Jermain Defoe Tottenham signed 16x12 inch LTD edition 20 of 50 print framed in black with a silver trim and comes complete with a certificate of authentic
Jermain Colin Defoe (born 7 October 1982 in Beckton, London) is an English footballer who currently plays as a striker for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the England national team.
Defoe began his career with Charlton Athletic, joining their youth team at age fourteen, before moving to West Ham United aged sixteen, and rising through the ranks. He made his professional debut for West Ham in 2000, and after a season-long loan spell at Bournemouth during the 2000–01 season, established himself in the West Ham lineup. A move to Tottenham in 2004 soon followed, and Defoe also spent a year at Portsmouth after he was deemed surplus to requirements at White Hart Lane. He has since returned to Tottenham in the January 2009 transfer window.
Defoe made his England debut in 2004 and as of September 2009, has made 36 appearances, scoring 11 goals. Despite playing a big role in Tottenham's season building up to the world cup, scoring 12 goals in 31 appearances, he failed to be included in Steve McClaren's world cup squad, with McClaren opting to choose the majorly in-experienced Theo Walcott.
== Defoe attended St Joachim Primary School in Custom House, London, and St Bonaventure's Catholic Comprehensive School in Forest Gate, London. He joined the Sunday league team, Senrab, well known in London for producing players such as Lee Bowyer, John Terry, Ashley Cole and Ledley King, and then joined the FA National School of Excellence at Lilleshall, Shropshire, as a 14-year-old in 1997. He lives in Hertfordshire and is a Christian .He has dated British models and pop stars, including Charlotte Mears and Danielle Lloyd. In July 2009 he was dating Imogen Thomas.
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