Samuel Luke Johnstone ( natural 25 March 1993 ) is an english professional football player who plays as goalkeeper for EFL Championship club West Bromwich Albion and the England national team. A merchandise of the Manchester United academy, Johnstone spent time on lend with Oldham Athletic, Scunthorpe United, Walsall, Yeovil Town, Doncaster Rovers, Preston North End and Aston Villa. He was an England youth international, winning caps at under-16, under-17, under-19 and under-20 levels.
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Club career [edit ]
manchester United [edit ]
early career [edit ]
Johnstone joined Manchester United at academy level from Chorley -based club Euxton Villa, after being spotted by cabaret scout Colin Fairhurst. [ 5 ] In the 2010–11 season, he was first-choice goalkeeper in the academy, after sharing the duties the previous season. [ citation needed ] On 26 July 2011, Johnstone joined League One clubhouse Oldham Athletic on loan, as both of their first-choice goalkeepers were sidelined by injury. [ 6 ] On 9 September, Johnstone joined League One club Scunthorpe United on a one-month loan after their first-choice goalkeeper Josh Lillis suffered a long-run injury. [ 7 ] The follow day, he made his debut in a 1–1 home tie against Sheffield United. [ 8 ] On 19 October, Johnstone dislocated his finger during a train seance, forcing Scunthorpe to search for an hand brake goalkeeper once again. [ 9 ] On 10 November, Scunthorpe extended the lend until 9 December, [ 10 ] which was then extended to 10 January 2012. [ 11 ] On 20 March 2013, Manchester United agreed for Johnstone to spend the rest of the 2012–13 temper on loanword to League One club Walsall. [ 12 ] He kept straight clean sheets in his beginning few matches and was first-choice goalkeeper during his loanword. On 17 August, Johnstone was loaned to Championship club Yeovil Town for a period of three months. [ 13 ] Johnstone made his introduction on the same day in a 2–0 loss to Burnley, [ 14 ] but it was later confirmed that he had suffered a feel injury prior to his introduction and returned to Manchester United for treatment. [ 15 ]
On 31 January 2014, Johnstone was loaned to Championship cabaret Doncaster Rovers for four weeks. [ 16 ] With the first-choice goalkeeper Ross Turnbull injured, Johnstone made his debut the pursuit day at the Keepmoat against Middlesbrough. [ 17 ] On 4 April, Johnstone agreed a loanword propagation until the end of the 2013–14 season. [ 18 ] On 27 October, Johnstone again joined Doncaster Rovers, with the club now in League One, on loanword, initially until January 2015. [ 19 ] On 12 January 2015, Johnstone joined his hometown baseball club, Preston North End of League One, on loan until the end of the 2014–15 season. [ 20 ] On 25 May, Johnstone kept a clean tabloid in the 2015 League One play-off Final as Preston won promotion to the Championship with a 4–0 acquire over Swindon Town at Wembley Stadium. [ 21 ] On Manchester United ‘s pre-season go of the United States in July 2015, Johnstone played as second-choice goalkeeper ahead of Anders Lindegaard, covering for David de Gea while the Spaniard recovered from a knock. He started in the victories over Club América and San Jose Earthquakes ( playing the entire game ) and came on as a second-half stand-in against Barcelona in a 3–1 victory. [ citation needed ] After rumours of De Gea ‘s electric potential transfer Real Madrid caused the Spaniard to be dropped from the Manchester United police squad, Johnstone was named on the bench behind Sergio Romero for the first game of the season against Tottenham Hotspur. [ 22 ] After De Gea returned to the United first-team, following the crumble of his move, Johnstone failed to make the bench again in 2015. [ citation needed ] On 31 December 2015, he re-signed for Preston on an initial 28-day lend, after Sunderland recalled Jordan Pickford on the same day. [ 23 ] He made his first appearance of his second stint at Preston in a 2–1 home win over Rotherham United on 2 January 2016. [ 24 ] On 16 October 2016, Johnstone extended his narrow at Manchester United until June 2018. [ 25 ]
lend to Aston Villa [edit ]
On 5 January 2017, Johnstone joined Championship cabaret Aston Villa on loanword until the end of the 2016–17 season. [ 26 ] He made his debut on 8 January 2017, in an FA Cup match against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane. [ 27 ] During the period of this loanword spell, he kept more clean sheets in the Championship than any early goalkeeper. [ 28 ] In July 2017, he returned to Aston Villa on a loan conduct until the end of the 2017–18 season. [ 29 ]
West Bromwich Albion [edit ]
On 3 July 2018, Johnstone signed a four-year contract with newly relegated Championship golf club West Bromwich Albion, for a transfer fee reported by BBC Sport to be an initial £6.5 million. [ 30 ] He was contribution of the West Brom team that lost to Aston Villa in the EFL Championship play-off semi-finals on penalties in May 2019. however, the following season, Sam Johnstone helped the club reach automatic promotion to the Premier League for the 2020–21 season. Despite some criticism from fans, Johnstone kept his target as West Brom ‘s first-choice goalkeeper and went on to have a great season despite the golf club being relegated that year. Sam Johnstone produced a numeral of ‘world classify ‘ saves throughout the season, securing full of life points for the club on numerous occasions. On 15 December 2020, Johnstone produced two stoppage-time saves to deny İlkay Gündoğan and Raheem Sterling to secure a 1–1 pull for the club away at the home of future Premier League Champions, Manchester City. [ 31 ] Johnstone besides played well against former clubhouse Manchester United and reigning champions Liverpool, securing 1–1 draw against both. [ 32 ] His very well shape resulted in a trio of club awards at the end of the season, winning the Supporter ‘s Player of the year, Player ‘s Player of the year and PFA Community Champion Award for his influence off the field. [ 33 ]
International career [edit ]
Johnstone was a separate of the victorious England under-17 squad at the 2010 UEFA european Under-17 Championship. [ 34 ] He made his debut for the England under-19 team against Slovakia in September 2010. [ 35 ]
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On 28 May 2013, he was named in the 21-man squad for England under-20s at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup. [ 36 ] He made his introduction on 23 June in England ‘s first match of the tournament, a 2–2 pull with Iraq. [ 37 ] He played in England ‘s three matches at the tournament as they were eliminated at the group stage. [ 37 ] On 18 March 2021, Johnstone was called up for the senior team for the first clock when being mention in the 26-man police squad for England ‘s 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against San Marino, Albania and Poland. [ 38 ] He was named in the 26-man squad for UEFA Euro 2020, along with colleague goalkeepers Jordan Pickford and Dean Henderson, [ 39 ] and made his debut on 6 June in England ‘s final pre-tournament friendly, a 1–0 winnings over Romania at the Riverside Stadium. [ 40 ] On 1 June, Johnstone was named in the 26-man police squad for the reschedule UEFA Euro 2020. [ 41 ]
personal biography [edit ]
Johnstone was born in Preston, Lancashire. [ 42 ] His church father is Glenn Johnstone, a early professional football player who played in the Football League for Preston North End in the early 1990s. [ 43 ] [ 44 ] His younger brother, Max, joined Manchester United as a youth-team player in September 2016. [ 45 ] After a year with Sunderland under-23 team, Max joined scots club St Johnstone in July 2019. [ 46 ]
career statistics [edit ]
golf club [edit ]
- As of match played 28 September 2021
International [edit ]
- As of match played 9 October 2021[57]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
England
2021
3
0
Total
3
0
Honours [edit ]
Preston North End
England U17
England
Individual
- West Bromwich Albion Supporters’ Player of the Year: 2020–21[33]
- West Bromwich Albion Players’ Player of the Year: 2020–21[33]
References [edit ]
Infobox statistics
Specific
- Profile at the West Bromwich Albion F.C. website
- Profile at the Football Association website
- Sam Johnstone – UEFA competition record (archive)
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