Photo: Hossein Zohrevand / CC BY 4.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Alistair Johnston is the sort of player I root for instinctively. He didn't arrive via some glamorous academy pipeline; he grafted through the American college game and MLS stops at Nashville and Montréal before earning a move to Celtic, one of football's grand old institutions. That's a self-made arc, and you can see it in how he plays right-back: relentless engine, smart positioning, no theatrics. As a fixture for Canada, he embodies the rising confidence of North American soccer. I find his grounded, earn-it-every-day mentality far more compelling than flashier names, and I think his ceiling is higher than people assume.
Overview
Alistair William Johnston (born October 8, 1998) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a right-back for Scottish Premiership club Celtic and the Canada national team. Johnston began his senior career with Vaughan Azzurri. He later had spells with Major League Soccer teams Nashville SC and CF Montréal before signing for Celtic in late 2022.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Alistair Johnston
- Name (Japanese)
- アリスター・ジョンストン
- Reading
- ありすたー・じょんすとん
- Born
- October 8, 1998 (age 27)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Tiger
- Origin
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Aurora High School
- University
- St. John's University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · More people from Canada →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.