Their 2026 World Cup
Match by match
A. Johnston played 5 matches for Canada, starting every one.
| Round | Match | His game |
|---|---|---|
| Group B | vs Bosnia and Herzegovina 1-1 | Started, played the full match · 🟨 |
| Group B | vs Qatar 6-0 | Started, played the full match |
| Group B | vs Switzerland 1-2 | Started, played the full match |
| Round of 32 | vs South Africa 1-0 | Started, played the full match |
| Round of 16 | vs Morocco 0-3 | Started, played the full match |
Biography
Alistair William Johnston (born October 8, 1998) is a Canadian professional football 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. He made his debut for Canada in 2021 and represented the country at the 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2024 Copa América.
Early life Johnston was born in Vancouver to a Canadian father and an Irish mother from Poleglass. His family moved to Montreal when he was four, where he began playing soccer with Lakeshore SC. The family again moved to Aurora, Ontario when he was seven. There, he played youth soccer with Aurora FC and Richmond Hill SC. He made his debut in the Canadian youth program at an under-18 camp in 2015, when he was 16. He played youth soccer with ANB Futbol, and earned a tryout with French club Troyes AC while there.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · text adapted from the article.
Tournament data from API-Football. See more rankings on the World Cup data hub.
Photo: Bryan Berlin · Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)