Ali Johnson

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Ali Johnson
Personal information
Full name Alicia Violet Johnson [1]
Date of birth (1998-12-24) 24 December 1998 (age 24)
Place of birth Derby, Derbyshire, England
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) [2]
Position(s) Full-back
Youth career
–2015 Blackburn Rovers
2016–2017 Liverpool
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2016 Blackburn Rovers 12 (2)
2017–2018 Liverpool 17 (0)
2018–2019 Bristol City 3 (0)
2019–2020 Sheffield United 7 (0)
2020–2021 Blackburn Rovers 10 (0)
2021 Durham 6 (2)
International career
2017 England U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 January 2021

Alicia Violet Johnson (born 24 December 1998) is an English footballer who plays as a full-back.

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Club career

A product of Blackburn Rovers' Centre of Excellence, [3] Johnson joined the senior team in the 2015–16 season, scoring 6 goals in 17 appearances in all competitions. [4] [5] In February 2016, Johnson left the club [6] to join Liverpool's youth development programme. She made her senior debut on 19 March 2017, in a 2–1 win over Everton in the fifth round of the FA Women's Cup. [7] On 11 October 2017, she scored her first goal for the Reds in a 6–0 victory against Sheffield in the Continental Cup. [8] On 23 November 2017, Johnson signed a new contract with the club. [9] She finished the 2017–18 season with three goals in 18 appearances in all competitions. On 20 July 2018, she was released by the club following the expiration of her contract. [10] On 24 July 2018, she joined Bristol City. [11]

International career

In July 2018, she was selected in the squad for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France. [12]

Career statistics

Club

As of 9 August 2019. [5] [13] [14]
ClubLeagueSeasonLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] League Cup [lower-alpha 2] Continental [lower-alpha 3] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Blackburn Rovers WPL North 2015–16 1222133176
Liverpool FA WSL 2017 503080
2017–18 1203132183
Total170613200263
Bristol City FA WSL 2018–19 30001040
Sheffield United Championship 2019–20 00000000
Career total322827500479

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