Martin Johnson (rugby union)

Martin Johnson

Martin Johnson playing for Leicester
Full name	Martin Osborne Johnson
Date of birth	(1970-03-09) 9 March 1970 (age 47)
Place of birth	Solihull, Warwickshire, England
Height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Weight	18 st 9 lb (119 kg)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Lock
Professional / senior clubs Years Club / team Caps (points) 1989–2006 1992 Leicester Tigers Barbarians 362 1 (90) (0) Correct as of 7 September 2011
National team(s) Years Club / team Caps (points) 1990 1993–2003 1993, 1997, 2001 New Zeal. U21 England British and Irish Lions 1 84 8 (0) (10) (0) Correct as of 12 December 2007
Coaching career Years Club / team     2008–2011  England

Coaching career
Years	Club / team
2008–2011	England

Martin Osborne Johnson CBE (born 9 March 1970) is an English former rugby union player who represented and captained England and Leicester. He is best known for captaining England to victory in the 2003 Rugby World Cup. He is regarded as one of the greatest locks ever to have played, and one of England's greatest ever players. He toured three times with the British and Irish Lions, becoming the only man to have captained them on two separate tours. He also led his club Leicester Tigers to consecutive Heineken Cup victories, won the league five times including four consecutive victories as captain and won the Pilkington Cup twice.

He became the new England team manager on 1 July 2008, replacing the previous manager Brian Ashton, but left the post in November 2011 following England's quarter final defeat at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

Johnson was born in Shirley, Solihull, the second of three brothers – his younger brother Will is a former back row forward for Leicester. At the age of seven, his family moved to Market Harborough, Leicestershire, where Martin attended Ridgeway Primary School, Welland Park School and Robert Smyth School.