Lamar Johnson (footballer)

Lamar Joseph Johnson (born 4 November 1991) is a footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Canvey Island and the Saint Lucia national football team.

Lamar Johnson
Personal information
Full name Lamar Joseph Johnson
Date of birth (1991-11-04) 4 November 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Hackney, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Bowers & Pitsea
Number 1
Youth career
Charlton Athletic
Thurrock
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Concord Rangers 2 (0)
2011 Romford 43 (0)
2011 Aveley 9 (0)
Canvey Island
2012–2016 Grays Athletic 79 (0)
2014Tilbury (loan) 5 (0)
2014Lowestoft Town (loan) 1 (0)
2015Soham Town Rangers (loan) 5 (0)
2015Tilbury (loan) 3 (0)
2016–2017 Aveley 53 (0)
2017Chelmsford City (loan) 0 (0)
2017–2018 Grays Athletic 32 (0)
2018 Hertford Town 26 (0)
2018 Basildon United 2 (0)
2018–2019 Waltham Abbey 16 (0)
2019 Aveley 12 (0)
2019–2020 Canvey Island 36 (0)
2020– Bowers & Pitsea 9
International career
2020– Saint Lucia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 06:00, 14 December 2019 (UTC)[2]

Club career

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Johnson began his career in the youth systems at Charlton Athletic and Thurrock, before joining non-League club Concord Rangers in 2010. Johnson's formative years were spent at Romford, Aveley and Canvey Island, before signing for Grays Athletic in 2012.[3]

In January 2014, following an off the field incident against Bury Town that had occurred on 25 September 2013, Johnson was given a year long ban by The Football Association. Upon the completion of his ban, Johnson re-signed for Grays, going out on loan to Tilbury in order to gain match fitness.[4] Whilst at Grays, loans to Soham Town Rangers and Harlow Town followed,[5] before departing in 2016, re-joining tenants Aveley. On 24 March 2017, Johnson, alongside Canvey Island goalkeeper Conor Gough, joined Chelmsford City on dual-registration as cover for Ross Fitzsimons during Chelmsford's National League South run-in.[6] During the 2017–18 season, Johnson re-signed for Grays, having spells at Hertford Town, Basildon United, Waltham Abbey and Aveley in the following campaign.[7] In July 2019, Canvey Island signed Johnson.[8] In the summer Johnson moved to Canveys near neighbour's Bowers & Pitsea

International career

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In November 2019, Johnson received a call-up for Saint Lucia. On 16 November 2019, Johnson kept a clean-sheet on his debut for the country in a 1–0 win against the Dominican Republic.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Profile of L. Johnson". footballcritic.com. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Statistics: Grays Athletic".
  3. ^ "Lamar Johnson". Aveley F.C. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Lamar Johnson". Grays Athletic F.C. 6 October 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Lamar goes on loan to Harlow". Grays Athletic F.C. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Clarets cover keeping positions by signing Gough and Johnson". Chelmsford City F.C. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Lamar Johnson". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  8. ^ "Canvey Island sign Joseph and Johnson". Non-League Daily. 29 July 2019. Archived from the original on July 29, 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  9. ^ "Saint Lucia vs. Dominican Republic". National Football Teams. Retrieved 14 December 2019.