Dulee Johnson

Dulee Johnson
Johnson with AIK
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-11-07) 7 November 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Monrovia, Liberia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, striker
Youth career
1997–2000 Lone Star FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 Floda BoIF 62 (45)
2001–2005 Häcken 117 (11)
2006–2008 AIK 64 (2)
2008–2009 Maccabi Tel Aviv 27 (1)
2009–2010 AIK 35 (4)
2011 Panetolikos 15 (2)
2011–2012 De Graafschap 20 (0)
2012 AmaZulu 23 (0)
2013 Brage 20 (0)
2014 Săgeata Năvodari 15 (0)
2014–2015 CSMS Iași 23 (0)
2015 Moss 8 (5)
2016 Molde 0 (0)
2016 Start 8 (1)
2018 Lyn Toppfotball 17 (3)
Total 454 (74)
International career‡
2001–2016 Liberia 35 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 April 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2016

Dulee Johnson (born 7 November 1984) is a Liberian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and striker. He is best known for his time with AIK with which he won the 2009 Allsvenskan and 2009 Svenska Cupen. A full international between 2001 and 2016, he won 35 caps for the Liberia national team and played at the 2002 African Cup of Nations.

Club career

Floda BoIF

Born in Monrovia, Dulee Johnson is one of several Liberian footballers who were brought to Sweden by Floda BoIF manager Stig Johansson in the late 1990s, after having been discovered at Gothia Cup. The Liberian players, which included Dioh Williams and Jimmy Dixon, moved into manager Johanssons villa where they lived while they played for the Swedish lower league club.[1]

BK Häcken

After a few successful seasons, all the three previously mentioned players were signed by Allsvenskan club BK Häcken. Johnson quickly found success on the pitch for his new club. He was a starter for the full four and a half years with Häcken.

AIK and Maccabi

In 2006, Johnson was signed by AIK,[2] where he became an instant success as the replacement in midfield for Derek Boateng.[3][4]

In July 2008, Johnson signed a 3-year contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv. He only spent one season with the Israeli side, scoring one goal and making two assists. Johnson also helped them win the League Cup, also known as the Toto Cup. He left the club in June 2009, and signed a new deal with his previous club AIK.

Panetolikos

On 21 January 2011, it was announced that Dulee Johnson had signed an 18-month contract with Greek club Panetolikos.

De Graafschap

In May 2011, Johnson was on trial with Dutch club De Graafschap and was offered a contract. He played three Eredivisie matches and one KNVB Cup match in which he scored his only goal for De Graafschap. Due to his increased market value, the Liberian midfielder received an attractive offer from one of South Africa's big clubs and he made the move to play in the South African premiership.

AmaZulu

On 16 July 2012, Johnson signed a two-year contract with South African club AmaZulu. Johnson's quickly made his name in the league from the preseason matches and throughout his term in the league.

IK Brage

On 28 December 2012, Johnson signed a two-year contract with Swedish Superettan club IK Brage. In January 2014 he left the club for higher level after they got relegated to Division 1. On a free transfer Dulee moved to Romanian side Săgeata Năvodari.[5]

Moss

On 2 September 2015, Johnson signed for Norwegian 2. divisjon side Moss FK.[6]

Molde

At the end of the 2015 season, Johnson was reported to be training with Molde FK.[7]

On 9 January 2016, Johnson signed a one-year contract with Tippeligaen side Molde FK.,[8] but played only one match, a first round cup match against Kristiansund, before being released from his contract 1 June 2016.[9][10]

Lyn Toppfotball

On 1 June 2018, Johnson signed with 3. divisjon side Lyn Toppfotball for the remainder of the season.[11]

International career

In March 2010, he was granted Swedish citizenship, and is now regarded as an EU player. AIK's Liberian International Dulee Johnson Granted EU Citizenship. Dulee Johnson is one of Liberia's best creative midfielders, he played in the 2002 African Cup and Nations, and he was recently recalled to the Liberian national team to help them secure a slot for the 2017 African Cup of Nations. He will travel down to Liberia in June 2016 to play against Togo in one of Liberia's toughest football.

Personal life

He is the son of former Liberia international player and manager Josiah Johnson.[12]

Career statistics

As of match played 25 September 2016[13][14][15][16][17][18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Floda 1998 Division 4 20 11 – – 26 0
1999 22 18 – – 25 1
2000 20 16 – – 13 1
Total 62 45 0 0 0 0 62 45
BK Häcken 2001 Allsvenskan 13 0 – – 13 0
2002 Superettan 28 3 – – 28 3
2003 27 3 – – 27 3
2004 29 3 – – 29 3
2005 20 2 – – 20 2
Total 117 11 0 0 0 0 117 11
AIK 2006 Allsvenskan 26 0 – – 26 0
2007 25 1 – 6 2 31 3
2008 13 1 – – 13 1
Total 64 2 0 0 0 0 64 2
Maccabi Tel Aviv 2008–09 Israeli Premier League 27 1 – – 27 1
AIK 2009 Allsvenskan 15 1 3 1 – – 18 2
2010 20 2 1 0 – 4 0 25 2
Total 35 3 4 1 0 0 4 0 43 4
Panetolikos 2010–11 Football League 4 0 0 0 – – 4 0
De Graafschap 2011–12 Eredivisie 3 0 1 0 – – 4 0
AmaZulu 2012–13 Premier Soccer League 4 0 0 0 2 0 – 6 0
Brage 2013 Superettan 20 0 3 0 – – 23 0
Săgeata Năvodari 2013–14 Liga I 15 0 0 0 – – 15 0
CSMS Iași 2014–15 Liga I 1 0 2 0 – – 3 0
Moss 2015 2. divisjon 8 5 0 0 – – 8 5
Molde 2016 Tippeligaen 0 0 1 0 – – 1 0
Start 2016 Tippeligaen 8 1 0 0 – – 8 1
Lyn Toppfotball 2018 3. divisjon 6 1 0 0 – – 6 1
Career total 374 69 11 1 2 0 10 2 386 72

Honors

Maccabi Tel Aviv
AIK

References

  1. ^ "Dulees vägval". Archived from the original on 25 August 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  2. ^ "AIK värvar Dulee Johnson från Häcken". 20 February 2006. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Exklusiv intervju med Dulee Johnson". 12 March 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  4. ^ lrizzle2010 (16 April 2012), Dulee Johnson Highlights 2012, archived from the original on 18 December 2021, retrieved 4 May 2018{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Så ska Brage hjälpa Dulee Johnson". 28 December 2012. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  6. ^ "Moss FK signerer Dulee Johnson". mossfk.no/ (in Norwegian). Moss FK. 2 September 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  7. ^ "Uppgifter: Dulee Johnson till norsk storklubb". fotbollskanalen.se/ (in Swedish). fotbollskanalen. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  8. ^ "Dulee Johnson klar for Molde FK". moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 9 January 2016. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  9. ^ "Johnson: - Molde har vært fantastisk for meg". rbnett.no (in Norwegian). Romsdals Budstikke. 2 July 2016. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  10. ^ "Dulee Johnson fristilles fra sin avtale". moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 1 June 2016. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  11. ^ "Johnson klar for Lyn!". lyn1896.no (in Norwegian). Lyn Toppfotball. 1 June 2018. Archived from the original on 4 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  12. ^ "Johnson klar for Lyn!" (in Norwegian). 1 June 2018. Archived from the original on 4 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  13. ^ "Dulee Johnson". fotball.no/ (in Norwegian). fotball.no. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  14. ^ "GoDulee Johnsondra". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  15. ^ "Dulee Johnson". nifs.no/. nifs.no. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  16. ^ "Dulee Johnson". svenskfotboll.se/ (in Swedish). Svensk Fotboll. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  17. ^ "Dulee Johnson". svenskfotboll.se/ (in Swedish). Svensk Fotboll. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  18. ^ "Dulee Johnson". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 10 December 2015.