Justin Addo Johnson (born 27 August 1996) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a winger for

Macclesfield Macclesfield is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Bollin in the east of the county, on the edge of the Cheshire Plain, with Macclesfield Forest to its east ...

. His previous clubs are

Dundee United Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the city of Dundee. The club name is usually abbreviated to Dundee United. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1 ...

and

Hamilton Academical Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Accies, or The Accies, is a Scottish association football, football club from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire who currently compete in the Scottish Championshi ...

in Scotland,

York City York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team compete in the National League, at the fifth tier of the English football league sys ...

in England and Othellos Athienou and

Akritas Chlorakas Akritas Chlorakas ( el, Ακρίτας Χλώρακας) is a Cypriot football club based in Chloraka, Paphos. The club was founded in 1971, and currently plays in the Cypriot First Division. Akritas' colours are green and white, and they play ...

in Cyprus.

Early life

Johnson was born in

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ...

, South Holland, and started his career as a youth player with

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently compete in the Eredivisie, the top flight ...

. After moving to England, he joined the

Manchester United Academy Manchester United Football Club Under-21s is the most senior of Manchester United's youth teams and the club's former reserve team. They play in the Premier League 2, the highest tier of the Professional Development League. The team is effectiv ...

, but was released and joined the football academy at

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. From there, he joined the youth squad of

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club

F.C. United of Manchester Football Club United of Manchester is a semi-professional football club based in Moston, Manchester, England, that competes in the , the seventh tier of the English football league system, and plays home matches at Broadhurst Park. Found ...

Career

After leaving F.C. United, Johnson joined

's development squad as an amateur player in March 2015. He signed a three-year professional contract in May 2015 and made his first-team debut as a substitute two days later, in a

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match against

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. Dundee United manager

Jackie McNamara Jackie McNamara (born 24 October 1973) is a Scottish professional football agent, and former player, manager and executive. He won 33 international caps playing for Scotland, and filled a variety of defensive roles in his career. McNamara beg ...

described Johnson as a "crowd pleaser" with "great potential". On 1 September 2016, Johnson was loaned to

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club

, managed by McNamara, for the rest of the 2016–17 season. On 31 January 2017, his loan to York and his Dundee United contract were both cancelled by mutual consent. Johnson was without a club in the 2017-18 season before joining Othellos Athienou in the

Cypriot Second Division The Cypriot Second Division ( el, Πρωτάθλημα Β΄ Κατηγορίας) is the second highest football division of the Cypriot football league system. Administrated by the Cyprus Football Association, it is contested by 16 teams, with th ...

for 2018-19. The following season he joined

on a season long loan. On 4 August 2020, Johnson made a return to Scottish football, signing for Premiership club

. Along with teammate Tunde Owolabi, he was released by mutual consent in February 2021. Later that month, Johnson signed a contract with

Greenock Morton Greenock Morton Football Club is a Scottish professional football club, which plays in the Scottish Championship. The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest senior Scottish clubs. Morton was renamed Green ...

of the

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until the end of the 2020–21 season. He made his debut for Morton from the bench in a defeat against

Ayr United Ayr United Football Club are a football club in Ayr, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Championship, the second tier of the Scottish Professional Football League. Formed in 1910 by the merger of Ayr Parkhouse and Ayr F.C., their nickname is ...

. He left Morton in June 2021 when his contract expired. In September 2021, Johnson joined

Stalybridge Celtic Stalybridge Celtic Football Club is an English football club based in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester. They are currently members of the and play at Bower Fold. The team traditionally plays in a blue and white strip. In 1921 Stalybridge Celtic ...

. He made his debut in a league match against

Gainsborough Trinity Gainsborough Trinity Football Club is a football club based in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England. Established in 1873, the club became members of the Football League in 1893 and remained members of the Second Division until 1912, making Gainsbo ...

on 18 September. Johnson signed for National League North side

Chorley Chorley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, north of Wigan, south west of Blackburn, north west of Bolton, south of Preston and north west of Manchester. The town's wealth came pr ...

in July 2022 after impressing in pre-season matches. On May 24 2024, Johnson signed for

Northern Premier League The Northern Premier League is an English football league that was founded in 1968. It has four divisions: the Premier Division (which stands at level 7 of the English football league system), Division One East, Division One West and Divisio ...

side

after being named in the 2023-24 National League North Team of the Season.

Career statistics

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Justin 1996 births Living people Footballers from The Hague Dutch men's footballers Dutch expatriate men's footballers Men's association football wingers Sparta Rotterdam players Manchester United F.C. players F.C. United of Manchester players Dundee United F.C. players York City F.C. players Othellos Athienou FC players Akritas Chlorakas players Scottish Professional Football League players National League (English football) players Cypriot Second Division players Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Hamilton Academical F.C. players Greenock Morton F.C. players Stalybridge Celtic F.C. players Northern Premier League players