Jermaine Johnson
Personal information
Full name	Jermaine Johnson
Date of birth	25 June 1980 (1980-06-25) (age 29)
Place of birth	Kingston, Jamaica
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current club	Sheffield Wednesday
Number	23
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999–2006 2001–2003 2003–2004 2004–2006 2006–2007 2007–	Tivoli Gardens → Bolton Wanderers (loan) → Oldham Athletic (loan) → Oldham Athletic (loan) Bradford City Sheffield Wednesday	30 (4) 12 (0) 13 (3) 26 (6) 27 (4) 83 (8)
National team2
2001-	Jamaica	48 (6)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:33, 22 August 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 20:30, 11 August 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Jermaine Johnson (born 25 June 1980 in Kingston) is a Jamaican professional footballer, who plays for Sheffield Wednesday. He started his career in his homeland with Tivoli Gardens, before coming to England, where he has also played for Bolton Wanderers, Oldham Athletic and Bradford City. Johnson has also won 40 caps for Jamaica.

[edit] Playing career

[edit] Early career

Johnson started his career at Tivoli Gardens before he came to England with Bolton Wanderers, making his debut during the 2001–02 season. He spent that season and the 2002–03 season at the club but started only ten games and came on as substitute in another nine but scored no goals. After his spell at the Reebok he moved to Oldham Athletic spending the next two seasons there making 34 appearances and eight as substitute scoring ten goals.

[edit] Bradford City

Johnson was signed by Bradford City manager Colin Todd on a one-year deal in June 2006 to join fellow Jamaican teammate Donovan Ricketts at Valley Parade.^[1] His debut came in the first game of the 2006–07 season at Bradford lost to Nottingham Forest. A week later he scored his first goal for Bradford to secure a 4–2 victory over Gillingham.^[2] Todd wanted to keep hold of Johnson,^[3] but after turning down an offer of £250,000 from Derby County,^[4] the club were forced to sell Johnson to Sheffield Wednesday before the end of the January transfer window.^[5] Johnson's last game in Bradford colours was in a 2–0 defeat to Yeovil Town when he was sent off after 81 minutes.^[6] Overall Johnson played 31 games, 27 in the league, scoring four goals for City.

[edit] Sheffield Wednesday

Sheffield Wednesday manager Brian Laws signed the Jamaican for a transfer fee in excess of £250,000 from Bradford City on 31 January 2007. Johnson had to face a three game suspension when he arrived in Sheffield due to a red card he received in his last game for Bradford. He finally made his debut on 20 February 2007 away at Luton Town, showing glimpses of his skill, however he was substituted in the 80th minute and was unable to prevent Wednesday losing 3–2. Johnson added his first goal to his impressive performances scoring Wednesday's third goal in the 3–2 victory over Yorkshire rivals Leeds United on 3 March 2007 in the 54th minute. He was injured during his next game against Plymouth Argyle which combined with a bout of chicken pox prevented him starting for the team until the last game of the season against Norwich City. Johnson scored again to help the team win 3–2.

In December 2007, Championship rivals Queens Park Rangers made an offer for Johnson. It was turned down however as he was described as a "top asset" in the playing squad.^[7]

His first full season with the club was disrupted by injuries and suspensions, however he was still voted midfielder of the year by fans of the club.^[8]

Johnson was involved in an unusual incident during a derby match at home to Sheffield rivals Sheffield United on 19 October 2008 when he was shown a second yellow card, and subsequently a red card, after being substituted. This occurred after he reacted angrily to his substitution by kicking a water bottle into the home supporters.^[9] He was again sent off four months later, this time for Jamaica in an international friendly against Nigeria at the New Den, in London. Johnson was involved in an altercation with Taye Taiwo, for which they were both shown a red card, but Johnson also appeared to push the linesman.^[10]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Jermaine Johnson player profile at swfc.co.uk
• Jermaine Johnson player profile at oldhamathletic.co.uk
• Jermaine Johnson career stats at Soccerbase
• Jermaine Johnson playing stats at ESPNsoccernet

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