Ola John

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Ola John
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John with Twente in 2011
Personal information
Full name Ola John
Date of birth (1992-05-19) 19 May 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Zwedru, Liberia
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Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Reading
(on loan from Benfica)
Number 20
Youth career
1998–2002 DES Nijverdal
2002–2010 Twente
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Twente 46 (9)
2012– Benfica 55 (3)
2014 → Hamburger SV (loan) 8 (0)
2015– → Reading (loan) 28 (4)
International career‡
2009 Netherlands U17 3 (1)
2010–2011 Netherlands U19 9 (3)
2011–2014 Netherlands U21 15 (1)
2013– Netherlands 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:04, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 February 2014

Ola John (born 19 May 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a winger for English club Reading, on loan from Portuguese club Benfica.

Club career

Twente

The 2011–12 season was the big breakthrough for John at Twente, as he got a starting place from Co Adriaanse at the start of the season, and did not lose that even with competition for the left forward position, as Nacer Chadli returned from injury. He also topped the UEFA Europa League group stage assist rankings with six assists.[1][2] In Twente's home match in the Europa League against Odense BK on 3 November, John provided all three assists in a 3–2 win.[3] John was influential in the Eredivisie campaign as well, netting two goals in a 6–2 victory over FC Utrecht on 4 December 2011.[4]

Benfica

On 24 May 2012, John signed for Portuguese club Benfica on a five-year deal that includes a €45 million release clause for an undisclosed fee.[5][6] It was rumored that 80% of the undisclosed went to sports investment company Doyen Sports.[7][8] After struggling to find his space in the first team during his initial months in Lisbon, John became a regular starter or used substitute in the second half of Benfica's 2012–13 campaign, which included appearances in UEFA Europa League and Portuguese Cup finals.

He was loaned to Hamburg for the remainder of the 2013–14 season on 17 January 2014.[9]

He stayed at Benfica for the new season, scoring his first league goal on 12 September 2014 against Vitória Sétubal.[10] On 5 October, he gave two assists in a 4–0 home win against Arouca in Portuguese league.[11] On 29 May 2015, John scored the winning goal against Marítimo (2–1) in the league cup final.[12]

Reading (loan)

On 1 September 2015, John was loaned out to English Football League Championship side Reading for one season.[13] Reading have an option to sign him on a permanent deal at the end of the loan spell. He scored his first goal for Reading in the home match against Huddersfield Town on 3 November 2015.[14]

International career

In February 2012, John was called up for the first time by Bert van Marwijk to represent the senior Netherlands football team for the game against England at Wembley.[15] On 7 May 2012, he was named in the provisional list of 36 players for the UEFA Euro 2012 tournament, one of nine uncapped players to be chosen by Netherlands manager Bert van Marwijk as part of the preliminary squad.[16]

Personal life

As a two-year-old, John fled with his mother and brothers from Liberia to the Netherlands. His father was killed during the bloody First Liberian Civil War. He did not return to the African continent until the Youth World Championship in Nigeria in 2009. As a child, he played at the amateur club VV DES in Nijverdal. Like his brothers Collins and Paddy, Ola joined the youth academy of Twente.[17]

John married Jane, making her Jane John, in Liberia in 2014. The couple have three kids including their oldest child Jane John Junior.

Club statistics

As of match played 2 April 2016[18][19]
Club Season League National Cup[nb 1] League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Twente 2010–11 Eredivisie 13 1 3 0 — 3 0 19 1
2011–12 33 8 3 0 — 14 1 50 9
Total 46 9 6 0 — — 17 1 69 10
Benfica 2012–13 Primeira Liga 22 0 4 2 4 0 12 2 42 4
2013–14 5 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 9 1
2014–15 26 3 3 0 4 1 2 0 35 4
2015–16 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Total 55 3 9 3 9 1 16 2 89 9
Hamburger SV (loan) 2013–14 Bundesliga 8 0 1 0 — — — — 9 0
Reading (loan) 2015–16 Championship 23 4 4 0 1 0 — — 28 4
Career total 132 16 20 3 10 1 33 3 195 23
  1. ↑ Includes Johan Cruijff-schaal XVI and Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.

Honours

[18]

Twente
Benfica

References

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  11. ↑ Benfica - Arouca (Jornada 7 Primeira Liga 2014-2015) - Liga Portugal
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  13. ↑ http://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/article/ola-john-reading-transfer-deadline-day-2663659.aspx
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