| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rachel Isabella Johnstone | ||
| Date of birth | 2 March 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Celtic | ||
| Number | 52 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021– | Celtic | 2 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2019 | Scotland U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Scotland U19 | 5 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Rachael Johnstone (born 2 March 2004) is a Scottish footballer from the Isle of Lewis. She has played soccer for Celtic and Scotland youth teams as a goalkeeper.
Johnstone was born in Glasgow in 2004[1] and she was brought up on the Isle of Lewis where she began her interest in football. She began playing for Stornoway Athletic’s under 15 team (of boys). She was an outfield player who got placed in goal temporarily where she did well. By the age of thirteen of fourteen she was being chosen for the national Scottish team making her debut in a match against Poland. By the age of sixteen she was in Celtic Football Club's first team and she was in Scotland's under 17 team.[2] Her family and particularly her mother Rhona were very supportive of her ambitions. It is long trip from Lewis to the mainland and this was a barrier they overcame to enable her to attend matches and training. Eventually she moved from her island home to the mainland in November 2020. She lived in a flat in Paisley that she shared with five other teammates.[3]
Johnstone played in the Scottish Women's Cup final. The match was on 29 May 2022 at Tynecastle.[4]
Johnstone was not in the original 26-player Scottish squad to play in the 2022 Pinatar Cup,[5] but Erin Cuthbert and Chloe Logan were injured and they were replaced by Leah Eddie and Johnstone.[6]
In 2022 she was training and playing football with an ambition to study business, She wears the number 52 which is the same as the family's house number of her home in Balallan in Lewis.[3]