Jermain Defoe

Also known as Jermain Colin Defoe

English association football player (born 1982)

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Jermain Colin Defoe is an English association football player and coach born in Beckton on October 7, 1982. He holds United Kingdom citizenship and competes as a forward, wearing the number 9 shirt. His professional career began in 1998, and he has played in the Premier League and Major League Soccer.

Defoe has represented England in international competitions, including the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012. He has been a member of several clubs, such as AFC Bournemouth, West Ham United F.C., Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Portsmouth F.C., and Woking. In addition to his playing roles, he has served as a manager. He is an Officer of the Order of the British Empire and speaks English.

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Sports profile

Sport: Soccer
Team: Woking
Position: Manager
Nationality: England

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Beckton
Occupation: association football coach
Languages spoken: English language
Award: Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Participant in: UEFA Euro 2012
Sport: association football
Member of team: Rangers F.C.
Position played: forward
League: Major League Soccer
Country for sport: England
Mass: 65
Image: Jermain-Defoe.jpg
Height: 171

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Commons category: Jermain Defoe
date of birth: 1982-10-07
sport number: 9
name in native language: Jermain Defoe
birth name: Jermain Colin Defoe
start of work period: 1998-00-00
social media followers: 970996

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Encyclopedic overview

Jermain Colin Defoe (born 7 October 1982) is an English football coach and former professional player. He is currently the manager of National League club Woking.

Defoe was a striker and began his career with Charlton Athletic, joining their youth team aged 14, before moving to West Ham United aged 16 and rising through the ranks. He made his first-team debut for West Ham in 2000 and, after a season-long loan spell at AFC Bournemouth during the 2000–01 season, established himself in the West Ham line-up. After West Ham's relegation in 2003, a move to Tottenham Hotspur in January 2004 soon followed, where Defoe played for four years before being sold to Portsmouth in January 2008. He spent one season at Fratton Park before returning to Tottenham in the January 2009 transfer window. He left for Toronto FC of Major League Soccer (MLS) in 2014, before returning to England in January 2015 to sign for Sunderland where he stayed until the club was relegated from the Premier League in 2017. Following a brief spell at AFC Bournemouth in 2017, Defoe joined Scottish side Rangers in 2018 on loan. The move was later made permanent. At his new club he was involved in winning the 2020–21 league title. This was the first and only league title in his career at the age of 38.

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