ROGER JOHNSON
Born: Ashford, Surrey, 28 April 1983
Former clubs: Wycombe Wanderers, Cardiff City, Birmingham City, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Sheffield Wednesday (loan)
Tall centre-back Roger Johnson joins West Ham United on a loan deal for the remainder of the 2013/14 season from Sky Bet League One side Wolverhampton Wanderers.
The defender has plenty of Premier League experience having plied his trade with Birmingham City and Wolverhampton Wanderers in the top flight and even has a League Cup winner's medal on his CV from his time with the Blues.
More recently he undertook a loan spell in the Sky Bet Championship with Sheffield Wednesday where he made 17 appearances after being left out of the first team picture at Molineux.
2013/14
Joined West Ham United on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers for the remainder of the season on 6 January 2014…Made his debut in the 6-0 Capital One Cup semi-final first leg defeat at Manchester City...Helped the Hammers to a clean sheet in the 2-0 victory at Cardiff City just three days later on 11 January 2014...Was an early substitute as the Hammers defeated Hull City 2-1 on 26 March...Also came off the bench five days later as West Ham triumphed at Sunderland by the same scoreline.
Before West Ham United
Born in Surrey, Johnson started his career with Wycombe Wanderers where he came up through the ranks before becoming the Chairboys' youngest ever player when he made his debut as a 17-year-old against Cambridge United in May 1999. After eight years and 157 league games at Adams Park he left to join Cardiff City in July 2006 and spent three years with the Bluebirds before he moved to Birmingham City in July 2009. After a strong first season, in which Johnson helped the Blues to a ninth place Premier League finish, he helped the club to win the Carling Cup in 2011 before they suffered relegation in the same season. Johnson moved across Birmingham to Wolves after the Blues were relegated and has found life tough at Molineux as the club slipped into Sky Bet League One.