PLAYER DETAILS
Ola John profile
- Club
- Al-Arabi
- Position
- Forward
- Nationality
- The Netherlands
- Date of birth
- 1992-05-19
- Birthplace
- Zwedru, Liberia
- Height
- 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
- Weight
- 174 lbs
- Shirt number
- 11
PLAYER BIOGRAPHY
About Ola John
Ola John (born 19 May 1992) is a professional footballer who plays for Al-Arabi as a left winger.
A product of FC Twente's youth system, he played with their first-team from 2010 to 2012 before joining S.L. Benfica. Amid a 2014 loan to Hamburger SV for half a season, he played regularly at Benfica in the seasons of 2012–13 and 2014–15. Afterwards, he was loaned out to Reading F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. and Deportivo de La Coruña, respectively. After playing only one match with Benfica's reserve team in 2017–18, he moved to Vitória for the upcoming season.
Internationally, John gained one cap for the Netherlands national team in 2013.