Ryan Johnson (soccer player)
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 Ryan Johnson (2010)
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| Personnel | ||
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| birthday | November 26, 1984 | |
| place of birth | Kingston , Jamaica | |
| size | 185 cm | |
| position | attack | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 2006 | Real Salt Lake | 7 (0) |
| 2006 | Chicago Fire | 3 (0) |
| 2007 | Östers IF | 14 (2) |
| 2008-2011 | San Jose Earthquakes | 99 (17) |
| 2011-2013 | Toronto FC | 43 (10) |
| 2013 | Portland Timbers | 29 (9) |
| 2014 | Henan Construction | 28 (4) |
| 2015 | Seoul E-Land FC | 31 (1) |
| 2016 | Rayo OKC | 4 (1) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) 2 |
| 2006-2013 | Jamaica | 36 (8) |
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1 Only league games are given. As of June 8, 2016 2 As of October 17, 2012 |
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Ryan Johnson (born November 26, 1984 in Kingston ) is a Jamaican football player.
Life
Johnson attended Melrose High School in Massachusetts and Oregon State University, and won several league, regional, and state titles with high school and college soccer teams. In 2002, his senior year of high school, he was named Player of the Year by the Boston Globe .
He is married and has one daughter.
Club career
Since 2002 Johnson played for the Cape Cod Crusaders and Boulder Rapids Reserve. From 2006 he played in Major League Soccer (MLS), in his first season at Real Salt Lake and then moved to Chicago Fire . In 2007 he went to Sweden to Östers IF and scored two goals in 14 appearances. In 2008 he returned to the USA and played for the San José Earthquakes in the MLS. From 2008 to 2011 he scored 17 goals in 99 games for the club. In 2011 he moved to Toronto FC , who also plays in the MLS. After two years at the Canadian club, he was signed by the league competitor Portland Timbers in 2013 .
National team
He made his debut in the Jamaican national soccer team on April 11, 2006 when he was on the pitch for 71 minutes in a 1-1 draw against the USA in Cary (North Carolina) . He scored his first goal in the reggae boyz jersey on February 10, 2010 in Buenos Aires in a friendly against Argentina . So far, he has scored five goals for Jamaica in 15 appearances.
Web links
- Ryan Johnson in the database of weltfussball.de
- Ryan Johnson in the MLSSoccer.com database
- Ryan Johnson in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Johnson, Ryan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jamaican soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 26, 1984 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kingston , Jamaica |