Johnny Woodly

Johnny Woodly
Personal information
Full name Johnny Mauricio Woodly Lambert
Date of birth (1980-07-27) July 27, 1980
Place of birth San José, Costa Rica
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
Alajuelense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Carmelita
2005 Brujas 2 (0)
2006 Miramar Misiones 15 (1)
2006 Carmelita 16 (2)
2006 Brujas 11 (1)
2007 Alianza
2007 Brujas 14 (0)
2008–2009 San Carlos 13 (3)
2009 Chongqing Lifan 30 (10)
2010 Changchun Yatai 13 (4)
2010Chongqing Lifan (loan) 15 (5)
2011 Dalian Aerbin 24 (13)
2012–2013 Shijiazhuang Yongchang 56 (33)
2014 Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard 29 (16)
2015 Carmelita 15 (5)
2015–2016 Municipal 18 (3)
2016 Carmelita 13 (7)
2016– Alajuelense 0 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 November 2014.


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Woodly and the second or maternal family name is Lambert.

Johnny Mauricio Woodly Lambert (born July 27, 1980) is a Costa Rican footballer who currently plays for Alajuelense.

Club career

He started his career at Carmelita and had a spell at Brujas, before moving abroad to Uruguayan side Miramar Misiones in summer 2005.[1] He returned to Costa Rica to play for Carmelita and Brujas again. In 2007, Woodly moved to El Salvador, to play for Alianza[2] only to return to Brujas and then San Carlos. He then signed for Chinese outfit Chongqing Lifan in March 2009.[3]

He transferred to Dalian Aerbin in January 2011.[4] Dalian successfully achieved League One champions for the first time in the 2011 league season. He finished the season with the League One top scorer, scored 13 goals, which shared with Mitchel Brown.

He transferred to another Chinese second tier club, Fujian Smart Hero, in USD150,000 in February 2011. Scoring 21 goals in 28 appearances in the 2012 season, he extended his contract with the club and followed the club to move to Shijiazhuang in 2013, making him the longest serving Tico in China.[5]

In February 2014, Woodly transferred to China League One side Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard.[6]

International career

Woodly was called up to Costa Rica's Copa America Centenario squad to replace the injured Ariel Rodríguez.[7]

Chinese League career statistics

(Correct as of 2013)

Season Club League League FA Cup CSL Cup Asia Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2009 Chongqing Lifan Chinese Super League 3010------3010
2010 Changchun Yatai 134----43177
Chongqing Lifan 155------155
2011 Dalian Aerbin China League One 241312----2515
2012 Fujian Smart Hero 282100----2821
2013 281200----2812
2014 Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard 291600----2916
Total 16781120043168 83

Honours

Clubs

Dalian Aerbin

Individual

References

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