Jermain Defoe

English association football player (born 1982)

Jermain Defoe (born 7 October 1982) is an English football player. He plays for Tottenham Hotspur and England national team.

Jermain Defoe
OBE
Defoe in 2009
Personal information
Full name Jermain Colin Defoe[1]
Date of birth (1982-10-07) 7 October 1982 (age 41)[2]
Place of birth Beckton, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.71 m)[3]
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
Tottenham Hotspur
(under-18s coach)
Youth career
Senrab
1997–1999 Charlton Athletic
1999 West Ham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2004 West Ham United 93 (29)
2000–2001AFC Bournemouth (loan) 29 (18)
2004–2008 Tottenham Hotspur 139 (43)
2008Portsmouth (loan) 1 (1)
2008–2009 Portsmouth 30 (14)
2009–2014 Tottenham Hotspur 135 (47)
2014 Toronto FC 19 (11)
2014Tottenham Hotspur (loan) 2 (1)
2015–2017 Sunderland 87 (34)
2017–2020 AFC Bournemouth 28 (4)
2019–2020Rangers (loan) 37 (21)
2020–2022 Rangers 17 (4)
2022 Sunderland 7 (0)
Total 624 (227)
National team
England U16 8 (0)
2000–2001 England U18 7 (0)
2001–2003 England U21 23 (7)
2004–2017 England 57 (20)
Teams managed
2021 Rangers (caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics change

Club change

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
West Ham United 1999–2000[4] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000–01[5] Premier League 1 0 1 1 2 1
2001–02[6] Premier League 35 10 3 4 1 0 39 14
2002–03[7] Premier League 38 8 2 2 2 1 42 11
2003–04[8] First Division 19 11 0 0 3 4 22 15
Total 93 29 5 6 7 6 105 41
AFC Bournemouth (loan) 2000–01[5] Second Division 29 18 1 1 1[c] 0 31 19
Tottenham Hotspur 2003–04[8] Premier League 15 7 0 0 15 7
2004–05[9] Premier League 35 13 5 4 4 5 44 22
2005–06[10] Premier League 36 9 1 0 1 0 38 9
2006–07[11] Premier League 34 10 5 1 5 4 4[d] 3 48 18
2007–08[12] Premier League 19 4 2 0 5 1 5[d] 3 31 8
Total 139 43 13 5 15 10 9 6 176 64
Portsmouth 2007–08[12] Premier League 12 8 12 8
2008–09[13] Premier League 19 7 0 0 0 0 4[d] 2 1[e] 0 24 9
Total 31 15 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 36 17
Tottenham Hotspur 2008–09[13] Premier League 8 3 1 0 1 1 10 4
2009–10[14] Premier League 34 18 7 5 2 1 43 24
2010–11[15] Premier League 22 4 2 2 0 0 6[f] 3 30 9
2011–12[16] Premier League 25 11 6 3 1 0 6[g] 3 38 17
2012–13[17] Premier League 34 11 0 0 1 0 8[g] 4 43 15
2013–14[18] Premier League 14 1 0 0 3 2 5[g] 7 22 10
Total 137 48 16 10 8 4 25 17 186 79
Toronto FC 2014[19] Major League Soccer 19 11 2 1 21 12
Sunderland 2014–15[20] Premier League 17 4 2 0 19 4
2015–16[21] Premier League 33 15 0 0 1 3 34 18
2016–17[22] Premier League 37 15 2 0 1 0 40 15
Total 87 34 4 0 2 3 93 37
AFC Bournemouth 2017–18[23] Premier League 24 4 0 0 2 0 26 4
2018–19[24] Premier League 4 0 0 0 4 0 8 0
Total 28 4 0 0 6 0 34 4
Rangers (loan) 2018–19[24] Scottish Premiership 17 8 3 0 20 8
2019–20[25] Scottish Premiership 20 13 2 1 3 1 7[g] 2 32 17
Rangers 2020–21[26] Scottish Premiership 15 4 2 1 2 1 1[g] 1 20 7
2021–22[27] Scottish Premiership 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 54 25 7 2 5 2 8 3 74 32
Sunderland 2021–22[28] League One 7 0 7 0
Career total 624 227 48 25 43 25 46 28 2 0 763 305

International change

Appearances and goals by national team and year[29]
National team Year Apps Goals
England 2004 8 1
2005 7 0
2006 6 2
2007 5 0
2008 6 3
2009 6 5
2010 7 4
2011 1 0
2012 6 2
2013 3 2
2017 2 1
Total 57 20
Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Defoe goal.[30]
List of international goals scored by Jermain Defoe
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 8 September 2004 Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland 5   Poland 1–0 2–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification [31]
2 2 September 2006 Old Trafford, Manchester, England 18   Andorra 3–0 5–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualification [32]
3 4–0
4 1 June 2008 Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 28   Trinidad and Tobago 2–0 3–0 Friendly [33]
5 3–0
6 11 October 2008 Wembley Stadium, London, England 31   Kazakhstan 5–1 5–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification [34]
7 10 June 2009 Wembley Stadium, London, England 34   Andorra 4–0 6–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification [35]
8 5–0
9 12 August 2009 Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands 35   Netherlands 1–2 2–2 Friendly [36]
10 2–2
11 5 September 2009 Wembley Stadium, London, England 36   Slovenia 2–0 2–1 Friendly [37]
12 23 June 2010 Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa 42   Slovenia 1–0 1–0 2010 FIFA World Cup [38]
13 3 September 2010 Wembley Stadium, London, England 44   Bulgaria 1–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualification [39]
14 2–0
15 4–0
16 15 August 2012 Stade de Suisse, Bern, Switzerland 49   Italy 2–1 2–1 Friendly [40]
17 7 September 2012 Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova 50   Moldova 3–0 5–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [41]
18 22 March 2013 San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino 53   San Marino 3–0 8–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [42]
19 8–0
20 26 March 2017 Wembley Stadium, London, England 56   Lithuania 1–0 2–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification [43]

Honours change

Tottenham Hotspur

Rangers

Individual

Orders

References change

  1. "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  2. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 112. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
  3. "Jermain Defoe". AFC Bournemouth. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
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  18. "Games played by Jermain Defoe in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
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  20. "Games played by Jermain Defoe in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  21. "Games played by Jermain Defoe in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  22. "Games played by Jermain Defoe in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  23. "Games played by Jermain Defoe in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  24. 24.0 24.1 "Games played by Jermain Defoe in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  25. "Games played by Jermain Defoe in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
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  32. "England 5–0 Andorra". BBC Sport. 2 September 2006. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  33. "Trinidad & Tobago 0–3 England". BBC Sport. 1 June 2008. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  34. Stevenson, Jonathan (11 October 2008). "England 5–1 Kazakhstan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  35. McNulty, Phil (10 June 2009). "England 6–0 Andorra". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  36. McNulty, Phil (12 August 2009). "Netherlands 2–2 England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  37. McNulty, Phil (5 September 2009). "England 2–1 Slovenia". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  38. McNulty, Phil (23 June 2010). "Slovenia 0–1 England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  39. McNulty, Phil (3 September 2010). "England 4–0 Bulgaria". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  40. Magowan, Alistair (15 August 2012). "England 2–0 Italy". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  41. McNulty, Phil (7 September 2012). "Moldova 0–5 England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  42. McNulty, Phil (22 March 2013). "San Marino 0–8 England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  43. McNulty, Phil (26 March 2017). "England 2–0 Lithuania". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  44. "Jermain Defoe gets League Cup winners' medal – 10 years after Tottenham beat Chelsea". BBC Sport. 24 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  45. "Rangers top-flight champions for first time since 2011 after Celtic drop points". BBC Sport. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  46. "Defoe wins runners-up medal in cup". Bournmounth F.C. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
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  50. "Saint-Maximin voted North-East FWA Player of the Year". footballwriters.co.uk. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
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