Johan Goosen

Johan Goosen

Personal information
Full name	Johannes Lodewikus Goosen
Born	(1992-07-27) 27 July 1992 Burgersdorp, South Africa
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	89 kg (14 st 0 lb)
School(s) attended	Grey College, Bloemfontein
Club information
Playing position	Fly-Half/Fullback
Current club	Racing 92
Youth career
2005	Border
2008–10	Free State Cheetahs
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Pts)†
2011–14	Free State Cheetahs	18	(143)
2012–14	Cheetahs	27	(331)
2014–	Racing 92	42	(196)
Representative team(s)‡
2011	S.A. Under-20	5	(79)
2012–	South Africa	6	(8)
2014	Springbok XV	1	(9)
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 21 May 2016. † Appearances (Points). ‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 5 April 2015.

Johannes Lodewikus Goosen (born 27 July 1992) is a South African rugby union footballer. He plays as a fly-half for Racing 92 in the French Top 14.

He was a member of the South Africa Under 20 team that competed in the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship and was also named in the squad for the 2012 tournament, but had to withdraw due to a shoulder injury sustained on 28 April in a Super Rugby match against the Highlanders. At the time of his injury, Goosen was the leading points scorer in his debut season of super rugby with 145 points from 9 games. The total included 3 tries, 17 conversions, 31 penalties and a drop goal.

Goosen signed a three-year deal with French Top 14 side Racing 92 for the 2014–15 Top 14 season.

Springbok career

Goosen made his South African debut on 8 September 2012 against Australia in a 26–19 defeat in Perth. He came off the bench as replacement fly half for Morné Steyn in the 59th minute of the game. The following two weekends he was in the starting line-up for the Springboks as fly-half, where he performed well. Unfortunately he suffered a knee injury on 18 March 2013 during a Cheetah training session in Sydney and he also missed the rest of the Springboks' Test matches in 2013.

External links

• itsrugby.co.uk profile