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Jermain Defoe
Tottenham Hotspur FC, Portsmouth FC, Tottenham Hotspur FC

39 caps 11 goals
73% successful
2004-2010
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 1459


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Jermain Defoe Profile

Full name Jermain Colin Defoe
Popular name Jermain Defoe
Born  7 October 1982 in Beckton, London
Height/Weight 5'7", 10st 4lb. [2004]

Club Career

Club(s) Charlton Athletic FC Youth.  Signed for West Ham United FC in July 1999 for £1.15m, despite never playing for Charlton Athletic FC.  Loaned to AFC Bournemouth from 25 October 2000 until May 2001.  Signed for Tottenham Hotspur FC on 2 February 2004 for £6m, rising to £7m, depending on 'specific performance criteria'.  Left for Portsmouth FC on 31 January 2008 for a loan period.  The deal was made a permanent one on 5 February 2008.  Returned to White Hart Lane on 9 January 2009 for a fee around £15 million;
Club honours None.
Individual honours None.
Distinctions Scored in 11 consecutive Football League games for AFC Bournemouth.  A Football League record.

England Career

Player number 1131st player to appear for England.
Position(s) Forward.
First match No. 811, 31 March 2004, Sweden 1 England 0, friendly match at Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg, as a 12th minute substitute.  Aged 21 years 177 days;
Last match No. 882, 3 March 2010, England 3 Egypt 1, a friendly match at The National Stadium, Wembley, substituted at half-time.
Major tournaments On standby for the European Championship Finals 2004.
Team honours None.
Individual honours England U21 (23 caps).
Distinctions None.

England Disgrace

Defoe was disqualified from driving for six months on 10 July 2009 for speeding twice on the M11 in Essex.  He was found guilty of twice breaking a 50mph speed limit in Chigwell in 2008, by Chelmsford magistrates in May. Defoe was fined £1,500 for failing to tell the authorities who was driving his Land Rover on both occasions. 
On 27 July 2009, Defoe was 'unlawfully arrested' for driving.  Although his driving ban had not come into force due to Defoe's appeal.

 

Jermain Defoe - Career Statistics
Squads Apps Comp.
Apps
Starts Sub on Sub off Mins. Goals Gls Av. Min Comp.
Goals
Capt. Disc.
60 39 20 13 26 12 1459 12 122 min 6 0 None

 

Jermain Defoe - Match Record - All Matches
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 18 14 2 2 55 12 +43 2 9 3.056 0.667 83.3 +12
Away 19 11 3 5 27 16 +11 1 9 1.421 0.842 65.8 +6
Neutral 2 1 0 1 3 3 =0 1 0 1.50 1.50 50.0 =0
All 39 26 5 8 85 31 +54 8 18 2.179 0.795 73.1 +18

 

Jermain Defoe - Match Record  - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L

WCP

13 11 1 1 36 6 +30 1 8 2.769 0.462 88.5 +10

WCF

0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 00.0 =0
World Cup 13 11 1 1 36 6 +30 1 8 2.769 0.462 88.5 +10

ECP

7 3 2 2 11 5 +6 3 5 1.571 0.714 57.1 +1
ECF 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 00.0 =0
European Championship 7 3 2 2 11 5 +6 3 5 1.571 0.714 57.1 +1
Friendly 19 12 2 5 38 20 +18 4 5 2.00 1.053 68.4 +7
All 39 26 5 8 85 31 +54 8 18 2.179 0.795 73.1 +18

 

Jermain Defoe - Match Record - Tournament Matches
World Cup Preliminary Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WCP 2004-06 8 6 1 1 14 4 +10 1 5 1.750 0.500 81.3 +5
WCP 2008-10 5 5 0 0 20 2 +18 0 3 4.00 0.25 100.0 +5
WCP All 13 11 1 1 36 6 +30 1 8 2.769 0.462 88.5 +10
European Championship Preliminary Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
ECP 2006-08 7 3 2 2 11 5 +6 3 5 1.571 0.714 57.1 +1
ECP All 7 3 2 2 11 5 +6 3 5 1.571 0.714 57.1 +1
European Championship Preliminary Competition and Final Tournaments
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
EC 2006-08 7 3 2 2 11 5 +6 3 5 1.571 0.714 57.1 +1
EC All 7 3 2 2 11 5 +6 3 5 1.571 0.714 57.1 +1
All Tournaments
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WC 13 11 1 1 36 6 +30 1 8 2.769 0.462 88.5 +10
EC 7 3 2 2 11 5 +6 3 5 1.571 0.714 57.1 +1
All 20 14 3 3 47 11 +36 4 13 2.30 0.55 77.5 +11

 

Jermain Defoe - Match History
Club:  Tottenham Hotspur F.C. - 26 full caps
Coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson - 16 full caps
1 811 31-Mar-2004 Sweden 1 England 1 Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg Fr AL Sub on - 12 21
- 812 01-Jun-2004 England 1 Japan 1 City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester T/C HD Unused sub 24
2 813 05-Jun-2004 England 6 Iceland 1 City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester HW Sub on - 84 16
3 818 18-Aug-2004 England 3 Ukraine 0 St James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Fr HW Sub - ht 21
4 819 04-Sep-2004 Austria 2 England 2 Ernst Happel Stadion, Wien WCP AD Sub on - 76 16
5 820 08-Sep-2004 Poland 1 England 2 Stadion Śląski, Chorzów WCP AW Start - off 87
37
9
6 821 09-Oct-2004 England 2 Wales 0 Old Trafford, Manchester WCP HW Start - off 70 11
7 822 13-Oct-2004 Azerbaijan 0 England 1 Tofig Bakhramov Stadium, Baku WCP AW Start - off 55 11
8 823 17-Nov-2004 Spain 1 England 0 El Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Fr AL Sub on - 78 20
- 824 09-Feb-2005 England 0 Netherlands 0 Villa Park, Birmingham Fr HD unused sub 20
9 825 26-Mar-2005 England 4 Northern Ireland 0 Old Trafford, Manchester WCP HW Sub on - 80 18
10 826 30-Mar-2005 England 2 Azerbaijan 0 St. James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. WCP HW Sub on - 84 18
11 827 28-May-2005 U.S.A. 1 England 2 Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois Fr AW Sub on - 63 16
12 828 31-May-2005 Colombia 2 England 3 Giants Stadium, The Meadowlands, East Rutherford, New Jersey Fr NW Sub on - 73 16
13 829 17-Aug-2005 Denmark 4 England 1 Parken Stadion, København Fr AL Start - off ht 10
14 830 03-Sep-2005 Wales 0 England 1 The Millennium Stadium, Caerdydd WCP AW Sub on - 68 17
15 831 07-Sep-2005 Northern Ireland 1 England 0 Windsor Park, Belfast  WCP AL Sub on - 76 17
- 832 08-Oct-2005 England 1 Austria 0 Old Trafford, Manchester WCP HW unused sub 18
- 833 12-Oct-2005 England 2 Poland 1 Old Trafford, Manchester WCP HW 18
- 834 12-Nov-2005 Argentina 2 England 3 Stade de Genève, Genève, Switzerland Fr NW unused sub 16
16 835 01-Mar-2006 England 2 Uruguay 1 Old Trafford, Manchester Fr HW Sub on - 82 20
- 836 30-May-2006 England 3 Hungary 1 Old Trafford, Manchester Fr HW unused sub 25
- 837 03-Jun-2006 England 6 Jamaica 0 Old Trafford, Manchester Fr HW 24
Part of the reserve squad for the 2006 World Cup Finals in Japan.
Coach: Steve McClaren - 10 full caps
17 843 16-Aug-2006 England 4 Greece 0 Old Trafford, Manchester Fr HW Start - off 69 9
18 844 02-Sep-2006 England 5 Andorra 0 Old Trafford, Manchester ECP HW Start - off 72
38, 47
10
19 845 06-Sep-2006 FYR Macedonia 0 England 1 Gradski Stadion, Skopje ECP AW Start - off 76 10
20 846 07-Oct-2006 England 0 FYR Macedonia 0 Old Trafford, Manchester ECP HD sub on - 74 17
21 847 11-Oct-2006 Croatia 2 England 0 Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb ECP AL sub on - 72 17
- 848 15-Nov-2006 Netherlands 1 England 1 Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam Fr AD unused sub 20
22 849 07-Feb-2007 England 0 Spain 1 Old Trafford, Manchester Fr HL Sub on - 70 21
23 850 24-Mar-2007 Israel 0 England 0 The National Stadium, Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv. ECP AD Sub on - 80 18
24 851 28-Mar-2007 Andorra 0 England 3 Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain ECP AW Sub on - 61 18
- 57 25-May-2007 England B 3 Albania 1 Turf Moor, Burnley B HW Sub on - 72 18
- 852 01-Jun-2007 England 1 Brazil 1 The National Stadium, Wembley, London F HD unused sub 23
- 853 06-Jun-2007 Estonia 0 England 3 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn ECP AW 18
- 854 22-Aug-2007 England 1 Germany 2 The National Stadium, Wembley, London Fr HL unused sub 20
- 855 08-Sep-2007 England 3 Israel 0 The National Stadium, Wembley, London ECP HW unused sub 18
- 856 12-Sep-2007 England 3 Russia 0 The National Stadium, Wembley, London ECP HW squad member
- 857 13-Oct-2007 England 3 Estonia 0 The National Stadium, Wembley, London ECP HW unused sub 18
- 858 17-Oct-2007 Russia 2 England 1 Olimpiyskiy Kompleks Luzhniki Stadion, Moskva ECP AL squad member
25 859 16-Nov-2007 Austria 0 England 1 Ernst-Happel Stadion, Wien Fr AW Sub on - 34 24
26 860 21-Nov-2007 England 2 Croatia 3 The National Stadium, Wembley, London ECP HL Sub on - ht 16
Coach: Fabio Capello - 13 full caps
Club:  Portsmouth F.C. - 6 full caps
- 861 06-Feb-2008 England 2 Switzerland 1 The National Stadium, Wembley, London Fr HL unused sub 22
- 862 26-Mar-2008 France 1 England 0 Stade de France, Saint-Denis Fr AL preliminary squad member
27 863 28-May-2008 England 2 U.S.A. 0 The National Stadium, Wembley, London Fr HW Start - off 68 9
28 864 01-Jun-2008  Trinidad & Tobago 0 England 3 Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain Fr AW Start - off 69
16, 49
11
29 865 20-Aug-2008 England 2 Czech Republic 2 The National Stadium, Wembley, London Fr HD Start - off ht 9
30 866 06-Sep-2008 Andorra 0 England 2 Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain WCP AW Start - off ht 11
- 867 10-Sep-2008 Croatia 1 England 4 Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb WCP AW unused sub 18
31 868 11-Oct-2008 England 5 Kazakhstan 1 The National Stadium, Wembley, London WCP HW Sub on - 87
90
17
- 869 15-Oct-2008 Belarus 1 England 3 Dinamo Stadion, Minsk WCP AW unused sub 17
32 870 19-Nov-2008 Germany 1 England 2 Olympiastadion, Berlin Fr AW Start - off ht 9
Club:  Tottenham Hotspur F.C. - 7 full caps
33 874 06-Jun-2009 Kazakhstan 0 England 4 Ortalyk Tsentralnyi Stadium, Almaty WCP AW Sub on - 80 15
34 875 10-Jun-2009 England 6 Andorra 0 The National Stadium, Wembley, London WCP HW Sub on - ht
73,75
17
35 876 12-Aug-2009 Netherlands 2 England 2 Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam Fr AD Sub on - ht
49,77
19
36 877 05-Sep-2009 England 2 Slovenia 1 The National Stadium, Wembley, London Fr HW Sub on - ht
63
23
37 878 09-Sep-2009 England 5 Croatia 1 The National Stadium, Wembley, London WCP HW Sub on - 59 16
38 881 14-Nov-2009 Brazil 1 England 0 Khalifi International Stadium, Doha, Qatar Fr NL Sub on - 54 17
39 882 03-Mar-2010 England 3 Egypt 1 The National Stadium, Wembley, London Fr HW Start - off ht 9

Notes

[Biographical sketch to come]

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