ScotlandCounted from the international goal archive — every scorer-credited goal in the matches it covers, 1916 to today. A record of covered matches, not a complete career count; own goals never join a scorer's tally.
Maurice John Giblin Johnston is a Scottish former football player and coach. Johnston, who played as a forward, started his senior football career with Partick Thistle in 1981. He moved to Watford in 1983, where he scored 23 league goals and helped them reach the 1984 FA Cup Final. In 1984 he joined Celtic and scored 72 goals in 128 matches, won the Scottish Cup in 1985 and the Scottish league championship in 1986. Johnston signed for Nantes in 1987. He returned to Glasgow with Rangers in 1989, becoming the second player to cross the Old Firm divide since World War II and the first open Catholic to play for Rangers since World War I. — Wikipedia
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In the line-ups
3 appearances in recorded line-ups · 1990The archive holds 3 team sheets naming Mo Johnston in Scotland's starting line-up, from 1990-06-11 to 1990-06-20.
3 appearances in the starting line-ups the archive holds — not a career total. Our line-up coverage is partial, so a match he played that we hold no sheet for is simply not counted here.
A different player of the same name scored for Scotland (2 goals, 1988–1990) — Johnston · Scotland
International goals in our archive
10 goals across 8 scoring matches · 3 tournaments · 1984–1990| Date | Opponent | Result | Minutes | Competition | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-06-16 |  Sweden | W2–1(n) | 81' (pen) | FIFA World Cup | Genoa |
| 1989-04-26 |  Cyprus | W2–1(h) | 26' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Glasgow |
| 1989-03-08 |  France | W2–0(h) | 28' 52' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Glasgow |
| 1989-02-08 | Cyprus | W3–2(a) | 9' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Limassol |
| 1988-10-19 | Yugoslavia | D1–1(h) | 19' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Glasgow |
| 1988-09-14 |  Norway | W2–1(a) | 62' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Oslo |
| 1986-11-12 |  Luxembourg | W3–0(h) | 70' | UEFA Euro qualification | Glasgow |
| 1984-11-14 |  Spain | W3–1(h) | 33' 42' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Glasgow |
Honours
8 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated| Team honours8 | ||||
| Scottish Premier Division | ×3 | 1985–86, 1989–90, 1990–91 | Celtic ·1, Rangers ·2 | |
| MLS Cup | ×1 | 2000 | Kansas City Wizards | |
| Scottish Cup | ×1 | 1984–85 | Celtic | |
| Supporters' Shield | ×1 | 2000 | Kansas City Wizards | |
| The Rous Cup | ×1 | 1985 | Scotland | |
| Western Conference (MLS) | ×1 | 2000 | Kansas City Wizards | |
| Individual honours3 | ||||
| More honours · 3 | ||||
| MLS All-Star | ×3 | 1996, 1997, 1998 | ||