Jermaine Jenas

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Jermaine Jenas
Personal information
Full name Jermaine Anthony Jenas
Date of birth 18 February 1983 (1983-02-18) (age 25)
Place of birth    Nottingham, England
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 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		 029 0(4)
110 0(9)
084 (16)   
National team2
2001–2003
2006
2003–		 England U21
England B
England		 009 0(0)
002 0(1)
0180 (1)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 21:30, 27 May 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 08:52, 7 February 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Jermaine Anthony Jenas (pronounced Jee-nas[1]) was born 18 February 1983 in Nottingham. He is an English football midfielder currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur in the FA Premier League.

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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 produced four goals in 33 games, Jenas was sold to Newcastle United for £5 million in February 2002.[2]

[edit] Newcastle

Despite an impressive first season with Newcastle United, in which he won the 2002–03 PFA Young Player of the Year award,[3] 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. He was sold to Tottenham Hotspur on transfer deadline day of August 31, 2005 for an initial fee of £7million,[4] 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. He 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. Under new manager, Juande Ramos, Jermaine's form improved greatly and played in the 2-1 Carling Cup victory against Chelsea on Sunday 24th February 2008.

Jenas signed a new 5-year contract with Tottenham on August 29, 2007, keeping him at the club until 2012.[5]

Under manager Juande Ramos, Jenas has begun to produce consistent and continuously impressive performances, due in part to the new regime but also to some personal words of encouragement from the Spaniard.[6]. His improvement earned him a call-up to Fabio Capello's first England squad, with him starting in a friendly against Switzerland, a game in which he scored the first goal.

[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. He scored his first England goal on February 6, 2008, in Fabio Capello's first game in charge, a friendly against Switzerland at Wembley.

[edit] Honours

Tottenham Hotspur

[edit] Career stats

All-Time Club Performance
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
Games Goals Games Goals Games Goals Games Goals Games Goals
Tottenham Hotspur 07-08 29 4 3 0 6 2 7 0 45 6
06-07 25 6 2 1 1 0 6 1 34 8
05-06 30 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 32 7
Club Total 84 16 6 2 8 1 13 1 111 21
Newcastle Utd 05-06 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
04-05 31 1 4 0 2 1 11 0 48 2
03-04 31 2 2 0 1 0 12 1 46 3
02-03 32 6 1 1 0 0 8 0 41 7
01-02 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Club Total 110 9 7 1 3 1 32 1 152 12
Nott'm Forest 01-02 28 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 31 4
00-01 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Club Total 29 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 33 4
Career Totals 223 29 15 3 13 3 45 2 296 37
Correct as of 01 June 2008

[edit] Personal life

Jenas attended The Becket School, in Nottingham, for his education. 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. He has been dating Sabrina Keogh, who accompanied him to the World Cup in Germany in 2006, for over six years. In November 2007, Sabrina gave birth to the couple's first child, a daughter named Sancha Natasha.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Future's brighter for 'Gee-nas'. Northern Echo. Newsquest Media Group (2003-04-03). Retrieved on 2008-04-02.
  2. ^ "Magpies swoop for Jenas", BBC Sport, 2002-02-01. Retrieved on 2007-12-04. 
  3. ^ "Henry honoured by peers", BBC Sport, 2003-04-27. Retrieved on 2007-12-04. 
  4. ^ "Jenas completes £7m Spurs switch", BBC Sport, 2005-08-31. Retrieved on 2007-12-04. 
  5. ^ "Jenas to stay at Spurs until 2012", BBC Sport, 2007-08-29. Retrieved on 2008-01-23. 
  6. ^ "Ramos eyeing first Spurs trophy", Football365, 2008-02-23. Retrieved on 2008-03-04. 

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Awards
Preceded by
Craig Bellamy		 PFA Young Player of the Year
2003		 Succeeded by
Scott Parker
v • d • e
England squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
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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Tottenham Hotspur F.C. – current squad

1 Robinson • 2 Chimbonda • 3 Y.P. Lee • 4 Zokora • 5 Kaboul • 6 Tainio • 8 Jenas • 9 Berbatov • 10 Keane • 11 Gilberto • 14 Ghaly • 15 Malbranque • 16 Bale • 17 Boateng • 19 Taarabt • 20 Dawson • 22 Huddlestone • 23 Bent • 24 O'Hara • 25 Lennon • 26 King (c) • 27 Alnwick • 28 Hutton • 30 Gardner • 31 Forecast • 32 Assou-Ekotto • 33 Rocha • 35 Dervite • 36 Dawkins • 37 Rose • 38 Archibald-Henville • 39 Woodgate • 44 Gunter • –– Giovani • Manager: Ramos