Brennan Johnson
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Brennan Price Johnson[1] | ||
Date of birth | 23 May 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Nottingham, England | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Nottingham Forest | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2009 | Dunkirk | ||
2009–2019 | Nottingham Forest | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019– | Nottingham Forest | 50 | (17) |
2020–2021 | → Lincoln City (loan) | 40 | (10) |
International career‡ | |||
2016–2017 | England U16 | 6 | (1) |
2017 | England U17 | 1 | (0) |
2018– | Wales U19 | 8 | (2) |
2019– | Wales U21 | 4 | (1) |
2020– | Wales | 9 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2022 |
Brennan Price Johnson (born 23 May 2001) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a winger for Championship side Nottingham Forest and the Wales national team.
Club career
Nottingham Forest
After joining the Nottingham Forest academy from Dunkirk at eight years old,[2][3] Johnson made his professional debut aged eighteen, appearing for the club on 3 August 2019 as an 88th-minute substitute in a 2–1 loss against West Bromwich Albion on the opening day of the season.[4]
Johnson's first professional goal for Nottingham Forest came in a 1–1 draw against local rivals Derby County on 28 August 2021.[5] Forest experienced an upturn of form after the appointment of Steve Cooper, replacing Chris Hughton, and after scoring one goal and providing two assists in a month where Forest had three wins, Johnson was awarded the EFL Young Player of the Month award for September 2021.[6] Johnson was awarded the EFL Championship Player of the Month award for April 2022 after his four goals and four assists fired Forest into the play-offs, narrowly missing out on automatic promotion.[7]
Lincoln City (loan)
On 25 September 2020, Johnson joined Lincoln City on a season-long loan.[8] Two days later, he would make his first appearance for Lincoln, coming off the bench against Charlton Athletic.[9] He scored his first professional goal against Plymouth Argyle, heading in from close range.[10] In April 2021, Johnson scored his first career hat-trick in a match against Milton Keynes Dons, taking Johnson just 11 minutes to accomplish this feat.[11]
International career
Johnson was eligible to represent England, Jamaica, and Wales at international level. He began playing with England, before switching to Wales in 2018.[12][13] In September 2020 Johnson was called up to the senior Wales squad for the first time.[14]
Johnson made his Wales debut in a 0–0 draw against the USA on 12 November 2020.[15] He made his first start for Wales against Finland on 1 September 2021, in which he won a penalty.[citation needed]
Personal life
Johnson is the son of former Bury FC, Ipswich Town and Nottingham Forest player David Johnson.[3][16]
Career statistics
- As of match played 17 May 2022
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Nottingham Forest | 2019–20[17] | Championship | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
2020–21[18] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
2021–22[19] | 46 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 2 | 50 | 19 | ||
Total | 50 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 19 | ||
Lincoln City (loan) | 2020–21[18] | League One | 40 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7[b] | 2 | 49 | 13 |
Career total | 90 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 107 | 32 |
- ^ Two appearances and two goals in Championship play-offs
- ^ Four appearances and one goal in EFL Trophy, three appearances and one goal in League One play-offs
Honours
Individual
- EFL Young Player of the Month: September 2021[6]
- EFL Young Player of the Season: 2021–22
- EFL Championship Player of the Month: April 2022[7]
References
- ^ "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2019" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ^ Miller, Paul Taylor and Nick. "Brennan Johnson - made in Nottingham". The Athletic.
- ^ a b Taylor, Paul (22 May 2019). "Brennan Johnson hoping to maintain the family business by pulling on Nottingham Forest's Garibaldi red". Nottingham Post. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ "Forest 1–2 West Bromwich Albion". Nottingham Forest F.C. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ "Derby County 1–1 Nottingham Forest". BBC Sport. 28 August 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Brennan named EFL Young Player of the Month". www.nottinghamforest.co.uk. 16 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Sky Bet EFL Manager and Player of the Month April winners!". www.efl.com. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ "The Imps sign exciting Forest attacker on loan". Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ "Report: The Imps v Charlton Athletic". Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ^ "Report: The Imps V Plymouth Argyle". Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Brennan Johnson hits 11-minute hat-trick at LNER Stadium". Sky Sports. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ Phillips, Terry (16 October 2018). "Brennan's double strike for Wales in Polish success". Dai Sport. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ Davies, Matt (11 September 2018). "Brennan Johnson starts as Wales beaten by Republic of Ireland U19". Nottingham Post. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ "Wales suffer quadruple player blow" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ Pritchard, Dafydd (12 November 2020). "Wales and USA play out goalless draw". BBC Sport Wales.
- ^ Percy, John (23 March 2017). "Everton in talks with Nottingham Forest to sign teenager Brennan Johnson as search for country's leading young talents continues". The Telegraph. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ "Games played by Brennan Johnson in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Games played by Brennan Johnson in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ "Games played by Brennan Johnson in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Welsh people of Jamaican descent
- British sportspeople of Jamaican descent
- English people of Welsh descent
- English sportspeople of Jamaican descent
- Welsh footballers
- Footballers from Nottingham
- Association football midfielders
- Wales youth international footballers
- Wales under-21 international footballers
- Wales international footballers
- English footballers
- England youth international footballers
- Nottingham Forest F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Lincoln City F.C. players