Jamie Redknapp

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Jamie Redknapp
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Personnel
Surname Jamie Frank Redknapp
birthday June 25, 1973
place of birth Barton-on-Sea ,  England
size 183 cm
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
1987-1989 Tottenham Hotspur
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1989-1991 Bournemouth AFC 13 0(0)
1991-2002 Liverpool FC 237 (30)
2002-2005 Tottenham Hotspur 48 0(4)
2005 Southampton FC 16 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1993-1995 England U-21 18 0(5)
1994 England B 1 0(0)
1995-1999 England 17 0(1)
1 Only league games are given.

Jamie Frank Redknapp (born June 25, 1973 in Barton-on-Sea ) is a retired English football player . As a tech-savvy midfielder and good free-kick taker, he had his most successful time in the 1990s with Liverpool . The son of Harry Redknapp and cousin of Frank Lampard also played 17 times for the English national football team at the end of the decade before serious injury problems caused setbacks in sporting development. The last career stations were Tottenham Hotspur from 2002 and Southampton FC in the first half of 2005 .

Career

Bournemouth AFC (1989-91)

Two years after Redknapp had officially trained in the youth of Tottenham Hotspur from September 1987 with a student contract , he moved to AFC Bournemouth , which was then looked after by his father Harry , after finishing school . At the age of 16, he made his debut on January 13, 1990 in a league game against Hull City and six months later he made his debut in the starting XI. On his 17th birthday, Redknapp signed his first professional contract in Bournemouth. Before the 1990/91 season, word of his potential reached the top divisions. He was initially under the care of his father and although Redknapp could not win a regular place in the third division team, Kenny Dalglish brought him to Liverpool for a transfer of 350,000 pounds .

Liverpool FC (1991-2002)

Jamie Redknapp at the 2009 Hillsborough Memorial Match

Redknapp was one of Dalglish's final commitments, who resigned shortly thereafter and did not play a game under the Redknapp. He was initially considered Liverpool's "investment in the future", but injury problems in the squad ensured that he received isolated probation opportunities in the 1991/92 season. He celebrated his UEFA Cup debut under Dalglish's successor Graeme Souness on October 23, 1991 against French representative AJ Auxerre - the away game was lost 2-0, but the deficit was "reversed" in the second game. In addition, he completed six first division games and also in the early rounds of the FA Cup , which Liverpool could ultimately win without Redknapp, he was represented twice. In the following three years he rose to become a regular in the first team and played 136 competitive games. He convinced as a central midfielder who distributed the balls in the top, had a good passing game and was feared by the opponent for his long shots.

He was considered Liverpool's best player in the 1994/95 season and won the League Cup that year . After the resignation of Souness, he succeeded under successor Roy Evans in September 1995, the jump into the English national team and with the move into the 1996 final of the FA Cup , Redknapp recorded another success. The final, which was lost 1-0 to Manchester United , also left a lasting mark on Redknapp's public image off the pitch - as did that of his young colleagues Steve McManaman , Robbie Fowler , Stan Collymore , Jason McAteer and, above all, David James . In the run-up to the game, the Liverpool players appeared in a white suit, which they were corrupted in the media as "Spice Boys". From a sporting point of view, Redknapp's injury problems increased in the mid-1990s and after a changeable season in 1996/97, in which he was not regularly used in Liverpool, an injury from an international match in South Africa at the end of May 1997 resulted in a five-month forced break. He slowly found his way back to his old form afterwards, but speculations about a possible participation in the 1998 World Cup in France were set back around two months before the start of the tournament when he was seriously injured again against Coventry City .

When the club went into the proclaimed "Revolution from the Continent" under the new French coach Gérard Houllier in the 1998/99 season , Redknapp made a positive sporting development and was in the team that had a mixture of talents from their own youth like Michael Owen and Steven Gerrard as well as players from the continent such as Patrik Berger and Sami Hyypiä has been reinforced, a key factor on Liverpool's medium-term path back to the top spots in the Premier League. After three often problematic years, he showed consistently strong form and achieved his personal record of ten competitive goals. After John Barnes , Steve McManaman and Paul Ince had successively left the club, he was promoted to team captain in the 1999/2000 season. The joy lasted only briefly and another injury from the game against Sunderland AFC on November 20, 1999 put Redknapp out of action for another four months. The bad luck in this regard continued and a protracted knee injury, some of which he had treated in the United States, meant that he did not play a single game in the 2000/01 season. Redknapp could not take part in the triple cup triumph in the League Cup , FA Cup and UEFA Cup , but took the FA Cup as captain together with Robbie Fowler at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff . Redknapp only returned to the team in preparation for the 2001/02 season, but his comeback only lasted eight compulsory games. In October 2001 he played and scored for Liverpool in the 2-0 win against Charlton Athletic for the last time before saying goodbye in April 2002 and moving to his youth club Tottenham Hotspur on a free transfer.

Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton (2002-05)

Redknapp introduced himself to the new environment without any problems and when he was injury-free he often added a creative component to the game of the "Spurs". While he only contributed three goals of his own in his first year at Tottenham, he convinced with the opening of offensive actions and the ability to "read the game". A regular series of muscular problems and ligament injuries made his abilities rarely flash even in his second year, but at the end of the 2003/04 season he showed leadership qualities as captain and playmaker in the unexpected relegation battle , which helped ensure that his contract again was extended.

Regardless of this, he left the club in January 2005 in the direction of the first division rivals FC Southampton , which was now looked after by his father. The commitment initially paid off and the midfield initially appeared stronger. However, it quickly became apparent that the numerous injuries were taking their toll and Redknapp was clearly suffering from a lack of fitness. At the end of the 2004/05 season he rose with Southampton from bottom of the Premier League and on the advice of his doctors he ended his active career in June 2005.

English national team

Redknapp was in the 1990s as a great hope and possible leader of the English senior team , but was repeatedly thrown back by injuries. In terms of creativity, feel for the ball and overview of the game, he was traded as the successor to Paul Gascoigne and he also found a personal sponsor in the then England coach Terry Venables , who appointed him to the team for the first time at the age of 22, shortly after he made the jump to Regular player at Liverpool FC. He made his debut on September 6, 1995 in a friendly against Colombia and his (harmless) long-range shot, which the opposing goalkeeper René Higuita parried unconventionally with a "Scorpion kick", was remembered when he went 0-0 .

He was in the English squad at the Euro 1996 in his own country and stood out in the nomination Rob Lee . Redknapp played as "second choice" behind Gascoigne, a game as a substitute against Scotland (2-0) in the group stage. He replaced defender Stuart Pearce in the second half after Venables had switched to a three-way defensive chain when the score was 0-0 and strengthened the midfield. Shortly before the end of the match, he broke his ankle, had to be carried off the pitch and since it was now 2-0, Venables switched defensively to Sol Campbell for him . Then Redknapp did not return to the national team until March 1997 under the new coach Glenn Hoddle and was substituted on for David Batty in a duel with Mexico (2-0) . He gradually fought his way back to the regular team, supported by good club performances, but in May 1997 his ankle injury broke out again against South Africa (2: 1) and since he was not available until spring 1998, he missed a possible participation in the 1998 World Cup France .

In the run-up to the subsequent Euro 2000 , Redknapp started three qualifying matches and in the friendly against Belgium (2-1) on October 10, 1999, he scored his only goal for England. He said goodbye a month later with two more appearances in the play-off against Scotland, in which England prevailed. He was absent from the tournament again due to an injury.

After the career

After the end of his professional career, Redknapp became a TV expert for several broadcasters, especially Sky Sports . In 2005 Redknapp, together with his wife Louise and Tim Sheerwood, launched the bimonthly magazine "Icon", which is aimed primarily at professional footballers and their families.

Title / Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Individual list according to LFCHistory.net + Hugman references, alternative Soccerbase information 239 (31) not clearly verifiable.
  2. ^ "England - U-21 International Results 1986–1995 - Details" (RSSSF)
  3. ^ "England - International Results B-Team - Details" (RSSSF)
  4. ^ A b Hugman, Barry J .: Premier League: The Players - A Complete Guide to Every Player 1992-93 . Tony Williams Publishing, 1992, ISBN 1-869833-15-5 , pp. 282 f .
  5. ↑ Were Liverpool FC's Spice Boys really as bad as their white suits suggest? (Liverpool Echo)
  6. ↑ "Player profile: Jamie Redknapp" (LFCHistory.net)
  7. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2003, ISBN 1-85291-651-6 , pp. 353 .
  8. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2004/2005 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2004, ISBN 1-85291-660-5 , pp. 337 f .
  9. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2005/2006 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2005, ISBN 1-85291-662-1 , pp. 338 .
  10. ↑ "Injury forces Redknapp to quit" (BBC Sport)
  11. ↑ http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football/england/jamie-redknapp-7349/biography-of-his-england-career-1995-1999_a12110/ "Jamie REDKNAPP - England - England football caps 1995-1999" ] (Sporting Heroes)
  12. ↑ Dean P. Hayes: England! England! The Complete Who's Who of Players since 1946 . Sutton Publishing, 2004, ISBN 0-7509-3234-1 , pp. 439 .
  13. ↑ without use, title assignment according to Hugman references
personal data
SURNAME Redknapp, Jamie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Redknapp, Jamie Frank (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH June 25, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Barton on Sea