Jermain Defoe was an international footballer who represented England 57 times scoring 20 goals. His first cap was against Sweden on 31st March 2004 at 21 years old, and his last was vs Scotland on 10th June 2017 aged 34. Defoe, born on 7th October 1982, in Beckton, has a FA Legacy Number of 1131 and played as a Centre Forward for his country.
Jermain Defoe - 57 caps (20 goals)
- Full Name: Jermain Defoe
- Born: 7th October 1982, Beckton
- England Career: 2004 - 2017
- Positions whilst with England: Centre Forward
- Clubs (and caps) whilst with England: Tottenham Hotspur (49), Portsmouth (6) & Sunderland (2)
- FA Legacy Number: 1131
England Career Statistics
- Debut: v Sweden (FR) on 31st March 2004 aged 21 years, 5 months, 24 days
- Last Cap: v Scotland (WCQ) on 10th June 2017 aged 34 years, 8 months, 3 days
- First Goal: v Poland (WCQ) on 8th September 2004 aged 21 years, 11 month, 1 day
- Career Length: 13 years, 71 days
- Starts: 22
- Substitute: 35
- Withdrawn: 20
- Full Games: 2
England Match Statistics
- Match Type
- Caps
- Goals
- Capt
- FriendlyFR
- 24
- 6
- 0
- 0
- 0
- FA Summer TournamentFAST
- 1
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- World Cup QualifierWCQ
- 19
- 8
- 0
- 0
- 1
- European Championship QualifierECQ
- 9
- 5
- 0
- 0
- 0
- World Cup FinalsWCF
- 3
- 1
- 0
- 0
- 0
- European Championship FinalsECF
- 1
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- Competitive
- 33
- 14
- 0
- 0
- 1
- Home, Away or Neutral
- Caps
- Goals
- Capt
- Away
- 22
- 8
- 0
- 0
- 0
- Home
- 26
- 10
- 0
- 0
- 1
- Neutral
- 9
- 2
- 0
- 0
- 0
- Match Result
- Caps
- Goals
- Capt
- Lost
- 10
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- Won
- 35
- 18
- 0
- 0
- 0
- Drawn
- 12
- 2
- 0
- 0
- 1
- Playing Positions
- Caps
- Goals
- Capt
- Centre Forward
- 57
- 20
- 0
- 0
- 1
- Total
- 57
- 20
- 0
- 0
- 1
England Managers
- Manager
- Caps
- Goals
- Capt
- England Fabio Capello
- 20
- 12
- 0
- 0
- 0
- England Sven-Göran Eriksson
- 16
- 1
- 0
- 0
- 0
- England Steve McClaren
- 10
- 2
- 0
- 0
- 0
- England Roy Hodgson
- 9
- 4
- 0
- 0
- 1
- England Gareth Southgate
- 2
- 1
- 0
- 0
- 0
England Team Mates (Top 10)
- Steven Gerrard
- 40 Matches
- Frank Lampard
- 40 Matches
- Ashley Cole
- 38 Matches
- Wayne Rooney
- 37 Matches
- John Terry
- 32 Matches
- Glen Johnson
- 27 Matches
- David Beckham
- 24 Matches
- Rio Ferdinand
- 21 Matches
- Gareth Barry
- 21 Matches
- Shaun Wright-Phillips
- 20 Matches
Sources
- englandstats.com Digital Archive
- England's Who's Who by Tony Matthews (Pitch Publishing 2013)
- 213 sources from 57 matchesSelect from match list to see sources.
Match List
- SCO, 2 - 2, 10th Jun 2017 (WCQ) Sunderland, Cap: 57.
Age: 34 years, 8 months, 3 days. - LTU, 2 - 0, 26th Mar 2017 (WCQ) Sunderland, Cap: 56.
Age: 34 years, 5 months, 19 days. - CHI, 0 - 2, 15th Nov 2013 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 55.
Age: 31 years, 1 month, 8 days. - IRL, 1 - 1, 29th May 2013 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 54.
Age: 30 years, 7 months, 22 days. - SMR, 8 - 0, 22nd Mar 2013 (WCQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 53.
Age: 30 years, 5 months, 15 days. - POL, 1 - 1, 17th Oct 2012 (WCQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 52.
Age: 30 years, 0 months, 10 days. - UKR, 1 - 1, 11th Sep 2012 (WCQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 51.
Age: 29 years, 11 month, 4 days. - MDA, 5 - 0, 7th Sep 2012 (WCQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 50.
Age: 29 years, 11 month, 0 days. - ITA, 2 - 1, 15th Aug 2012 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 49.
Age: 29 years, 10 months, 8 days. - FRA, 1 - 1, 11th Jun 2012 (ECF) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 48.
Age: 29 years, 8 months, 4 days. - BEL, 1 - 0, 2nd Jun 2012 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 47.
Age: 29 years, 7 months, 26 days. - GHA, 1 - 1, 29th Mar 2011 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 46.
Age: 28 years, 5 months, 22 days. - SUI, 3 - 1, 7th Sep 2010 (ECQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 45.
Age: 27 years, 11 month, 0 days. - BUL, 4 - 0, 3rd Sep 2010 (ECQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 44.
Age: 27 years, 10 months, 27 days. - GER, 1 - 4, 27th Jun 2010 (WCF) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 43.
Age: 27 years, 8 months, 20 days. - SVN, 1 - 0, 23rd Jun 2010 (WCF) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 42.
Age: 27 years, 8 months, 16 days. - ALG, 0 - 0, 18th Jun 2010 (WCF) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 41.
Age: 27 years, 8 months, 11 day. - MEX, 3 - 1, 24th May 2010 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 40.
Age: 27 years, 7 months, 17 days. - EGY, 3 - 1, 3rd Mar 2010 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 39.
Age: 27 years, 4 months, 27 days. - BRA, 0 - 1, 14th Nov 2009 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 38.
Age: 27 years, 1 month, 7 days. - CRO, 5 - 1, 9th Sep 2009 (WCQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 37.
Age: 26 years, 11 month, 2 days. - SVN, 2 - 1, 5th Sep 2009 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 36.
Age: 26 years, 10 months, 29 days. - NED, 2 - 2, 12th Aug 2009 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 35.
Age: 26 years, 10 months, 5 days. - AND, 6 - 0, 10th Jun 2009 (WCQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 34.
Age: 26 years, 8 months, 3 days. - KAZ, 4 - 0, 6th Jun 2009 (WCQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 33.
Age: 26 years, 7 months, 30 days. - GER, 2 - 1, 19th Nov 2008 (FR) Portsmouth, Cap: 32.
Age: 26 years, 1 month, 12 days. - KAZ, 5 - 1, 11th Oct 2008 (WCQ) Portsmouth, Cap: 31.
Age: 26 years, 0 months, 4 days. - AND, 2 - 0, 6th Sep 2008 (WCQ) Portsmouth, Cap: 30.
Age: 25 years, 10 months, 30 days. - CZE, 2 - 2, 20th Aug 2008 (FR) Portsmouth, Cap: 29.
Age: 25 years, 10 months, 13 days. - TRI, 3 - 0, 1st Jun 2008 (FR) Portsmouth, Cap: 28.
Age: 25 years, 7 months, 25 days. - USA, 2 - 0, 28th May 2008 (FR) Portsmouth, Cap: 27.
Age: 25 years, 7 months, 21 day. - CRO, 2 - 3, 21st Nov 2007 (ECQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 26.
Age: 25 years, 1 month, 14 days. - AUT, 1 - 0, 16th Nov 2007 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 25.
Age: 25 years, 1 month, 9 days. - AND, 3 - 0, 28th Mar 2007 (ECQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 24.
Age: 24 years, 5 months, 21 day. - ISR, 0 - 0, 24th Mar 2007 (ECQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 23.
Age: 24 years, 5 months, 17 days. - ESP, 0 - 1, 7th Feb 2007 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 22.
Age: 24 years, 4 months, 0 days. - CRO, 0 - 2, 11th Oct 2006 (ECQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 21.
Age: 24 years, 0 months, 4 days. - MKD, 0 - 0, 7th Oct 2006 (ECQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 20.
Age: 24 years, 0 months, 0 days. - MKD, 1 - 0, 6th Sep 2006 (ECQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 19.
Age: 23 years, 10 months, 30 days. - AND, 5 - 0, 2nd Sep 2006 (ECQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 18.
Age: 23 years, 10 months, 26 days. - GRE, 4 - 0, 16th Aug 2006 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 17.
Age: 23 years, 10 months, 9 days. - URU, 2 - 1, 1st Mar 2006 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 16.
Age: 23 years, 4 months, 25 days. - NIR, 0 - 1, 7th Sep 2005 (WCQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 15.
Age: 22 years, 11 month, 0 days. - WAL, 1 - 0, 3rd Sep 2005 (WCQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 14.
Age: 22 years, 10 months, 27 days. - DEN, 1 - 4, 17th Aug 2005 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 13.
Age: 22 years, 10 months, 10 days. - COL, 3 - 2, 31st May 2005 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 12.
Age: 22 years, 7 months, 24 days. - USA, 2 - 1, 28th May 2005 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 11.
Age: 22 years, 7 months, 21 day. - AZE, 2 - 0, 30th Mar 2005 (WCQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 10.
Age: 22 years, 5 months, 23 days. - NIR, 4 - 0, 26th Mar 2005 (WCQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 9.
Age: 22 years, 5 months, 19 days. - ESP, 0 - 1, 17th Nov 2004 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 8.
Age: 22 years, 1 month, 10 days. - AZE, 1 - 0, 13th Oct 2004 (WCQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 7.
Age: 22 years, 0 months, 6 days. - WAL, 2 - 0, 9th Oct 2004 (WCQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 6.
Age: 22 years, 0 months, 2 days. - POL, 2 - 1, 8th Sep 2004 (WCQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 5.
Age: 21 years, 11 month, 1 day. - AUT, 2 - 2, 4th Sep 2004 (WCQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 4.
Age: 21 years, 10 months, 28 days. - UKR, 3 - 0, 18th Aug 2004 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 3.
Age: 21 years, 10 months, 11 day. - ISL, 6 - 1, 5th Jun 2004 (FAST) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 2.
Age: 21 years, 7 months, 29 days. - SWE, 0 - 1, 31st Mar 2004 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 1.
Age: 21 years, 5 months, 24 days. - * Match was concluded via extra time, penalties or both.