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Mikey Johnston
Personal information
Full name Michael Andrew Johnston[1]
Date of birth (1999-04-19) 19 April 1999 (age 25)[1]
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger[1]
Team information
Current team
Celtic
Number 19
Youth career
2008–2017 Celtic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Celtic 51 (7)
International career
2017 Scotland U19 5 (3)
2018–2019 Scotland U21 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:22, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 June 2018

Michael Andrew Johnston (born 19 April 1999) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Scottish Premiership club Celtic.

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]

Career statistics

As of match played 17 January 2022[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Celtic 2016–17[9] Scottish Premiership 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2017–18[10] Scottish Premiership 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2018–19[11] Scottish Premiership 14 5 3 0 1 0 5[a] 0 23 5
2019–20[12] Scottish Premiership 11 2 1 0 2 1 8[b] 3 22 6
2020–21[13] Scottish Premiership 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2021–22[14] Scottish Premiership 12 0 0 0 2 0 4[c] 0 18 0
Total 51 7 5 0 5 1 17 3 78 11
Celtic Under-20s[d] 2016–17[9] 1[e] 0 1 0
2017–18[10] 1[f] 0 1 0
Career total 51 7 5 0 5 1 19 3 80 11
  1. ^ One appearance in the UEFA Champions League and four appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Four appearances and one goal in the UEFA Champions League and four appearances and two goals in the UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Three appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Matches in the Scottish Challenge Cup, in which teams from the SPFL Development League compete against senior clubs
  5. ^ One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  6. ^ One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup

Honours

Celtic

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c d "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. ^ Owen, Danny (7 August 2019). "Celtic replacing Mikey Johnston with Husein Balic is now unthinkable". HITC.
  8. ^ "Johnston, Michael". Fitbastats. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Games played by Mikey Johnston in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Games played by Mikey Johnston in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Games played by Mikey Johnston in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Games played by Mikey Johnston in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  13. ^ "Games played by Mikey Johnston in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  14. ^ "Games played by Mikey Johnston in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  15. ^ "Celtic secured an eighth consecutive title in style with a convincing win away to wasteful Aberdeen". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  16. ^ "Celtic champions & Hearts relegated after SPFL ends season". BBC Sport. 18 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  17. ^ "Heart of Midlothian 1-2 Celtic". BBC Sport. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  18. ^ Celtic win fourth straight Scottish Cup as Hazard's shootout saves break Hearts, Ewan Murray, The Guardian, 20 December 2020
  19. ^ "Rangers 0 – 1 Celtic". BBC Sport. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  20. ^ "Hibernian 1–2 Celtic" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  21. ^ "L'équipe type du Festival International Espoirs 2018" (in French). Toulon Tournament. 11 June 2018.