtic

References

  1. "Michael Johnston: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  2. Barnes, John (6 May 2017). "Celtic 4–1 St Johnstone". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  3. "Delight as Michael Johnston signs new three-year deal". Celtic. 6 May 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  4. "Celtic: Youngster Michael Johnston delighted to sign new three year contract". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  5. "Michael Johnston: Celtic winger signs new five-year contract". BBC Sport. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  6. "Celtic: Mikey Johnston signs five-year contract extension". BBC Sport. 28 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  7. https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2019/08/07/do-celtic-replacing-mikey-johnston-with-husein-balic-is-now-unth/
  8. "Johnston, Michael". Fitbastats. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  9. "Celtic secured an eighth consecutive title in style with a convincing win away to wasteful Aberdeen". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  10. "Celtic champions & Hearts relegated after SPFL ends season". BBC Sport. 18 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  11. "Heart of Midlothian 1-2 Celtic". BBC Sport. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  12. "Rangers 0 – 1 Celtic". BBC Sport. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.


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