Jermaine Jenas

Jenas ( 2011)

Jermaine Anthony Jenas ( born February 18, 1983 in Nottingham ) is an English football player and is currently the Premier League club Queens Park Rangers active. The midfielder also played between 2003 and 2009 for the English national team.

Sports career

Nottingham Forest (1999-2002)

Jenas went through the youth academy of Nottingham Forest and developed there early to one of the nation's best players in his age group. As a 17 -year-old was the above-average for its mobility and fit known Jenas in the third round of the FA Cup against Wolverhampton Wanderers in January of 2001, his debut and was also followed shortly thereafter in a home game against Crystal Palace his first appearance in the championship. Later in the season he came to no other games, but then was in the 2001/ 02 season, an important part of the team and showed in the second division in such good performances that in the professional world as one of the greatest talents he in English Football was considered.

Newcastle United (2002-2005)

There were increasing then the offers of the top English clubs, and as there was Nottingham Forest in great financial difficulties, Jenas moved before the end of the season in February 2002 for five million British pounds as at this time the second most expensive teenager in British football for Bobby Robson trained club Newcastle United, which also lucrative offers from Manchester United and Leeds United existed. In Newcastle, he made his debut in a 3-1 win against FC Southampton and was similar during operations in the agile way of playing much of his team-mate Kieron Dyer. As Dyer Jenas was then nominated by David Platt, who had also been a former coach of Nottingham Forest, for the U21 national team and took for this selection in May 2002 participated in the U21 European Championship in Switzerland.

Jenas has developed in his club becoming a regular player and also demonstrated mostly from midfield goalscoring. As his greatest strength, however, the so-called " box -to-box game" revealed how the midfield play between the own and the opponent's box is called.

After he had already passed all other youth national teams of England since the " U15 ", Jenas debuted then in February 2003 as a more active U21 youth players, for which he was to complete a total of nine games as a substitute against Australia in the senior team and was in the October 2004 for the first time used in the match against Azerbaijan from the start. Jenas was honored by the players' union PFA as the best young rider also in 2003.

In the 2003 / 04 season, Jenas could the services previously shown not quite confirm, but always remained in the extended circle of the national team. Turbulent himself designed the subsequent season in the first Jenas again reached a good shape and the vice-captain took office. As the team leader -budgetary Alan Shearer had to take a break due to injury, Jenas even became the youngest captain in the club's history. The repeated relapse into a form of weakness then rang a surprising rate, the end of his time in Newcastle.

As Jenas was used at the beginning of the 2005/06 season only very sporadically and compared life as a football player in Newcastle with a "Life in the Fishbowl ", he moved to disagreements with coach Graeme Souness on August 31, 2005 - the date of the transfer window - for estimated eight million pounds to Tottenham Hotspur, with even Arsenal had signaled interest in Jenas.

Tottenham Hotspur (2005-2013)

In Tottenham, he signed a five-year contract doped and was back at the new club to its former strength. He contributed seven goals as Tottenham in fifth place in the championship after qualifying for the UEFA Cup. Although Jenas had increased to fight to the end of the season with injuries, he was able to recover again and was subsequently nominated for the 2006 World Cup in Germany. In the tournament itself, however, he did not play.

On 29 August 2007 he signed a new five -year contract with the " Spurs " and extending that in the following year for another year. In 2008, he won the League Cup its first team trophy was also awarded under the new England manager Fabio Capello more chances and scored on 6 February 2008 against Switzerland (2-1) his first international goal - A.

31 August 2011 Tottenham Hotspur announced that Jenas will be borrowed for the 2011/12 season at Aston Villa.

At the beginning of the 2012/13 season on loan until the end of Jenas returned to his former club Nottingham Forest back.

Queens Park Rangers (since 2013)

On January 31, 2013 Jenas moved within the League for Queens Park Rangers. He signed a contract with a term until 30 June 2014.

Achievements

• English League Cup: 2008
• Rookie of the Year (PFA Young Player of the Year ): 2003

Social Commitment

Jenas is involved as ambassador to Show Racism the Red Card.