Sam Johnstone

Samuel Luke "Sam" Johnstone ( born March 25, 1993, Preston ) is an English football goalkeeper who is at English club Manchester United under contract, but is currently playing on loan at the Doncaster Rovers.

Career

In the club

Sam Johnstone joined in the 2010/11 season the youth academy of Manchester United.

In July 2011, he was loaned out to Football League One club Oldham Athletic, because there both the ordinary and the goalkeeper had failed due to injuries. After two friendlies in pre-season was abandoned again on the services of the then 18 -year-olds. The loan was canceled and Johnstone on loan for four months to his tribe, club Scunthorpe United, where he participated as goalkeeper twelve games completed at this time.

He then returned to the youth academy of Manchester United, where he rose to the reserve team in the first team. For the season 2012/13 Johnstone was appointed as third-choice goalkeeper behind David de Gea and Anders Lindegaard into the first team of the club. The reason was the loan of Ben Amos to Hull City, who had actually provided for this position. On 20 March 2013, was to end of season on loan at Walsall FC.

At the beginning of the season 2013/14 Johnstone on loan for three months at Yeovil Town. Due to an injury he could not complete a game. On 31 January 2014 Johnstone was further awarded for four weeks at the Doncaster Rovers.

In the National Team

Sam Johnstone made ​​his debut for the English U-19 national team in September 2010 against the Slovak selection.

Also, he won the English U- 17 National Team U -17 European Football Championships 2010. The tournament Johnstone played before Jack Butland as a goalkeeper.