Player Profile: Allan Johnston

Full Name: Allan Johnston

Nickname: Magic

Squad No: 12

Position: Midfielder/Forward Right/Left/Centre

Date of Birth: 14th December 1973

Birth Place: Glasgow

Height: 5ft 11ins

Former Clubs: Tynecastle BC, Hearts, Rennes, Sunderland, Birmingham (loan), Bolton (loan), Rangers, Middlesbrough, Sheffield Wednesday (loan)

Signed for Killie: 10th August 2004

Contract Ends: May 09

Notes: A man of many clubs Allan Johnston has certainly done the rounds. He spent over half a dozen years at Hearts but will probably be best remembered for scoring at hat trick against Rangers for them at Ibrox. One of the first Scottish players to take advantage of the Bosman Ruling when he moved to France in 1996. His stay at Rennes was short lived however and Johnston signed for the Black Cats for £5.5m. He turned out for them over a hundred times but during his three year stay he was loaned out to Birmingham and Bolton. Rangers brought the attacking midfielder back north on another free transfer but his ill fated stay lasted only three months and less than thirty appearances and the huns cashed in to the tune of £600,000 when Magic transferred to Middlesbro. He never had much to show from his time at the Riverside apart from a reputed £20K a week and a short spell at Sheff Wed and that is why he agreed to a massive wage cut and a move to Killie to team up with his former mentor Jim Jefferies. Johnston has been capped 17 times for Scotland (to date) with two international goals as well. He has the rare ability of being able to play comfortably with either foot and although normally utilised on one of the wings he can play through the middle, behind the strikers or indeed up front as well.