Jermain Defoe

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Jermain Defoe
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Jermain Defoe (2009)
Personnel
Surname Jermain Colin Defoe
birthday October 7, 1982
place of birth Newham , London ,  England
size 170 cm
position striker
Juniors
Years station
Senrab FC
1997-1999 Charlton Athletic
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1999-2004 West Ham United 93 (29)
2000-2001 →  AFC Bournemouth  (loan) 29 (18)
2004-2008 Tottenham Hotspur 139 (43)
2008-2009 Portsmouth FC 31 (16)
2009-2014 Tottenham Hotspur 135 (47)
2014 Toronto FC 19 (11)
2014 → Tottenham Hotspur (loan) 2 0(1)
2015-2017 Sunderland AFC 87 (34)
2017– Bournemouth AFC 28 0(4)
2019– →  Glasgow Rangers  (loan) 6 0(6)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
1997-1998 England pupil 7 0(0)
2000-2001 England U18 7 0(0)
2001-2003 England U21 23 0(7)
2004– England 57 (20)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: October 7, 2019

2 As of November 14, 2017

Jermain Colin Defoe , OBE (born October 7, 1982 in Newham , London ) is an English football player . The striker was best known as a long-time goalscorer for Tottenham Hotspur , where he played with interruptions from 2004 to 2014 and scored 143 competitive goals. He has also been part of the English senior national team since 2004 , scored 20 goals in 56 international matches and was part of the “Three Lions” team at both the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and the Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine he's been back since 2017.

society

The first steps (until 1999)

Defoe was in the British capital London in the borough of Newham , the son of Caribbean born parents. His father is from Dominica , his mother from St. Lucia . Defoe grew up in a social housing estate in simple circumstances with his mother. He attended the Catholic Comprehensive School St. Bonaventure and made his first football steps at the renowned youth club Senrab FC , which also produced other high-profile players such as John Terry , Ledley King and Sol Campbell . At the age of 14, Defoe joined the youth of Charlton Athletic . During the three-year time there, he had a reputation as a "coming star" because of his enormous speed and the numerous goals he scored. He was also trained at the national academy of the English Football Association .

Without even having played a single official game for Charlton, a competition for the talent Defoe started in 1999 and West Ham United finally offered him a scholarship to the club's own "Academy of Football" - with a not inconsiderable training allowance being paid to Charlton had to become.

West Ham United (1999-2004)

Defoe was one of the performers in the youth team of West Ham United, which won the title in the Premier Academy League in the 1999/2000 season . The following year he made his debut in the first team and scored the 1-0 winning goal on September 19, 2000 just a few minutes after his substitution in the league cup against FC Walsall . The following month he was loaned to third division AFC Bournemouth for almost the rest of the season , where he successfully gained match experience. In all of his first ten league appearances, he managed at least one goal, which the club almost played for the promotion places. Ultimately, he returned to West Ham after 19 competitive goals for the "Cherries" and on the last day of the game he made his debut in the Premier League at 1: 2 at Middlesbrough FC .

In the 2001/02 season he came more regularly to use and although often only a substitute, he scored fourteen goals, especially his winning goal to 1-0 at Old Trafford against Manchester United attracted attention. With eleven competitive goals in the 2002/03 season, Defoe was then the top scorer of the "Hammers" and although he was not exactly tall at around 1.70 meters, he also held up better and better in the center of the storm. Ultimately, however, he could not prevent relegation to the second division and with his desire to leave the club immediately afterwards, he made himself less popular with his own followers. In the end, his request was not complied with, but after 15 goals in 22 games it was obvious that Defoe was “too good for the second division”. In addition, he expressed a certain "frustration", which was expressed in three red cards within only ten second division games. Shortly thereafter he was "redeemed" and on February 2, 2004 he moved to Tottenham Hotspur for a transfer fee of seven million pounds , which also enabled Bobby Zamora to be transferred in the opposite direction.

Tottenham Hotspur, intermittently (2004-14)

Tottenham's coach David Pleat welcomed the England U-21 striker with great praise. Defoe scored a goal on his debut against Portsmouth FC (4: 3) and added six more goals as the season progressed. After his promotion to the English senior team, speculation quickly emerged about a further move to one of the more economically powerful competitors - above all to the “newly rich” Chelsea FC - but with the signing of a long-term contract in April 2005 the speculation ended. Despite his total of 22 competitive goals in the 2004/05 season, he had to struggle again and again to show good performance at a constant level and so the new coach Martin Jol often left him out and instead relied on Robbie Keane and Mido on the offensive . Although he was still in the starting line-up in 23 Premier League games, this lack of match practice was one of the reasons why he fell behind in the pecking order in the English national team and in his place Peter Crouch and Theo Walcott as strikers for the 2006 World Cup went to Germany. In the subsequent 2006/07 season Defoe continued to play "second fiddle" behind Keane, but when the Irishman was injured for a long time, he had a good run on the offensive in conjunction with Bulgarian newcomer Dimitar Berbatow - although it was always negative that he was noticed fumbled excessively into the " offside trap ". The signing of the new striker Darren Bent heralded Defoe's temporary end in Tottenham and so he moved for nine million pounds at the end of January 2008 - on the last day of the winter transfer period - after six months mainly as a substitute for first division rivals FC Portsmouth, who was coached by Harry Redknapp and under which Defoe had again celebrated the sporting breakthrough in West Ham.

Jermain Defoe, 2011

As with West Ham, Bournemouth and Tottenham, Defoe also scored a goal in Portsmouth on his debut against Chelsea (1-1). With more hits at the next four home games, he broke Alan Biley's club record from the 1982/83 season. During this time, his exclusive club won the league cup and he missed the victorious final, as well as the final in the FA Cup for Portsmouth , as he was not eligible to play for this competition. The following year he started with ten goals from 22 games, often formed a storm duo with Peter Crouch and then returned to the "Spurs" in early January 2009 for 15 million pounds. He followed his coach Redknapp, who had taken over the reins of the club in October, and on his second appearance he scored a goal to make it 1-1 against the ex-club from Portsmouth. Shortly afterwards he injured his metatarsus and only in the closing stages of the 2008/09 season Defoe celebrated his comeback. Previously, he had only been able to watch the Tottenham League Cup final, which was lost to Manchester United , one more time. Defoe experienced the most profitable year of his career to date in the 2009/10 season. Especially at the beginning he competed for the top places in the battle for the top scorer in the Premier League and although his quota fell a little towards the end, there were 24 competitive matches in the end (18 of them in the league). On November 22, 2009, he scored five goals in the 9-1 victory over Wigan Athletic , making him the first fifth Spurs player in the club's history to succeed (in terms of the league, even only the third) - he also scored hat tricks against Hull City and Leeds United .

In September 2010 Defoe suffered an ankle injury, had to pause for much of the 2010/11 season and only scored four goals in the Premier League. Although he achieved double-digit goal yields in the following two years, he was often no longer in the starting XI. During the 2013/14 season he just had to watch in the 4-5-1 system of the new coach André Villas-Boas with Roberto Soldado as the only striker. Even under Tim Sherwood , who preferred Emmanuel Adebayor as a strike partner for Soldado, the prospects did not improve and so Tottenham let him move to Canadian FC Toronto in the North American Major League Soccer (MLS) at the beginning of 2014 - before the start of the MLS season he was loaned back to Tottenham for two games. In the course of his career, Defoe had accumulated 143 competitive goals for Tottenham.

Recent developments (since 2014)

Jermain Defoe (left) in the jersey of Toronto FC

The contract in Toronto was limited to four years and provided for a weekly salary that varied between £ 68,000 and £ 90,000, depending on performance. Coach at the Canadian club was Ryan Nelsen Defoe's former teammate at Spurs and on March 15, 2014, the newcomer scored two goals against the Seattle Sounders (2-1). In the course of the year he showed a good hit rate with eleven goals in the first 16 games, but Nelsen's dismissal at the end of August 2014 ensured that the expensive Defoe team was also put to the test. In January 2015, Sunderland AFC finally agreed to allow Defoe to return to the Premier League. At Sunderland, the club had a serious problem with offensive strength and only Aston Villa had scored fewer goals at the time. In addition, the American Jozy Altidore could be swapped to Toronto after he had not met expectations in Sunderland and was looking for a fresh start in the MLS.

Defoe signed a three-and-a-half year contract in Sunderland and after beating the ex-club from Tottenham (1: 2), he scored the first goal for the "Black Cats" in his next Premier League appearance against Burnley FC (2: 0) . In early April 2015, he scored the only goal in the derby against Newcastle United and with his fourth goal of the season a month later he helped Everton FC (2-0) to leave the relegation ranks. Also in the 2015/16 season he developed into an important goalscorer for Sunderland and he achieved a double-digit league result. In the 2016/17 season he was the most successful goalscorer of his club with 15 goals, who were relegated to the Football League Championship at the end of the season as bottom of the table . Defoe then moved to his ex-club AFC Bournemouth on a free transfer .

In January 2019 Defoe was loaned to the Glasgow Rangers in Scotland for 18 months .

National team

Defoe had already made 23 U-21 internationals for England between 2001 and 2003, in which he scored seven goals. In the senior team he was on 31 March 2004 under coach Sven-Goran Eriksson at the 0: 1 defeat in a friendly against Sweden per Substitutes for Darius Vassell made his debut, and six months later he scored in the World Cup qualifiers against Poland 's first hit for the "Three Lions". In the following years Defoe was a regular part of the English team, but setbacks in the 2005/06 season ensured that, to the surprise of the experts, he was not in the English squad for the 2006 World Cup in Germany . Although he was part of the preliminary nomination list and also during the preparation, Eriksson ultimately preferred the recently injured Wayne Rooney , the fragile Michael Owen and sensational newcomer Theo Walcott .

Jermain Defoe at Euro 2012

After the missed qualification for the Euro 2008 under Eriksson's successor Steve McClaren , when Defoe was taken into account again, he had a slightly more difficult position under Fabio Capello , as Capello also disliked the fact that Defoe was not regularly in the club's starting eleven. Shortly after moving to Portsmouth, he benefited from Gabriel Agbonlahor's injury and from then on played his way back into Capello's focus. At the 2010 World Cup in South Africa , he then played three games and made it into the round of 16 with the only English striker's goal for a 1-0 win against Slovenia . After the tournament, he scored a hat trick in a qualifying match against Bulgaria .

After another finals at Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine , where he played a supporting role with only one substitution in the first group game, his prospects deteriorated further and, to his disappointment, he was not nominated for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil . Previously, in November 2013, he had played his 55th A international match and thus the last one so far, although he had only started a total of 21 games.

On March 16, 2017, he will celebrate his comeback in the senior squad for the international matches against Germany on March 22, 2017 and against Lithuania on March 26, 2017. Defoe benefited from the failures of offensive forces Wayne Rooney , Daniel Sturridge and Harry Kane .

Title / Awards

Web links

Commons : Jermain Defoe  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gavin Willacy / English Schools Football Association: England Schoolboys, International Players records 1907-99 . Redwood Books Ltd., Trowbridge 1999, p. 57 .
  2. ^ "Jermain Defoe: Five things to know about the Tottenham and England striker" (Metro.co.uk)
  3. ^ "Why school's never out for Jermain" (Evening Standard)
  4. ^ A b c Bob Goodwin: Tottenham Hotspur - The Complete Record . Breedon Books, Derby 2007, ISBN 978-1-85983-567-8 , pp. 132 f .
  5. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 2001-2002 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2001, ISBN 0-946531-34-X , pp. 79 .
  6. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2002/2003 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2002, ISBN 1-85291-648-6 , pp. 108 .
  7. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2003, ISBN 978-1-85291-651-0 , pp. 109 ff .
  8. ^ "Defoe signs new contract at Spurs" (BBC Sport)
  9. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2005/2006 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-85291-662-6 , pp. 106 .
  10. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2006-07 . Mainstream Publishing, 2006, ISBN 978-1-84596-111-4 , pp. 106 .
  11. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2007-08 . Mainstream Publishing, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84596-246-3 , pp. 105 .
  12. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008-09 . Mainstream Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-1-84596-324-8 , pp. 139 f .
  13. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009-10 . Mainstream Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0 , pp. 112 f .
  14. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010-11 . Mainstream Publishing, 2010, ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0 , pp. 112 f .
  15. ^ "Defoe out for three months as Spurs' injuries multiply" (The Independent)
  16. ↑ "Jermain Defoe: Tottenham striker to join MLS side Toronto" (BBC Sport)
  17. ^ "Ryan Nelsen fired as Toronto FC coach" (ESPN)
  18. ^ "Jermain Defoe: Sunderland sign England striker from Toronto" (BBC Sport)
  19. ↑ Alexander Binder: Bournemouth brings Defoe: "If I can guarantee one thing, then the goals are". In: transfermarkt.de . June 29, 2017. Retrieved August 11, 2017 .
  20. ^ Rangers sign Jermain Defoe and Steven Davis in loan moves. In: BBC Sport. January 6, 2019, accessed January 7, 2019 .
  21. ↑ "Eriksson defends Defoe exclusion" (BBC Sport)
  22. ↑ "Toronto FC's Jermain Defoe vows to prove Roy Hodgson wrong" (The Star)
  23. ↑ England Football Online: Jermain Defoe (England Football Online)
  24. ↑ weser-kurier.de: Defoe's surprising comeback in the England team (March 16, 2017) , accessed on October 11, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Defoe, Jermain
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Defoe, Jermain Colin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Newham , London , England