Jermain Defoe

Jermain Defoe
OBE
Defoe in 2009
Personal information
Full name Jermain Colin Defoe
Date of birth (1982-10-07) 7 October 1982 (age 44)
Place of birth Beckton, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.71 m)
Position(s) Striker
Team 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)
2000–2001 → AFC Bournemouth (loan) 29 (18)
2004–2008 Tottenham Hotspur 139 (43)
2008 → Portsmouth (loan) 1 (1)
2008–2009 Portsmouth 30 (14)
2009–2014 Tottenham Hotspur 135 (47)
2014 Toronto FC 19 (11)
2014 → Tottenham Hotspur (loan) 2 (1)
2015–2017 Sunderland 87 (34)
2017–2020 AFC Bournemouth 28 (4)
2019–2020 → Rangers (loan) 37 (21)
2020–2022 Rangers 17 (4)
2022 Sunderland 7 (0)
Total 624 (227)
International career
England U16 8 (0)
2000–2001 England U18 7 (0)
2001–2003 England U21 23 (7)
2004–2017 England 57 (20)
Managerial career
2021 Rangers (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jermain Defoe (born 7 October 1982) is a former English football player. He played more than 600 league games including two spells at Tottenham Hotspur. He made over 50 appearances for the England national team.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
West Ham United 1999–2000 Premier League 00000000—00
2000–01 Premier League 10—11——21
2001–02 Premier League 35103410——3914
2002–03 Premier League 3882221——4211
2003–04 First Division 19110034——2215
Total 93295676——10541
AFC Bournemouth (loan) 2000–01 Second Division 291811——103119
Tottenham Hotspur 2003–04 Premier League 15700———157
2004–05 Premier League 35135445——4422
2005–06 Premier League 3691010——389
2006–07 Premier League 3410515443—4818
2007–08 Premier League 194205153—318
Total 13943135151096—17664
Portsmouth 2007–08 Premier League 128————128
2008–09 Premier League 19700004210249
Total 3115000042103617
Tottenham Hotspur 2008–09 Premier League 831011——104
2009–10 Premier League 34187521——4324
2010–11 Premier League 224220063—309
2011–12 Premier League 2511631063—3817
2012–13 Premier League 3411001084—4315
2013–14 Premier League 141003257—2210
Total 137481610842517—18679
Toronto FC 2014 Major League Soccer 191121———2112
Sunderland 2014–15 Premier League 17420———194
2015–16 Premier League 33150013——3418
2016–17 Premier League 37152010——4015
Total 87344023——9337
AFC Bournemouth 2017–18 Premier League 2440020——264
2018–19 Premier League 400040——80
Total 2840060——344
Rangers (loan) 2018–19 Scottish Premiership 17830———208
2019–20 Scottish Premiership 2013213172—3217
Rangers 2020–21 Scottish Premiership 154212111—207
2021–22 Scottish Premiership 20000000—20
Total 5425725283—7432
Sunderland 2021–22 League One 70————70
Career total 62422748254325462820763305

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
England 200481
200570
200662
200750
200863
200965
201074
201110
201262
201332
201721
Total5720
Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Defoe goal.
List of international goals scored by Jermain Defoe
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 8 September 2004Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland5 Poland1–02–12006 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 2 September 2006Old Trafford, Manchester, England18 Andorra3–05–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualification
3 4–0
4 1 June 2008Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago28 Trinidad and Tobago2–03–0Friendly
5 3–0
6 11 October 2008Wembley Stadium, London, England31 Kazakhstan5–15–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification
7 10 June 2009Wembley Stadium, London, England34 Andorra4–06–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
8 5–0
9 12 August 2009Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands35 Netherlands1–22–2Friendly
10 2–2
11 5 September 2009Wembley Stadium, London, England36 Slovenia2–02–1Friendly
12 23 June 2010Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa42 Slovenia1–01–02010 FIFA World Cup
13 3 September 2010Wembley Stadium, London, England44 Bulgaria1–04–0UEFA Euro 2012 qualification
14 2–0
15 4–0
16 15 August 2012Stade de Suisse, Bern, Switzerland49 Italy2–12–1Friendly
17 7 September 2012Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova50 Moldova3–05–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
18 22 March 2013San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino53 San Marino3–08–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
19 8–0
20 26 March 2017Wembley Stadium, London, England56 Lithuania1–02–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Tottenham Hotspur

Rangers

Individual

Orders

References

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  4. ↑ "Games played by Jermain Defoe in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
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  16. ↑ "Games played by Jermain Defoe in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
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  18. ↑ "Games played by Jermain Defoe in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
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  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.
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  31. ↑ "Poland 1–2 England". BBC Sport. 8 September 2004. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  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.
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  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.
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  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.
  47. ↑ "Jermain is members club Player of the Year". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 28 December 2004.
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