Jermain Defoe
Jermain Defoe, the United Kingdom forward, made 98 appearances for Sunderland. He found the net 37 times, averaging 0.38 goals per game. His most prolific season in our data was 2015-16, with 18 goals. In our match data he features from 2015 to 2022. More of his recorded appearances came under Sam Allardyce than any other manager — 72 in all. Among the bigger results he featured in was a 4-0 win over Crystal Palace away in 2017. He lined up alongside Patrick van Aanholt more than any other team-mate in our data, the two starting 67 games together. Across 77 matches we hold detailed data for, his average match rating is 6.90.
Jermain Colin Defoe (born 7 October 1982) is an English football coach and former professional player. He was most recently the manager of National League club Woking . Defoe was a striker and began his career with Charlton Athletic , joining their youth team aged 14, before moving to West Ham United aged 16 and rising through the ranks. He made his first-team debut for West Ham in 2000 and, after a season-long loan spell at AFC Bournemouth during the 2000–01 season , established himself in the West Ham line-up. After West Ham's relegation in 2003, a move to Tottenham Hotspur in January 2004 soon followed, where Defoe played for four years before being sold to Portsmouth in January 2008. He spent one season at Fratton Park before returning to Tottenham in the January 2009 transfer window. He left for Toronto FC of Major League Soccer (MLS) in 2014, before returning to England in January 2015 to sign for Sunderland where he stayed until the club was relegated from the Premier League in 2017. Following a brief spell at AFC Bournemouth in 2017, Defoe joined Scottish side Rangers in 2018 on loan. The move was later made permanent. At his new club he was involved in winning the 2020–21 league title. This was the first and only league title in his career at the age of 38. In April 2011, Defoe became the 20th player to score a century of Premier League goals , and is currently the tenth-highest goalscorer in Premier League history with 162 goals [ 4 ] as well as the sixth-highest goalscorer in Tottenham's history . [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Defoe also holds the Premier League record for the mos — Wikipedia
- Position
- FW
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birthplace
- Beckton
- Born
- 7 Oct 1982
- Height
- 171 cm
- Weight
- 65 kg
On 16 January 2015, Defoe joined Premier League club Sunderland after agreeing to a three-and-a-half-year deal, as part of a player exchange deal sending Jozy Altidore to Toronto FC, [ 120 ] after completing only 11 months of his four-year deal with Toronto. [ 121 ] He made his Sunderland debut the following day against former club Tottenham. [ 122 ] Defoe started the match but was goalless when he was substituted after 75 minutes, ending his record of scoring on his first appearance for every club he has played for. [ 123 ] Defoe scored his first Sunderland goal on his home debut in a 2–0 victory over Burnley on 31 January 2015. [ 124 ] His second goal came the following week on 7 February 2015, where he scored the opening goal in a 1–1 draw away to Swansea City . [ 125 ] On 5 April, he scored the only goal in the Tyne–Wear derby victory over Newcastle with a 22-yard volley to end a sequence of eight matches without a win, and their first victory under the management of Dick Advocaat . [ 126 ] The emotion of scoring the goal caused him to cry. [ 127 ] On 9 May, Defoe scored his fourth goal of the season in a 2–0 win against Everton at Goodison Park , a result which moved Sunderland out of the relegation zone and gave Everton their first home defeat of 2015. [ 128 ] On the opening day of the 2015–16 Premier League , Defoe scored in a 4–2 loss at Leicester City , meaning he had scored in 15 Premier League seasons. [ 129 ] On 25 August, he scored a hat-trick in a 6–3 home win over Exeter City in the second round of the League Cup . [ 130 ] Defoe then scored twice in Sunderland's opening match of 2016, a 3–1 defeat of Aston Villa on 2 January. [ 131 ] In the team's next league fixture, he scored a hat-trick against Swansea City in a 4–2 win at the Liberty Stadium . [ 132 ] On 6 February, Defoe scored an 89th-minute equaliser against Liverpool as Sunderland came from 2–0 down to draw the match. [ 133 ] On 16 March, Defoe opened the scoring away to Newcastle as the Tyne– — Wikipedia
- Jermain Defoe — 31 goals — Among the top scorers in our match-event data.
- Jermain Defoe — most appearances under David Moyes — 40 appearances during David Moyes's tenure.
By Season
Appearances counted as matches started or come on as substitute.
Goals scored in
Hull City6 May 20172016-17Sunderland4–0
Crystal Palace4 Feb 20172016-17Sunderland1–3
Stoke City14 Jan 20172016-17Sunderland1–4
Burnley31 Dec 20162016-17Sunderland2–1
Leicester3 Dec 20162016-17Sunderland3–0Hull City19 Nov 20162016-17Sunderland2–3Crystal Palace24 Sept 20162016-17Sunderland1–2
Manchester City13 Aug 20162015-16Sunderland3–2
Chelsea7 May 20162015-16Sunderland3–0
Norwich City16 Apr 20162015-16Sunderland1–1
Newcastle United20 Mar 20162015-16Sunderland1–1
Southampton5 Mar 20162015-16Sunderland2–2
Liverpool6 Feb 20162015-16Sunderland4–2
Swansea Town13 Jan 20162015-16Sunderland3–1
Aston Villa2 Jan 20162015-16Sunderland1–0Crystal Palace23 Nov 20152015-16Sunderland2–6
Everton1 Nov 20152015-16Sunderland6–3
Exeter City25 Aug 20152015-16Sunderland1–1Swansea Town22 Aug 20152015-16Sunderland2–4Leicester8 Aug 20152014-15Sunderland2–0Everton9 May 20152014-15Sunderland1–0Newcastle United5 Apr 20152014-15Sunderland1–1Swansea Town7 Feb 20152014-15Sunderland2–0Burnley31 Jan 2015Appearances
Lincoln City19 Mar 20222021-22Start2–0
Crewe12 Mar 20222021-22Sub3–1
Fleetwood Town8 Mar 20222021-22Sub3–0
Wigan Athletic26 Feb 20222021-22Start1–1
Burton22 Feb 20222021-22Sub1–2
Milton Keynes Dons19 Feb 20222021-22Sub1–1
AFC Wimbledon12 Feb 20222021-22Sub1–2
Cheltenham8 Feb 20222021-22Sub1–2
Doncaster Rovers5 Feb 20222016-17Start0–2
Arsenal16 May 20172016-17Start0–2Swansea Town13 May 20172016-17Start2–0Hull City6 May 20172016-17Start0–1
Bournemouth29 Apr 20172016-17Start0–1
Middlesbrough26 Apr 20172016-17Start2–2
West Ham United15 Apr 20172016-17Start0–3
Manchester United9 Apr 20172016-17Start0–2Leicester4 Apr 20172016-17Start0–1
Watford1 Apr 20172016-17Start0–0Burnley18 Mar 20172016-17Start0–2Manchester City5 Mar 20172016-17Start0–2Everton25 Feb 20172016-17Start0–4Southampton11 Feb 20172016-17Start4–0Crystal Palace4 Feb 20172016-17Start0–0
Tottenham Hotspur31 Jan 20172016-17Start0–2
West Bromwich Albion FC21 Jan 20172016-17Sub0–2Burnley17 Jan 20172016-17Start1–3Stoke City14 Jan 20172016-17Start0–0Burnley7 Jan 20172016-17Start2–2Liverpool2 Jan 20172016-17Start1–4Burnley31 Dec 20162016-17Start1–3Manchester United26 Dec 20162016-17Start1–0Watford17 Dec 20162016-17Start0–1Chelsea14 Dec 20162016-17Start0–3Swansea Town10 Dec 20162016-17Start2–1Leicester3 Dec 20162016-17Start0–2Liverpool26 Nov 20162016-17Start3–0Hull City19 Nov 20162016-17Start2–1Bournemouth5 Nov 20162016-17Start1–4Arsenal29 Oct 20162016-17Sub0–1Southampton26 Oct 20162016-17Start0–1West Ham United22 Oct 20162016-17Start0–2Stoke City15 Oct 20162016-17Start1–1West Bromwich Albion FC1 Oct 20162016-17Start2–3Crystal Palace24 Sept 20162016-17Start0–1Tottenham Hotspur18 Sept 20162016-17Start0–3Everton12 Sept 20162016-17Start1–1Southampton27 Aug 20162016-17Start1–2Middlesbrough21 Aug 20162016-17Start1–2Manchester City13 Aug 20162015-16Sub2–2Watford15 May 20162015-16Start3–0Everton11 May 20162015-16Start3–2Chelsea7 May 20162015-16Start1–1Stoke City30 Apr 20162015-16Start0–0Arsenal24 Apr 20162015-16Start3–0Norwich City16 Apr 20162015-16Start0–2Leicester10 Apr 20162015-16Start0–0West Bromwich Albion FC2 Apr 20162015-16Start1–1Newcastle United20 Mar 20162015-16Sub1–1Southampton5 Mar 20162015-16Start2–2Crystal Palace1 Mar 20162015-16Start0–1West Ham United27 Feb 20162015-16Start2–1Manchester United13 Feb 20162015-16Start2–2Liverpool6 Feb 20162015-16Start0–1Manchester City2 Feb 20162015-16Start1–1Bournemouth23 Jan 20162015-16Start1–4Tottenham Hotspur16 Jan 20162015-16Start4–2Swansea Town13 Jan 20162015-16Sub1–3Arsenal9 Jan 20162015-16Start3–1Aston Villa2 Jan 20162015-16Start0–1Liverpool30 Dec 20152015-16Sub1–4Manchester City26 Dec 20152015-16Start1–3Chelsea19 Dec 20152015-16Sub0–1Watford12 Dec 20152015-16Start2–0Stoke City28 Nov 20152015-16Start1–0Crystal Palace23 Nov 20152015-16Sub0–1Southampton7 Nov 20152015-16Start2–6Everton1 Nov 20152015-16Sub3–0Newcastle United25 Oct 20152015-16Sub0–1West Bromwich Albion FC17 Oct 20152015-16Sub2–2West Ham United3 Oct 20152015-16Sub0–3Manchester United26 Sept 20152015-16Sub1–4Manchester City22 Sept 20152015-16Start0–2Bournemouth19 Sept 20152015-16Start0–1Tottenham Hotspur13 Sept 20152015-16Start2–2Aston Villa29 Aug 20152015-16Start6–3Exeter City25 Aug 20152015-16Start1–1Swansea Town22 Aug 20152015-16Start1–3Norwich City15 Aug 20152015-16Start2–4Leicester8 Aug 20152014-15Start1–3Chelsea24 May 20152014-15Start0–0Arsenal20 May 20152014-15Start0–0Leicester16 May 20152014-15Start2–0Everton9 May 20152014-15Start2–1Southampton2 May 20152014-15Start1–1Stoke City25 Apr 20152014-15Start1–4Crystal Palace11 Apr 20152014-15Start1–0Newcastle United5 Apr 20152014-15Start0–1West Ham United21 Mar 20152014-15Start0–4Aston Villa14 Mar 20152014-15Start1–1Hull City3 Mar 20152014-15Start0–2Manchester United28 Feb 20152014-15Start0–0West Bromwich Albion FC21 Feb 20152014-15Start0–2
Queens Park Rangers FC10 Feb 20152014-15Start1–1Swansea Town7 Feb 20152014-15Start3–1
Fulham3 Feb 20152014-15Start2–0Burnley31 Jan 20152014-15Start0–0Fulham24 Jan 20152014-15Start1–2Tottenham Hotspur17 Jan 20152013-14Start1–2Tottenham Hotspur7 Dec 20132012-13Sub0–1Tottenham Hotspur19 May 20132012-13Start1–2Tottenham Hotspur29 Dec 20122011-12Sub0–0Tottenham Hotspur7 Apr 20122010-11Start1–2Tottenham Hotspur12 Feb 2011Similar Players
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