Sam Johnson (footballer, born 1993)

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Sam Johnson
Personal information
Full name Sam Garyahzon Johnson
Date of birth (1993-05-06) 6 May 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Monrovia, Liberia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Bodens BK
Number 9
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
New Dream FC
Nimba FC
2011 Assyriska IF 5 (1)
2012 Juventus IF 10 (4)
2012 Härnösands FF 9 (5)
2013–2014 IK Frej 50 (17)
2015–2016 Djurgårdens IF 41 (17)
2016–2017 Wuhan Zall 26 (11)
2018 Vålerenga 21 (11)
2019–2020 Real Salt Lake 34 (10)
2021 Sabah 10 (2)
2021 Mjällby AIF 5 (1)
2022 Aksu 5 (0)
2023 Vasalund 1 (0)
2023– Bodens BK 9 (0)
International career
2011 Liberia U23 8 (6)
2015–2019 Liberia 16 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 September 2019 (UTC)

Sam Garyahzon Johnson (born 6 May 1993) is a Liberian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Swedish club Bodens BK. [1] He made 16 appearances for the Liberia national team scoring 3 goals.

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Club career

Johnson started out playing for his village team before joining Liberian third division side New Dream FC. With them he scored two goals in a cup game against Liberian Premier League club Nimba FC who were so impressed by his performance that they ended up signing him. [2]

In 2011 Johnson travelled to Norway to trial with FK Haugesund. He impressed the Norwegian club, but only enough for them to offer him a youth contract, so he instead signed with Swedish club Dalkurd FF. He would however only stay there for a couple of months due to work permit problems. Johnson remained in Sweden though and played for fourth tier club Assyriska IF KF during the second half of the 2011 season. [3]

For the first half of the following season Johnson stepped down one division and played for fifth tier club Juventus IF before once again returning to the fourth tier when playing for Härnösands FF during the fall. [4] After the season, he was awarded the title of "best midfielder" in the league Härnösand played in. [5]

Before the 2013 season Johnson trialed with second tier Superettan club Jönköpings Södra IF but was turned down. [6] Instead he signed a three-year deal with third tier club IK Frej. [7] In his second season with them Johnson, who was now playing as forward, became their top goalscorer as the club was promoted to Superettan. In December 2014 Allsvenskan club Djurgårdens IF announced that they had signed Johnson on a four-year deal. [8]

Sam Johnson made his Allsvenskan debut for Djurgården in the 2–1 loss against Elfsborg on 5 April 2015. [9] He got his first Allsvenskan goal in the 2–1 loss against Hammarby on 13 April. [10] After a successful first top flight season where Johnson scored a total of 10 times Djurgården turned down a 22 million SEK bid from French Ligue 1 club Bordeaux the following winter. [11] In the summer of 2016 Johnson was sold for a 30 million SEK.

Then he joined Chinese side Wuhan Zall. He played a crucial part in the club's relegation battle, scoring six goals in 11 appearances and helping the club to finish sixth in China League One. On 14 July 2017 he was removed from the club's first squad.

On 4 February 2019 Real Salt Lake announced that they had signed Johnson to a Designated Player contract. [12] On 31 October 2020, it was announced that Salt Lake and Johnson had mutually agreed to terminate his contract with the club. [13]

Johnson signed with Mjällby AIF in Sweden in August 2021. [14] On 23 April 2022, Mjällby announced his transfer to FC Aksu in Kazakhstan. [15]

International career

Johnson played with the Liberia under-23 team in 2011 for which he scored six goals in eight games. [16] [17]

He made his senior international debut for the Liberia on 14 June 2015, in their 2–1 defeat to Togo. [18]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 August 2028 [19] [20]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] ContinentalOther [lower-alpha 2] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Assyriska IF 2011 Division 2 Södra Svealand 5151
Juventus IF 2012 Division 3 Södra Svealand 104104
Härnösands FF 2012 Division 2 Norrland 9595
IK Frej 2013 Division 1 Norra 25541296
2014 Division 1 Norra251221202913
Total50176200205819
Djurgårdens IF 2015 Allsvenskan 2910303210
2016 Allsvenskan12730157
Total41176000004717
Wuhan Zall 2016 China League One 11600116
2017 China League One15500155
Total26110000002611
Vålerenga 2018 Eliteserien 2111412512
Real Salt Lake 2019 Major League Soccer 2491020279
2020 Major League Soccer710030101
Total31101000503710
Sabah 2021 Malaysian Super League 10200102
Mjällby AIF 2021 Allsvenskan510051
2022 Allsvenskan002020
Total5120000071
Aksu 2022 Kazakhstan Premier League 501060
Career total21379203007024082

International

As of 9 September 2019 [18]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Liberia 201560
201631
201700
201831
201941
Total163
Scores and results list Liberia's goal tally first. [18]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.29 March 2016 Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia, LiberiaFlag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 2–05–0 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.11 October 2018 Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, CongoFlag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo 1–11–3 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3.4 September 2019 SKD Stadium, Monrovia, LiberiaFlag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 3–13–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

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