[89], In the 2010–11 Premier League, Defoe scored his first league goals of the season on 6 March 2011 against Wolverhampton Wanderers, getting the first two for Spurs in a 3–3 draw.

He was not, however, named in manager Roy Hodgson's 26-man preliminary squad, and expressed his disappointment at his omission. And the current Rangers striker has also been speaking about his future plans, he said: "I don’t know if these young forwards watch videos or study strikers. Jermain Defoe's brilliant winner against Newcastle has made the headlines but it was the less spectacular parts of his performance that stood out for me.

[166] He joined the squad for training in Germany, but returned to England when Wayne Rooney was cleared to play after having suffered a foot injury in April. [26], Defoe joined Tottenham in February 2004 for an initial fee of £6 million, rising to £7 million depending on "specific performance criteria", and with Bobby Zamora joining West Ham. [144] He was linked with a possible transfer to Newcastle United,[145] and potential returns to former clubs Bournemouth[146] and West Ham United. His own favourite celebration is outstretching both arms straight, before stating when scoring a goal "you just want to go mad". "It was on my weaker side but as it came down, I was confident to take it on my left.

He is 32 now and he will not want to be doing that permanently. [81] Defoe's next goal was a penalty in Tottenham's win against Chelsea,[82] which itself followed a famous 2–1 win over Arsenal. 2015-04-05T11:54:56-04:00. [173], Defoe scored his first competitive international goal of 2008 with the final goal in England's 5–1 win over Kazakhstan on 11 October 2008 after coming on as a late substitute for Wayne Rooney.

Benji Kimpioka takes his latest chance to impress Phil Parkinson during Sunderland U23 win, Ex-Sunderland boss Roy Keane tipped to be handed League Two managerial role. You need to think, 'Right, this is a goal'.". [61] He scored his first goal since his return from injury in a 2–1 win against Manchester City and helped his team secure eighth place in the league. [132] On 16 March, Defoe opened the scoring away to Newcastle as the Tyne–Wear derby was drawn 1–1. They'd mustered one win between them, scored four goals and conceded 22. If you get the ball to his feet, he has got the capability around the box to beat people himself and shoot from range with real power. When Sunderland were relegated from the Premier League in 2017, Defoe left to join Bournemouth. He spent one season at Fratton Park before returning to Tottenham in the January 2009 transfer window. "You need to really wait for it to come down as the pace is getting quicker as it comes down.

By Will Butcher October 8, 2020. He agreed to a four-year deal worth between £68,000–90,000 per week.

[97] Defoe ended the season with 17 goals in 38 matches across all competitions;[98] in the Premier League, he scored 11 in 25 appearances, of which only 11 were starts. Jermain is quick and he knows where the goal is. It was set up with a route-one build up.

[121] He made his Sunderland debut the following day against former club Tottenham. [34] Defoe started 23 times and came on as substitute 13 times, scoring nine goals. The striker opened his Sunderland account back in January here against Burnley.

Advocaat was in charge of his first game on Wearside, and had his side up for the fight, and dominating the opening skirmishes. He could be the difference between them staying up, or not.

[137], Defoe ended the season as Sunderland's top scorer with 15 league goals, and was also named the club's player of the season. explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. Our.

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[109] On 24 September 2013, Defoe scored another two in a 4–0 win against Aston Villa in the League Cup, which took his tally for Tottenham to 139 goals, moving him past George Hunt as the club's fifth-highest scorer of all-time. Defoe went on to score his first international hat-trick, which was the first ever at the new Wembley. [96] He scored on the last day of the season against Fulham, the second in a 2–0 win. reihenfolge ASC, saison_id DESC, verein_id ASC, In squad: 24, Starting eleven: 13, Substituted in 11, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 1, Injured: 1, In squad: 1, Starting eleven: 1, Substituted in 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0. Connor Wickham headed another Larsson corner onto the outside of post, and the home side looked sharp and hungry, with the Geordies happy to contain. Read about our approach to external linking.

[191] He is teetotal.

[33] The following season was not as profitable for Defoe, and Spurs manager Martin Jol used Defoe in rotation with Robbie Keane, Dimitar Berbatov and Mido providing the competition for a starting position. [101] He scored the 200th goal of his club career in a 4–2 defeat to Chelsea on 20 October[102] and on 8 November, he scored a hat-trick in a 3–1 win against Slovenian club Maribor in the Europa League. [15] Shortly thereafter, he joined Second Division club AFC Bournemouth on a near season-long loan, where he scored in ten consecutive matches, equalling John Aldridge's and Clarrie Jordan's post-war record. [58] He also scored his team's second goal in the League Cup semi-final second leg loss at Burnley, which helped Spurs book a place in the final with a 6–4 aggregate win. [183][184], Defoe was not included in the 23-man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Nothing knocks him, he's a typical goal-scorer. From what I saw of them in this game, they have got enough about them to beat the drop.

We'll discuss it over the next 24 hours. [42] On 4 February 2017, Defoe scored twice in first half stoppage time in a 4–0 away victory at Crystal Palace to move on to 14 league goals for the season.

", This website and its associated newspaper are members of Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). [9] At West Ham, he was a member of the Under-19 team that won the Premier Academy League title in 1999–2000, scoring twice against Arsenal in the play-off final.