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Which team did the player Sam Johnstone belong to before Jan 2011?
Sam Johnstone Samuel Luke Johnstone ( born 25 March 1993 ) is an English professional footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Championship club West Bromwich Albion . A product of the Manchester United Academy , he has spent time on loan with Oldham Athletic , Scunthorpe United , Walsall , Yeovil Town , Doncaster Rovers , Preston North End and Aston Villa . He was an England youth international , winning caps at under-16 , under-17 , under-19 and under-20 levels . He is the son of Glenn Johnstone , a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Preston North End in the early 1990s . Club career . Manchester United . Early career . Johnstone joined Manchester United at academy level ; in the 2010–11 season , he was number one keeper in the academy , where he shared the duties the previous season . On 26 July 2011 , Johnstone joined League One side Oldham Athletic on loan , as both of their first-choice goalkeepers were sidelined by injury . He made two appearances , both in pre-season friendlies ; a 0–0 home draw with Burnley and a 1–0 away victory against Fleetwood Town , before returning to his parent club . On 9 September 2011 , Johnstone joined League One side Scunthorpe United on a one-month loan after their first-choice keeper Josh Lillis suffered a long-term injury . The following day , he made his debut at the Glanford Park in a 1–1 draw against Sheffield United . On 19 October 2011 , Johnstone dislocated his finger during a training session , forcing Scunthorpe United to search for an emergency goalkeeper once again . On 10 November 2011 , Scunthorpe extended the loan until 9 December 2011 , which was then extended to 10 January 2012 . On 20 March 2013 , Manchester United agreed for Johnstone to spend the rest of the season on loan to Walsall . Johnstone kept consecutive clean sheets in his first few games and was first-choice goalkeeper during his loan-spell . On 17 August 2013 , Johnstone was loaned to Yeovil Town for a period of three months . He made his debut on the same day in a 2–0 loss to Burnley , but it was later confirmed that Johnstone had suffered a finger injury prior to his debut and returned to Manchester United for treatment . 2014–2017 . On 31 January 2014 , Johnstone was loaned to Doncaster Rovers for four weeks . With the first-choice keeper Ross Turnbull injured , Johnstone made his debut the following day at the Keepmoat against Middlesbrough . On 4 April 2014 , Johnstone agreed a loan extension until the end of the 2013–14 season . On 27 October 2014 , Johnstone again joined Doncaster Rovers on loan , initially until January 2015 . On 12 January 2015 , Johnstone joined his home-town club Preston North End on loan until the end of the 2014–15 season . On 25 May 2015 , Johnstone kept a clean sheet in the League One play-off Final as Preston won promotion to the Championship with a 4–0 win over Swindon Town at Wembley Stadium . On Manchester Uniteds pre-season tour of the United States in July 2015 , Johnstone played as second-choice keeper ahead of Anders Lindegaard , covering for David de Gea while the Spaniard recovered from a knock . He started in the victories over Club América and San Jose Earthquakes ( playing the entire game ) and came on as a second-half substitute against Barcelona in a 3–1 victory . After rumours of De Geas transfer saga to Real Madrid caused the Spaniard to be dropped from the Manchester United squad , Johnstone was named on the bench behind Sergio Romero for the first game of the season against Tottenham Hotspur . After De Gea returned to the United first-team , following the collapse of his move , Johnstone failed to make the bench again in 2015 . On 31 December 2015 , he re-signed for Preston on an initial 28-day loan , after Sunderland recalled Jordan Pickford on the same day . He made his first appearance of his second stint at Preston in the 2–1 win over Rotherham United at Deepdale . On 16 October 2016 , Johnstone extended his contract at Manchester United until June 2018 . Loan to Aston Villa . On 5 January 2017 , Johnstone joined Championship club Aston Villa on loan until the end of the 2016–17 season . He made his debut on 8 January 2017 , in an FA Cup match against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane . During the period of this loan spell , he kept more clean sheets in the Championship than any other goalkeeper . In July 2017 , he returned to Aston Villa on a loan deal until the end of the 2017–18 season . West Bromwich Albion . On 3 July 2018 , Johnstone signed a four-year contract with newly-relegated Championship side West Bromwich Albion , for a transfer fee reported to be in the region of £6.5 million . Upon joining the Baggies , he inherited the number 1 shirt , taking over from previous first-choice goalkeeper Ben Foster , who left to join Watford , after West Broms relegation from the Premier League . Johnstone was part of the West Bromwich Albion team that lost to Aston Villa in the EFL Championship play-off semi finals on penalties in May 2019 . However , the following season , Sam Johnstone helped the club gain automatic promotion to the Premier League for the 2020–21 season . International career . Johnstone was a part of the victorious England under-17 squad at the 2010 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship . He made his debut for the England under-19 team against Slovakia in September 2010 . On 28 May 2013 , he was named in manager Peter Taylors 21-man squad for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup . He made his debut on 16 June 2013 , in a 3–0 win in a warm-up game against Uruguay . On 18 March 2021 , Johnstone was named in manager Gareth Southgate’s 26-man squad for England’s 2022 World Cup Qualifiers against San Marino , Albania and Poland and in May 2021 he was named in the provisional squad for Euro 2020 Personal life . Johnstones father is Glenn Johnstone , a former professional footballer who played in The Football League for Preston North End in the early 1990s , in between spells with Lancaster City and Morecambe . His younger brother , Max , joined Manchester United as a youth team player in September 2016 . After a year with the Sunderland U23s , Max joined Scottish club St Johnstone in July 2019 . Honours . Preston North End - Football League One play-offs : 2015 England Under-17 - UEFA European Under-17 Championship : 2010 External links . - Profile at TheFA.com