Mikey Johnston

Michael Andrew Johnston (born 19 April 1999) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Scottish Premiership club Celtic.

Mikey Johnston
Personal information
Full name Michael Andrew Johnston[1]
Date of birth (1999-04-19) 19 April 1999[1]
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Winger[1]
Club information
Current team
Celtic
Number 19
Youth career
2008–2017 Celtic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Celtic 51 (7)
National team
2017 Scotland U19 5 (3)
2018–2019 Scotland U21 3 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:22, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 June 2018

Club career

Johnston was born in Glasgow.[1] He made his Celtic debut on 6 May 2017, in a 4–1 victory over St Johnstone at Celtic Park.[2] Shortly after the game, the winger signed a new three-year contract with his boyhood club.[3][4]

In November 2018, Johnston signed a contract with Celtic to run until the end of the 2022–23 season.[5]

Johnston signed a new five-year contract with Celtic on 28 December 2019.[6]

International career

Johnston was born in Scotland and is a youth international for Scotland.[7]

Career statistics

As of match played 17 January 2022[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Celtic 2016–17[9] Scottish Premiership 1000000010
2017–18[10] Scottish Premiership 3010000040
2018–19[11] Scottish Premiership 14530105[lower-alpha 1]0235
2019–20[12] Scottish Premiership 11210218[lower-alpha 2]3226
2020–21[13] Scottish Premiership 100000000100
2021–22[14] Scottish Premiership 12000204[lower-alpha 3]0180
Total 51750511737811
Celtic Under-20s[lower-alpha 4] 2016–17[9] 1[lower-alpha 5]010
2017–18[10] 1[lower-alpha 6]010
Career total 51750511938011
  1. One appearance in the UEFA Champions League and four appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  2. Four appearances and one goal in the UEFA Champions League and four appearances and two goals in the UEFA Europa League
  3. Three appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  4. Matches in the Scottish Challenge Cup, in which teams from the SPFL Development League compete against senior clubs
  5. One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  6. One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup

Honours

Celtic

Individual

References

  1. "Michael Johnston: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  2. Barnes, John (6 May 2017). "Celtic 4–1 St Johnstone". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  3. "Delight as Michael Johnston signs new three-year deal". Celtic. 6 May 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  4. "Celtic: Youngster Michael Johnston delighted to sign new three year contract". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  5. "Michael Johnston: Celtic winger signs new five-year contract". BBC Sport. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  6. "Celtic: Mikey Johnston signs five-year contract extension". BBC Sport. 28 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  7. Owen, Danny (7 August 2019). "Celtic replacing Mikey Johnston with Husein Balic is now unthinkable". HITC.
  8. "Johnston, Michael". Fitbastats. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  9. "Games played by Mikey Johnston in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  10. "Games played by Mikey Johnston in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  11. "Games played by Mikey Johnston in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  12. "Games played by Mikey Johnston in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  13. "Games played by Mikey Johnston in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  14. "Games played by Mikey Johnston in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  15. "Celtic secured an eighth consecutive title in style with a convincing win away to wasteful Aberdeen". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  16. "Celtic champions & Hearts relegated after SPFL ends season". BBC Sport. 18 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  17. "Heart of Midlothian 1-2 Celtic". BBC Sport. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  18. Celtic win fourth straight Scottish Cup as Hazard's shootout saves break Hearts, Ewan Murray, The Guardian, 20 December 2020
  19. "Rangers 0 – 1 Celtic". BBC Sport. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  20. "Hibernian 1–2 Celtic" via www.bbc.co.uk.
  21. "L'équipe type du Festival International Espoirs 2018" (in French). Toulon Tournament. 11 June 2018.


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