Jermaine Jenas
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Jermaine Jenas | ||
Personal information | ||
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Full name | Jermaine Anthony Jenas | |
Date of birth | 18 February 1983 | |
Place of birth | Nottingham, England | |
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 111⁄2 in) | |
Playing position | Midfielder | |
Club information | ||
Current club | Tottenham Hotspur | |
Number | 8 | |
Youth clubs | ||
1999-2001 | Nottingham Forest | |
Senior clubs1 | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
2001-2002 2002-2005 2005- |
Nottingham Forest Newcastle United Tottenham Hotspur |
110 (9) 66 (15) |
29 (4)
National team2 | ||
2001-2003 2006 2003- |
England U21 England B England |
2 (1) 16 (0) |
9 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
Jermaine Anthony Jenas (born February 18, 1983 in Nottingham) is an English football midfielder currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur, in the English Premiership.
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[edit] Club career
[edit] Nottingham Forest
Jenas began his career at Nottingham Forest where he immediately impressed during the 2001-02 season. After a single season at the City Ground, which ploughed four goals in 33 games, Jenas was sold to Newcastle United for £5 million in February 2002.
[edit] Newcastle
Despite an impressive first season with Newcastle United, in which he won the PFA Young Player of the Year, Jenas failed to repeat his initial form with the club and his two subsequent seasons were disappointing considering his early promise.
Known for his strong "box-to-box" play and ability to score from midfield, Jenas' last two years with Newcastle were marked by a series of inexplicably bland displays. The goals dried up and so did the energy, leading to Jenas starting fewer games.
Despite temporarily regaining his form and gaining the vice-captaincy under new manager Graeme Souness early in the 2004-05 season, Jenas' form dipped again with only two goals in 48 appearances.
Rumours of his unhappiness were confirmed early in the 2005-06 season by manager Graeme Souness, when he revealed Jenas was not enjoying life at Newcastle, comparing it to "living in a goldfish bowl", because of the huge expectations of the Newcastle fans and the media attention. There were rumours that he was likely to replace Patrick Vieira at Arsenal. However, he was sold to Tottenham Hotspur on transfer deadline day of August 31, 2005 for an initial fee of £7million, which rose to £9million after Spurs successfully qualified for European competition. He scored a total of 12 goals in 152 appearances for Newcastle United.
[edit] Tottenham Hotspur
Jenas began to thrive at Tottenham Hotspur, scoring seven goals from midfield, as Tottenham qualified for the UEFA Cup.
Jenas marked his return from a 13 match injury lay off by scoring the second goal in Tottenham's 3-1 FA Cup 4th round win over Southend United.
Jenas is often used as a stand-in captain when club captain Ledley King, vice-captain Robbie Keane and fellow stand-in captain Paul Robinson are not playing.
On April 21, 2007, in a North London derby against Arsenal, Jenas scored a goal from 25 yards. This levelled the scores at 2-2 and gave Spurs a point. This goal was voted by Spurs fans on the official website as the club's 5th best goal of the season.
On August 29, 2007, Jenas signed a new 5-year contract with Tottenham which will now keep him at the club until 2012.
[edit] International career
Jenas has played internationally for England from the Under-15 level up to the national team, where he made his debut against Australia in February of 2003.
Despite struggling with injury towards the end of the 2005-06 season he recovered sufficiently to be named in the 2006 World Cup squad.
[edit] Career stats
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
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Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | ||
Tottenham Hotspur | 07-08 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 |
06-07 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 34 | 8 | |
05-06 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 32 | 7 | |
Club Total | 55 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 71 | 16 | |
Newcastle Utd | 05-06 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
04-05 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 48 | 2 | |
03-04 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 46 | 3 | |
02-03 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 41 | 7 | |
01-02 | 12 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 0 | |
Club Total | 110 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 151 | 12 | |
Nott'm Forest | 01-02 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 31 | 4 |
00-01 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | |
Club Total | 29 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 4 | |
Career Totals | 194 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 37 | 2 | 255 | 32 |
[edit] Personal life
Jenas attended The Becket School, in Nottingham, for his education.
He has been dating Sabrina Keogh, who accompanied him to the World Cup in Germany in 2006, for 6 years. Sabrina recently gave birth to the couples first child, a daughter named Sancha Natasha.
[edit] Trivia
- His name is commonly pronounced Jeh-nas, while it is actually pronounced Jee-nas.
- His father was born with the surname Genas but had it changed by deed-poll as he wanted the initials 'D.J.'
- Jermaine is nicknamed J.J. by his close friends and team mates.
[edit] External links
Preceded by Craig Bellamy |
PFA Young Player of the Year 2003 |
Succeeded by Scott Parker |
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1 Robinson • 2 Neville • 3 A. Cole • 4 Gerrard • 5 Ferdinand • 6 Terry • 7 Beckham • 8 Lampard • 9 Rooney • 10 Owen • 11 J. Cole • 12 Campbell • 13 James • 14 Bridge • 15 Carragher • 16 Hargreaves • 17 Jenas • 18 Carrick • 19 Lennon • 20 Downing • 21 Crouch • 22 Carson • 23 Walcott • Coach: Eriksson |
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1 Robinson • 2 Chimbonda • 3 Lee • 4 Zokora • 5 Kaboul • 6 Tainio • 7 Stalteri • 8 Jenas • 9 Berbatov • 10 Keane • 12 Černý • 14 Ghaly • 15 Malbranque • 16 Bale • 17 Boateng • 18 Defoe • 19 Taarabt • 20 Dawson • 21 Routledge • 22 Huddlestone • 23 Bent • 25 Lennon • 26 King • 27 Alnwick • 29 Ifil • 30 Gardner • 31 Forecast • 32 Assou-Ekotto • 33 Rocha • 34 Barcham • 35 Dervite • 36 Dawkins • 37 Rose • Manager: Ramos |
Categories: 1983 births | Living people | People from Nottingham | English footballers | England international footballers | England under-21 international footballers | England B international footballers | Nottingham Forest F.C. players | Newcastle United F.C. players | Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players | Premier League players | FIFA World Cup 2006 players