Michael Johnston (Scottish footballer)

Michael “Mikey” 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	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	37	(7)
National team^‡
2017	Scotland U19	5	(3)
2018–	Scotland U21	3	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:28, 2 February 2021 (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]

Statistics

As of match played 2 February 2021[8]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Celtic	2016–17	Scottish Premiership	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2017–18	Scottish Premiership	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	2018–19	Scottish Premiership	14	5	3	0	1	0	5	0	23	5
	2019–20	Scottish Premiership	11	2	2	0	2	1	8	3	23	6
	2020-21	Scottish Premiership	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
Career total			37	7	6	0	3	1	13	3	59	11

Honours

Celtic

• Scottish Premiership: 2018–19,[9] 2019–20[10]
• Scottish Cup: 2018–19,[11] 2019–20[12]
• Scottish League Cup: 2019–20[13]

Individual

• Best XI - 2018 Toulon Tournament[14]

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. https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2019/08/07/do-celtic-replacing-mikey-johnston-with-husein-balic-is-now-unth/
8. "Johnston, Michael". Fitbastats. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
9. "Celtic secured an eighth consecutive title in style with a convincing win away to wasteful Aberdeen". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
10. "Celtic champions & Hearts relegated after SPFL ends season". BBC Sport. 18 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
11. "Heart of Midlothian 1-2 Celtic". BBC Sport. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
12. Celtic win fourth straight Scottish Cup as Hazard's shootout saves break Hearts, Ewan Murray, The Guardian, 20 December 2020
13. "Rangers 0 – 1 Celtic". BBC Sport. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
14. "L'équipe type du Festival International Espoirs 2018" (in French). Toulon Tournament. 11 June 2018.

External links

• Michael Johnston at CelticFC.net
• Michael Johnston at the Scottish Football Association