Joel Johnson (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joel Johnson Alajarín | ||
Date of birth | 20 September 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Torrent, Spain | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Charlotte Independence | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2001 | Torrent | ||
2001–2009 | Valencia | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2012 | Valencia B | 69 | (1) |
2010 | Valencia | 1 | (0) |
2012–2014 | Real Madrid C | 50 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Jaén | 16 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Buñol | 9 | (0) |
2016– | Charlotte Independence | 141 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2018– | Liberia | 8 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:01, 5 November 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:27, 9 September 2019 (UTC) |
Joel Johnson Alajarín (born 20 September 1992) is a Liberian footballer who plays as a right-back for USL Championship side Charlotte Independence.
Club career[]
Born in Torrent, Valencia to a Liberian father and a Spanish mother, Joel was a product of Valencia CF's youth system. He made his senior debut at only 17, appearing with the reserves in Segunda División B and eventually suffering relegation.
On 8 March 2010, as both right-backs in the first team, Bruno and Miguel, were unavailable, Joel made his first La Liga appearance, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–0 home draw against Racing de Santander.[2] Released on 30 June 2012, he went on to compete solely in the lower leagues, first with Real Madrid C and then with Real Jaén, both in the third tier.[3][4][5]
After a season with CD Buñol in Tercera División, Johnson signed with United Soccer League side Charlotte Independence on 6 April 2016.[6]
International career[]
Johnson received his first call for the Liberia national team on 31 August 2016,[7] being an unused substitute in the 1–4 away loss to Tunisia for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying phase the following week.[8] He only won his first cap on 9 September 2018, starting and playing 90 minutes in a 1–1 draw against DR Congo for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.[9]
References[]
- ^ "7 - Joel Johnson". Charlotte Independence. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Los Che frustrated by Santander again; ESPN Soccernet, 8 March 2010
- ^ El Real Madrid C se refuerza con Joel Johnson (Real Madrid C bolster with Joel Johnson); Defensa Central, 19 July 2012 (in Spanish)
- ^ Joel Johnson, último fichaje del Real Jaén (Joel Johnson, last signing of Real Jaén); Ideal, 1 September 2014 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Buñol da con la tecla (Buñol hit the spot); Golsmedia, 16 November 2015 (in Spanish)
- ^ Independence sign Spanish defender Johnson; USL Soccer, 7 April 2016
- ^ Joel Johnson receives call up from Liberian national team Archived 15 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine; Charlotte Independence, 31 August 2016
- ^ Tunisia beats Liberia 4–1 in Tunis – Togo thumps Djibouti 5–0 to qualify Archived 15 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine; Front Page Africa, 4 September 2016
- ^ Thomas Kojo ‘impressed’ with Johnson’s debut performance; Liberian Observer, 12 September 2018
External links[]
- Joel Johnson at BDFutbol
- Joel Johnson at Futbolme (in Spanish)
- Joel Johnson at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Joel Johnson at National-Football-Teams.com
- Joel Johnson at Soccerway
- 1992 births
- Living people
- People from Torrent, Valencia
- Spanish people of Liberian descent
- People with acquired Liberian citizenship
- Liberian people of Spanish descent
- Spanish footballers
- Liberian footballers
- Footballers from the Valencian Community
- Association football defenders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- Valencia CF Mestalla footballers
- Valencia CF players
- Real Madrid C footballers
- Real Jaén footballers
- USL Championship players
- Charlotte Independence players
- Liberia international footballers
- Spanish expatriate footballers
- Liberian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Liberian expatriate sportspeople in the United States