Roger Johnson

Roger Johnson

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Career

Wycombe Wanderers

Johnson spent time at Portsmouth and AFC Bournemouth before joining Wycombe Wanderers as a 15-year-old, where he developed through the club's youth system. He made his first-team debut for Wycombe in the final game of the 1999–2000 season against Cambridge United, becoming the youngest ever player to make a Football League appearance for the club at the time, at the age of 17 years and 8 days. The following season, Johnson also made one substitute appearance, and was on the bench as Wycombe beat Premier League club Leicester City in the FA Cup quarter-finals. The 2003–04 season saw Johnson in and out of the side under manager Tony Adams but he was still awarded the Fans' Player of the Year Award. After the departure of Adams after one season (6 months), Johnson became a regular in the side and was handed the captaincy by new manager John Gorman when he took over in November 2004, as well as finishing second in the player of the year award to forward Nathan Tyson.

Cardiff City

After 183 appearances and 22 goals for Wycombe, Johnson joined Cardiff City on 4 July 2006 for a fee of £275,000; Cardiff's local rivals Swansea City £100,000 bid was rejected. Johnson had a strong first year at Cardiff, and after spending the first six months as a regular substitute, began to form a dominant pairing with Dutchman Glenn Loovens which saw them keep club captain Darren Purse out of the side. In the 2007–08 season he began to score goals, with late…

Coaching career

Brackley Town

On 29 September 2022, Johnson was appointed manager of National League North club Brackley Town. In April 2023, he departed the club by mutual consent with them sitting in fourth position.

Career statistics

As of match played 27 April 2019

Club
Birmingham City F.C. (2009–2011)
Club
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. (2011–2015)
Club
Cardiff City F.C. (2006–2009)
Club
Wycombe Wanderers F.C. (2000–2006)
Club
Sheffield Wednesday F.C. (2013–2014)
Club
West Ham United F.C. (2014–2014)
Club
Charlton Athletic F.C. (2015–2015)
Club
FC Pune City (2015–2015)
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Charlton Athletic F.C. (2016–2017)
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Bromley F.C. (2017–2019)
League
Premier League

Personal

Personal life

Johnson was born in Ashford, Surrey. He attended St Michael's Middle School in Colehill, Dorset, and then Queen Elizabeth's School, Wimborne Minster. Together with his brothers, Johnson supported Chelsea; he held a season ticket for ten years.

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Description

English footballer (born 1983)

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Extract from Wikipedia

Roger Johnson is an English football manager and retired footballer who was most recently manager at Brackley Town.

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