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 John with Twente in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ola John[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 May 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Zwedru, Liberia | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Arabi | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2002 | DES Nijverdal | ||
| 2002–2010 | Twente | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2012 | Twente | 46 | (9) |
| 2012–2018 | Benfica | 55 | (3) |
| 2014 | → Hamburger SV (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Reading (loan) | 28 | (4) |
| 2016–2017 | → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Deportivo La Coruña (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2018 | Benfica B | 1 | (1) |
| 2018–2020 | Vitória Guimarães | 42 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | RKC Waalwijk | 23 | (2) |
| 2021–2023 | Al-Hazem | 55 | (26) |
| 2023– | Al-Arabi | 23 | (8) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009 | Netherlands U17 | 3 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Netherlands U19 | 9 | (3) |
| 2011–2014 | Netherlands U21 | 15 | (1) |
| 2013 | Netherlands | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:39, 28 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 February 2014 | |||
Ola John (born 19 May 1992) is a professional footballer who plays for Al-Arabi as a left winger. Born in Liberia, he has represented the Netherlands national team.
A product of FC Twente's youth system, he played with their first team from 2010 to 2012 before joining S.L. Benfica. Amid a 2014 loan to Hamburger SV for half a season, he played regularly at Benfica in the seasons of 2012–13 and 2014–15. Afterwards, he was loaned out to Reading, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Deportivo de La Coruña. After playing only one match with Benfica's reserve team in 2017–18, he moved to Vitória for the upcoming season.
Internationally, John gained one cap for the Netherlands national team in 2013.
- ^ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009: List of Players: Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA. 17 November 2009. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2019.