Cameron Jerome

Cameron Jerome (2008)

Cameron Zishan Jerome ( born October 14, 1986 in Huddersfield) is an English footballer. The striker is currently under contract at Stoke City and graduated between 2005 and 2007 a ​​total of ten games for the U -21 England.

Sports career

Jerome began his career in the hometown at the Westend Juniors before he moved as a teenager to Huddersfield Town. Further stations were Grimsby Town and Sheffield Wednesday before he moved in 2003 for a short time for Middlesbrough FC. However, initial professional experience gained, the young striker until October 2004 in the Welsh capital Cardiff City club in the English Football League Championship. The change had come upon the recommendation of Paul Wilkinson, who had worked with Jerome in the reserve team of Grimsby Town about.

After seven goals in 32 games of the season 2004/ 05 he was in the subsequent season 2005/ 06 with 20 hits the " top scorer " Cardiff City. Even in the English U- 21 team came Jerome from 2005 to the course and after two years in Wales, he signed on to the more ambitious Birmingham City, with the transfer fee three million pounds - plus another million in the case of success - was.

The debut at the "Blues " was memorable, as Jerome was referred on August 5, 2006, five minutes after his Einwechselung against Colchester United because of an elbow checks of the field. The first hit was followed on 12 September 2006 at the Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road. In a steady up-and- from him directly succeeded with his new club promotion to the Premier League, it had to return to the second division before 2009 a second time brought about the qualification for the top English league for a year. Frequently he was the lone striker and also showed a high willingness to run in the reverse movement; alternatively, he acted often as a right winger. In July 2009, he wrote in Birmingham a new five -year contract.

End of August 2011, he moved to Stoke City.