Jermain Defoe is a popular English footballer born in 1982 in London. Today he stands for “Sunderland”, but before that, the striker played for many other clubs. And for which ones, it’s worth telling.
Carier start
From the age of 15 (from 1997 to 1999), Jermain Defon played in the youth team of the Charlton Athletic Club, where he studied professional game and improved his mastery. Then he began to practice in the team “West Ham United”. But he stayed in the youth team for less than a year. In the same season he was transferred to the main team. And so began his professional biography. Jermain Defoe played for the adult cast of West Ham United for five years, from 1999 to 2004. He was released on the field 93 times, and during that time he scored 29 goals into the opponents' goal. By the way, for a year a football player rented a club like Bournemouth. He played 29 matches, for which he scored 18 goals! This was a good indicator, so the young striker quickly won success among the fans.
Tottenham Hotspur and Portsmouth
In 2004, Jermain Defoe was overbought by Tottenham Hotspur. In this team, the football player also spent many seasons. To be more precise, then five years. After this period, the striker was rented by Portsmouth, who subsequently decided to redeem the striker. But in 2009, Jermain Defoe still returned to Tottenham Hotspur.
On November 22, the striker went down in the history of the English Premier League as the third player to draw a pentric trick in the championship. It was a sensation. Before Jermaine, only five players such as Andy Cole and Alan Shearer managed to score five goals , and that was a long time ago.
Like any professional football player, Defoe could not do without injuries. In September 2010, on September 9, he injured his ankle ligaments, and therefore he had to recover for three months. But in 2012, he scored three goals against FC Maribor. Thus he designed his 126th goal for “Tottenham Hotspur”. And thanks to this, he was on the list of top scorers.
Last years
Jermain Defoe is a football player who has tried himself in several clubs. His next step after “Tottenham Hotspur” was the club “Toronto”. He began to play for him on January 28 last year, 2014, and scored the first two goals in a game against Seattle, thereby ensuring his new team a 2-1 victory.
After Toronto, he moved to Sunderland. Jermain Defoe signed a contract with this team for 3.5 years. Jermain Defoe first entered the field as part of his new club the very day after the conclusion of the contract. Very soon, two weeks later, he scored his first goal. Seven days later - the second. And a week later he scored the only and winning goal in a principled derby with Newcastle. It is thanks to this victory, to which the team came not without the help of Defoe, “Sandreland” ended a series of eight win-win matches successfully.
Defoe began playing for the English national team since 2004. There the successes were not as grand as in clubs, because he scored only one goal, and then during the match against the Slovenian national team. However, it was this goal that allowed the British to leave the group and get into the 1/8 of the 2010 World Cup.
About personal life
And, of course, one cannot fail to note with attention such a topic as the personal life of a football player. He does not hide her at all. Jermaine is a very loving young man whom many female fans find very attractive. He constantly changes his companions and does not consider it shameful. By the way, a couple of years ago some piquant facts concerning his personal life became known. It turned out that from 2001 to 2008, Jermain, despite the fact that he broke off relations with girls constantly, kept in touch with one single young lady. The lady’s name is Stephanie Moulay, and she lives next to the Totetnam Stadium. Young people were encrypted - neither representatives of the "yellow press", nor friends, nor relatives, nor girls - no one knew about this secret. Stephanie was not shy and even shared some very intimate details that relate to the football player. They did not part even when Defoe began a new relationship.
It all turned out at the moment when Jermaine met with David Beckham's sister - Daniel Lloyd. Stephanie shared with reporters that she wanted a long and formal relationship with Defoe. But then, when she found out that he gave Lloyd a necklace that costs $ 20,000, she realized that the footballer needed only intimacy. After all, for all seven years, he had not even given her cards.
As you can see, Defoe boasts a very hectic personal life. But with whom he is now - this is an open question.