Andrew Johnson (English footballer)
Johnson training with Fulham in 2008
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Andrew Johnson | ||
| Date of birth | 10 February 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Bedford, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Luton Town | |||
| –1998 | Birmingham City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2002 | Birmingham City | 83 | (8) |
| 2002–2006 | Crystal Palace | 140 | (74) |
| 2006–2008 | Everton | 61 | (17) |
| 2008–2012 | Fulham | 86 | (13) |
| 2012–2014 | Queens Park Rangers | 20 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | Crystal Palace | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 390 | (114) | |
| National team | |||
| 2005–2007 | England | 8 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Andrew Johnson (born 10 February 1981), also known as Andy Johnson, is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played for Birmingham City, Crystal Palace, Everton, Fulham and Queens Park Rangers. He was capped eight times for England. As of March 2016[update], Johnson was working at Crystal Palace as a club ambassador.
Johnson was born in Bedford, Bedfordshire, and started his career at Luton Town's Academy. Initially his career was held back by the perception that he was too small to prosper as a top level striker. He moved on to Birmingham City, where he signed his first professional contract on 11 March 1998. He missed a deciding penalty in the 2001 League Cup Final penalty shoot-out defeat to Liverpool.
After only a few noteworthy appearances, he was sold to Crystal Palace in 2002, following Birmingham's promotion into the Premier League. Johnson was used as the makeweight in a transfer deal for Clinton Morrison, valued at £750,000 for the purposes of the transaction.
Whilst Johnson's arrival was not greeted with any real excitement at Crystal Palace, the transfer turned out to be an excellent move for both Johnson and Palace.He soon made himself very popular with Palace fans with a hat-trick in the 5–0 demolition of rivals Brighton & Hove Albion on 26 October 2002, and then another, in the next match, at Walsall.
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