Cameron Jerome

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Cameron Jerome
Personal information
Full name Cameron Jerome
Date of birth October 14, 1986 (age 20)
Place of birth    Huddersfield, England
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Birmingham City
Number 10
Youth clubs
Huddersfield Town
Grimsby Town
Sheffield Wednesday
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2003-2004
2004-2006
2006 —		 Middlesbrough
Cardiff City
Birmingham City		 00 0(0)
73 (24)
30 0(5)   
National team2
2005 — England U21 07 0(0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 12:55, 25 March 2007 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 14:02, 7 October 2006 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Cameron Jerome (born October 14, 1986 in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire) is an English footballer He plays for Birmingham City in the position of striker.

He began his career at home town club Westend Juniors before moving on to Huddersfield Town F.C. as a junior, then moved on to Middlesbrough F.C., where he was released before gaining a contract at Cardiff City. He also spent time as a junior at Grimsby Town and Sheffield Wednesday.[1]

Described by the BBC as "one of Cardiff's rising stars", Jerome scored seven goals in 32 appearances in the 2004-05 season, and was in a good run of form in the 2005-06 season, finishing top scorer for Cardiff with 20 goals. Due to his hot-form this ended him up by eventually signing for second city club Birmingham.

Jerome has appeared for England's under-21 team, for whom he is eligible until the end of the 2009 European Under-21 Football Championship.

Jerome appeared in an April 2005 FourFourTwo article which heralded the Yorkshire forward as the eighth best player in the Football League.

Cameron Jerome signed for second-city club Birmingham City, after passing a medical on 2006-05-31. It is thought the transfer fee could total up to £3.5 million dependent on Birmingham's future success. Sheffield United, West Bromwich Albion and Norwich City were also said to be interested.[2]

The Huddersfield-born striker netted his first league goal for Birmingham City against Queens Park Rangers FC at Loftus Road on 2006-09-12.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Jerome grateful to Wilkinson. Wales at Heart. Retrieved on September 21, 2006.
  2. ^ "Birmingham complete Jerome deal", BBC Sport. Retrieved on September 21, 2007.

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Birmingham City F.C. - Current Squad

1 Taylor | 2 Kelly | 3 Sadler | 4 Taylor | 6 Clemence | 7 Larsson | 8 Cole | 9 Forssell | 10 Jerome | 11 Gray | 12 Nafti | 13 Doyle | 14 Campbell | 15 Kilkenny | 16 Tébily | 17 Danns | 19 Vine | 21 N'Gotty | 22 Johnson | 23 Birley | 24 Jaïdi | 25 Aluko | 26 Muamba | 27 Bendtner | 28 McSheffrey | 29 Legzdins | 31 Pearce | Manager: Bruce
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