Shaun Johnson
New Zealand international rugby league footballer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other people named Shaun Johnson, see Shaun Johnson (disambiguation).
Shaun Johnson (born 9 September 1990) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a halfback for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League (NRL).
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Born | (1990-09-09) 9 September 1990 (age 33) Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 91 kg (14 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Halfback, Five-eighth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He previously played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks as a five-eighth in the NRL and has played for the New Zealand Kiwis at international level and representative level for the NRL All Stars in 2013. In 2014 Johnson won the Golden Boot Award for the world's best player.
He is widely considered to be one of the greatest New Zealand rugby league footballers of all time, often compared to Benji Marshall and Stacey Jones.[citation needed]