Marvin Johnson (footballer, born 1990)

Marvin Johnson

Personal information
Full name	Marvin Nicholas Johnson [1]
Date of birth	(1990-12-01) 1 December 1990 (age 33) [2]
Place of birth	Birmingham, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2]
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Sheffield Wednesday
Number	18
Youth career
	Solihull Moors
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2010	Solihull Moors [lower-alpha 1]	5	(0)
2010	→ Coleshill Town (loan)
2010–2012	Romulus
2012–2015	Kidderminster Harriers	108	(17)
2014	→ Hednesford Town (loan)	6	(2)
2015–2016	Motherwell	53	(6)
2016–2017	Oxford United	41	(3)
2017–2021	Middlesbrough	97	(5)
2018–2019	→ Sheffield United (loan)	11	(0)
2021–	Sheffield Wednesday	109	(9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:34, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

Marvin Nicholas Johnson (born 1 December 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Sheffield Wednesday.

Career

Early career

Johnson began his career with Solihull Moors, and spent a loan spell at Coleshill Town. ^[7] While a Solihull Moors player he won the FA County Youth Cup in May 2009 representing Birmingham FA. ^[8] In March 2010 he was linked with a transfer to Rushall Olympic, ^[9] but after he was released by Moors during the 2010 close season he signed for Romulus, ^{[4] [5] [10]} and was their top scorer in the 2011–12 season. ^{[11] [12]}

While playing for Romulus, Johnson had a five-day trial at Championship club Burnley in December 2011, and also received interest from League Two side Crewe Alexandra. ^[13] He moved from Romulus to Kidderminster Harriers in February 2012. ^[14] In January 2013 he received interest from a number of Football League clubs, including Crewe Alexandra, Colchester United and Northampton Town. ^[15]

After a loan spell with Hednesford Town at the end of the 2013–14 season, ^{[16] [17]} Johnson signed a new one-year contract with the Harriers in June 2014. ^[18]

Motherwell

In February 2015 he was one of four players to sign for Scottish club Motherwell on transfer deadline day. ^[19] Before signing with Motherwell he had been in advanced talks with Football League club Yeovil Town. ^[20] Johnson signed a three-year contract extension with Motherwell in June 2015. ^[21]

At the end of the 2014-2015 season, with Motherwell facing potential relegation from the Scottish Premiership, Johnson featured in both legs of their play-off tie against Rangers, who had finished in third place in the Championship. After helping them to a 3–1 win in the first leg at Ibrox, ^[22] Johnson scored Motherwell's first goal in a 3–0 victory in the second leg at Fir Park ^[23] that ensured their Premiership survival.

Oxford United

On 31 August 2016, transfer deadline day, Johnson signed for Oxford United of League One for an undisclosed sum ^[24] which according to the Oxford Mail is believed to be a club record fee, in the region of £650,000. ^[25] On 23 November, the same week his second child was born, he scored his first goal for the club, the only goal in a 1–0 League One victory over Gillingham at the Kassam Stadium. ^[26] In his first season, having already appeared 9 times for Motherwell (scoring 4 times), Johnson made 52 appearances for Oxford (39 of them in league fixtures) and scored 6 goals (3 in the league). ^[27] He played in the final of the League Trophy at Wembley (a game Oxford lost 2–1 to Coventry City). ^[28]

Middlesbrough

After prolonged speculation about his Oxford future, during which he was linked with Hull City and Birmingham City, Johnson signed a three-year contract with Middlesbrough on deadline day, 31 August 2017, after serving one season of his three-year contract. ^[29] The undisclosed transfer deal was described by Oxford chairman Darryl Eales as "highly attractive", and believed to be in the region of £2.5 million. ^[30]

He moved on loan to Sheffield United in August 2018. ^[31]

His contract expired at the end of the 2019–20 season, but he signed a short-term extension given the extended season in light of coronavirus. ^[32] He signed a new one-year contract with the club in August 2020. ^[33] On 28 May 2021 it was announced that he would leave Middlesbrough at the end of the season, following the expiry of his contract. ^[34]

Sheffield Wednesday

On 5 August 2021, Johnson joined recently relegated EFL League One club Sheffield Wednesday. ^{[35] [36]} He made his Sheffield Wednesday debut a few days later, coming off the bench as a second-half substitute for Andre Green against Charlton Athletic on the opening day of the season. ^[37] He scored his first goal for Sheffield Wednesday in an EFL Trophy tie against Newcastle United U21s on 31 August 2021. ^[38] On 21 May 2022, it was confirmed the club had exercised an option to retain him for another season. ^[39] Following promotion back to the EFL Championship Johnson was offered a new contract to stay at the club. ^[40] His new contract was confirmed on 1 July 2023. ^[41] On 17 May 2024, Wednesday exercised options to keep Johnson another year. ^[42]

Personal life

Johnson is of Jamaican descent through his paternal grandfather. ^[43] As of November 2016 Johnson had two children, a boy and a girl. ^[44]

Career statistics

As of 4 May 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Solihull Moors [lower-alpha 1]	2008–09 [45]	Conference North	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	1	0
	2009–10 [46]	Conference North	4	0	0	0	—		0	0	4	0
	Total		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Kidderminster Harriers	2011–12 [3]	Conference Premier	12	0	0	0	—		0	0	12	0
	2012–13 [3]	Conference Premier	39	6	2	1	—		3 [lower-alpha 2]	0	44	7
	2013–14 [47]	Conference Premier	25	2	4	1	—		0	0	29	3
	2014–15 [3]	Conference Premier	32	9	1	0	—		2 [lower-alpha 3]	1	35	10
	Total		108	17	7	2	0	0	5	1	120	20
Hednesford Town (loan)	2013–14 [3]	Conference North	6	2	0	0	—		2 [lower-alpha 4]	0	8	2
Motherwell	2014–15 [48]	Scottish Premiership	11	0	0	0	0	0	2 [lower-alpha 5]	1	13	1
	2015–16 [49]	Scottish Premiership	38	5	2	1	2	0	—		42	6
	2016–17 [50]	Scottish Premiership	4	1	0	0	5	3	—		9	4
	Total		53	6	2	1	7	3	2	1	64	11
Oxford United	2016–17 [50]	League One	39	3	6	0	0	0	7 [lower-alpha 6]	3	52	6
	2017–18 [51]	League One	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	1
	Total		41	3	6	0	1	1	7	3	55	7
Middlesbrough	2017–18 [51]	Championship	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	1
	2018–19 [52]	Championship	0	0	0	0	2	1	—		2	1
	2019–20 [53]	Championship	38	1	2	0	0	0	—		40	1
	2020–21 [54]	Championship	42	3	0	0	1	1	—		43	4
	Total		97	5	3	0	3	2	0	0	103	7
Middlesbrough U21	2017–18 [51]	—			—		—		1 [lower-alpha 6]	0	1	0
Sheffield United (loan)	2018–19 [52]	Championship	11	0	1	0	0	0	—		12	0
Sheffield Wednesday	2021–22 [55]	League One	39	2	1	0	0	0	4 [lower-alpha 7]	1	44	3
	2022–23 [56]	League One	41	3	4	0	2	0	4 [lower-alpha 8]	0	51	3
	2023–24 [57]	Championship	29	4	1	0	0	0	—	30	4
	Total		109	9	6	0	2	0	8	1	125	10
Career total			430	42	25	3	13	6	25	6	493	57

1. Soccerway misattributes to Marvin Johnson 8 appearances and a goal for Solihull Moors in the 2010–11 season, ^[3] despite his having left the club for Romulus by early August 2010. ^{[4] [5]} The appearances and goal actually belong to Simon Johnson. ^[6]
2. One appearance in the FA Trophy; two appearances in the Conference Premier play-offs
3. Appearances in the FA Trophy
4. Appearances in the Conference North play-offs
5. Appearances in the Scottish Premiership relegation play-offs
6. Appearances in the EFL Trophy
7. Two appearances in the EFL Trophy; two appearances in the League One play-offs
8. One appearance in the EFL Trophy; three appearances in the League One play-offs

Honours

Oxford United

• EFL Trophy runner-up: 2016–17 ^[58]

Sheffield United

• EFL Championship runner-up: 2018–19 ^[59]

Sheffield Wednesday

• EFL League One play-offs: 2023 ^[60]

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