Glen Johnson

First Name	Glen
Surname	Johnson
Squad Number	2
Position	Defender
Height	1.82m
Weight	70 kg
D.O.B.	23 Aug 1984
Town of Birth	Greenwich
Country of Birth	England
Nationality	English
Total Appearances	99
Total Goals	6

Glen Johnson arrived at Anfield in August 2009 from the then relegated Portsmouth. He had by then established himself as an attacking right-back and also was a part of England national team.

He started with Harry Redknapp at West Ham United before he was loaned out to Millwall. Later, he became the 1^st signing at Roman Abramovich’s Chelsea in 2003.

His Chelsea debut came in August of the same year at Anfield. Three months later, in an international fixture against Denmark, he marked his debut, when he came on for Gary Neville.

He tasted both Premier League and League Cup victories during his tenure at Chelsea, but was later loaned out to Portsmouth in 2006 by Jose Mourinho. A year later, the deal was made permanent and he went on to become a major hit among Fratton Park faithful.

He was part of the Portsmouth side that won the FA Cup in 2008 and despite finishing in 14^th position in the league a year later in 2008-09, the full back was a part of the PFA Team of the Year.

Then came is big-money move to Merseyside. His debut came on August 16, 2009 at White Hart Lane and his first goal, a thundering volley, came three days later in a 4-0 thrashing of Stoke City.

He started in every game when he was selected for the 2010 FIFA World Cup before England crashed out in the round of 16 to Germany, yet again.

Injuries cut short his 2010-11 season, but still, the attacking and defensive sides of his game was top draw.

In February 2012, our No.2's consistency was rewarded with a first medal for the club. Having started the Carling Cup final against Cardiff at Wembley, Johnson kept his nerve to score from 12 yards as Liverpool clinched a shoot-out win.

A few months later he travelled to Poland and Ukraine for Euro 2012, where he started all four games as England reached the quarter-finals before a penalties loss to Italy.

Away from the pitch, the defender established the 'Glen Johnson Soccer School' in Dartford back in 2007 for children aged between four and 16.

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