Jermain Defoe

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.

Jermain Defoe
OBE

Defoe in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Jermain Colin Defoe[1]
Date of birth	(1982-10-07) 7 October 1982 (age 42)[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)
2000–2001	→ 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)
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

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[lower-alpha 1]		League cup[lower-alpha 2]		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[lower-alpha 3]	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[lower-alpha 4]	3	—		48	18
	2007–08[12]	Premier League	19	4	2	0	5	1	5[lower-alpha 4]	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[lower-alpha 4]	2	1[lower-alpha 5]	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[lower-alpha 6]	3	—		30	9
	2011–12[16]	Premier League	25	11	6	3	1	0	6[lower-alpha 7]	3	—		38	17
	2012–13[17]	Premier League	34	11	0	0	1	0	8[lower-alpha 7]	4	—		43	15
	2013–14[18]	Premier League	14	1	0	0	3	2	5[lower-alpha 7]	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[lower-alpha 7]	2	—		32	17
Rangers	2020–21[26]	Scottish Premiership	15	4	2	1	2	1	1[lower-alpha 7]	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

1. Includes FA Cup, Canadian Championship, Scottish FA Cup
2. Includes Football League Cup, Scottish League Cup
3. Appearance in Football League Trophy
4. Appearances in UEFA Cup
5. Appearance in FA Community Shield
6. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
7. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

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

Tottenham Hotspur

• Football League Cup: 2007–08^[44]

Rangers

• Scottish Premiership: 2020–21^[45]
• Scottish League Cup runner-up: 2019–20^[46]

Individual

• Tottenham Hotspur Player of the Year: 2004^[47]
• Premier League Player of the Month: August 2009^[48]
• Sunderland Supporters' Player of the Year: 2015–16^[49]
• Sunderland Player of the Year: 2015–16^[49]
• North-East FWA Player of the Year: 2016^[50]

Orders

• Officer of the Order of the British Empire: 2018^[51]

References

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