Jermain Defoe is an English professional footballer born in 1982 in Beckton, London. He began his career at Charlton Athletic aged 14 before moving to West Ham United at 16. He went on a season long loan to Bournemouth Fc in 2000/1, which gave him the experience to cement his place in the West Ham first team. After moving to Tottenham in 2004 he spent a year at Portsmouth in 2008 before returning to Tottenham in 2009. Defoe made his international debut in 2004 in a 1-0 defeat to Sweden but was singled out for his good performance. He missed out on the Euro 2004 squad and was left out of the 2006 World Cup squad with then manager Sven Goran Eriksson infamously choosing to take 17 year old Theo Walcott instead. Recently Defoe has stepped up his international goal rate under Fabio Capello and is staking his claim for a starting place.
Striker has warned Bale to expect plenty of stick at Tottenham training next week if England beat Wales in Saturday's European Championship qualifier... more
Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe has won the right to build a customised £4.5 million Essex 'palace' - complete with its own nightclub - despite fierce opposition from his new neighbours... more
Tottenham's forwards coach believes it is only a matter of time before Jermain Defoe finally scores his first Premier League goal of the season... more
Exclusive: Fit-again striker is so happy at White Hart Lane that the only thing on his mind is establishing himself as one of the club’s all-time greats ... more
Striker refuses to predict whether he has forced his way into the England starting line-up for the opening World Cup clash with the United States on Saturday... more
Striker Jermain Defoe revealed a half-time jibe from Les Ferdinand spurred him on to claim the hat-trick which sent Tottenham into the fifth round of the FA Cup... more
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