Jermaine Anthony Jenas (born 18 February 1983 in Nottingham) is an English football midfielder currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premiership.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Jermaine Anthony Jenas | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in / 1.77 m | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Tottenham Hotspur F.C. | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals as of May 82006 | |||
Club Career
Jenas began his career at Nottingham Forest where he immediately impressed during the 2001/02 season. After a single season at the City Ground, Jenas was sold to Newcastle United for £5 million in February 2002.
Despite an impressive first season with Newcastle, 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 spectacular goals 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 many games from the bench.
Despite temporarily regaining his form and gaining the vice-captaincy under new manager Graeme Souness early in the 2004/2005 season, Jenas' form dipped again, fuelling speculation that all was not well with the young Englishman.
Rumours of his unhappiness were confirmed early in the 2005/2006 season by manager Graeme Souness when he revealed Jenas had fallen out with life at Newcastle describing it as like "living life in a goldfish bowl". After being priced at £20 million, when there were rumours that he is likely to replace Patrick Vieira at Arsenal FC he was sold to Tottenham Hotspur on transfer deadline day of August 31 2005 for a fee of £7 million.
Jenas is thriving at Tottenham, scoring seven goals from midfield, as Tottenham qualified for the UEFA Cup. He also scored a sensational goal from a free kick at Old Trafford to equalise against Manchester United. He struggled with injury towards the end of the season but has recovered sufficiently to be named in the 2006 World Cup squad.
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 struggled with injury towards the end of the 2005/06 season he recovered sufficiently to be named in the 2006 World Cup squad.
Jenas continued his good form by opening the scoring during England B's 2-1 defeat to Belarus.
External links
- TheFA.com profile
- Statistics at soccerbase.com