Daniel Johnson (footballer)

Daniel Anthony Johnson (born 8 October 1992) is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Fatih Karagümrük and the Jamaica national team.

Johnson began his career with Aston Villa and after loan spells at Yeovil Town, Chesterfield and Oldham Athletic he joined Preston North End in January 2015 on a permanent transfer.

[17] They progressed past Chesterfield in the League One play-offs semi-final before comfortably beating Swindon Town 4–0 in the final to gain promotion to the Championship.

[18] Johnson was a regular in his first season playing in the second-tier making 44 appearances, scoring nine goals as North End finished in 11th position.

[26] Johnson scored a career best of 12 goals in 2019–20, finishing top scorer as Preston ended up four points shy of a play-off spot in ninth.

[36] Neil was sacked in December 2023 and replaced by Steven Schumacher and after Johnson missed a penalty away at Blackburn Rovers in February 2024 he did not play again for the remainder of the 2023–24 season.

[39] In June 2019, Johnson received an invite to play for the Jamaica national side for the CONCACAF Gold Cup in July 2019.

[41] However, on 5 September, Johnson withdrew from the squad, with his agent citing a lack of a direct flight from London to Montego Bay.