Allan Johnston

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Personal information
Allan Johnston

Full name	Allan Johnston
Date of birth	December 14, 1973 (1973-12-14) (age 34)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current club	Kilmarnock
Number	12
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990-1996 1996-1997 1997-2000 1999 2000 2000-2001 2001-2004 2002-2003 2004-Present	Hearts Rennes Sunderland Birmingham City (loan) Bolton Wanderers (loan) Rangers Middlesbrough Sheffield Wednesday Kilmarnock	84 (12) 23 (2) 87 (19) 8 (0) 19 (3) 14 (0) 17 (1) 12 (2) 101 (5)
National team
1998-2002	Scotland	18 (2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 December 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Allan Johnston (born 14 December 1973, in Glasgow) is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Scottish Premier League club Kilmarnock.

His former clubs include Hearts, Rennes (23 apps 2 goals), Sunderland, Birmingham City (loan), Bolton Wanderers (loan), boyhood favourites Rangers, Middlesbrough and Sheffield Wednesday.

He rose to prominence by scoring a hat-trick against Rangers at Ibrox while playing for Hearts in 1996. The only non-Old Firm player to achieve this since is Ivan Sproule of Hibernian in 2005.

He did not fare very well in his first season with Kilmarnock (2004-05), although this could mainly be put down to a lack of pre-season training. However, his form greatly improved in the 2005-06 season after manager Jim Jefferies moved him from the wing into the centre of midfield. He formed a strong partnership with James Fowler in that position, and had a large influence in the club's improvement in the league table.

Johnston has made 18 appearances for Scotland, between 1999 and 2002, and has also been capped at Under-21 level. He is nicknamed "Magic" Johnston, after the legendary basketball player Earvin "Magic" Johnson.

Allan enjoyed a short but sweet spell at Sunderland between 1997 and 1999 where he was very highly regarded by their supporters, as a result of this whenever a winger is showing form he is often compared to Allan.