Jermaine Anthony Jenas (/ˈdʒiːnəs/JEE-nəs;[3] born 18 February 1983) is an English television presenter, football pundit and former professional footballer. He played as a central midfielder for English club sides Nottingham Forest, Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa, and Queens Park Rangers, scoring a career total of 39 goals from 341 league appearances. He also appeared 21 times for the senior England national football team, scoring one goal.
A promising talent, Jenas made his professional debut at age 17 for his boyhood club Nottingham Forest who were playing in the second tier, before moving to Premier League club Newcastle United for £5 million just over a year later, where he earned his first senior England cap in February 2003 aged 19 and was named PFA Young Player of the Year for the 2002–03 season. Hampered by several serious injuries, Jenas failed to reach the career heights expected of him, although he remained at the top level, moving to Tottenham in 2005 for £7 million, with whom he won the Football League Cup in the 2007–08 season. While with Tottenham, he travelled with England to the 2006 FIFA World Cup but was an unused substitute; he played his last England match in 2009.
The tail end of his playing career saw loan spells at Aston Villa in the Premier League in 2011 and Nottingham Forest in the second tier in 2012, before a permanent move to struggling Premier League club Queens Park Rangers in the January 2013 transfer window. Relegated with QPR in May, he played for much of the following season before injury finally forced his retirement. While still recuperating from his final injury, he moved into media work as a pundit, a role which he has continued beyond retirement, most recently for the BBC on Match of the Day, as well as BT Sport. He also began co-presenting The One Show for the BBC in 2020.
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Jermaine Anthony Jenas (/ˈdʒiːnəs/ JEE-nəs; born 18 February 1983) is an English television presenter, football pundit and former professional footballer...
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analysts as of the 2022–23 season, include: Tim Cahill, Dion Dublin, JermaineJenas, Martin Keown, Danny Murphy, Micah Richards, Alan Shearer, Shay Given...
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prominent football story. Examples have included: Steve Bower, Dion Dublin, JermaineJenas, Gary Lineker, Gabby Logan, Trevor Sinclair, and Dan Walker conducting...
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FIFA Football Awards 2020 alongside Ruud Gullit and 2021 along with JermaineJenas. She twice co-hosted the BT Sport Industry Awards and many other ceremonies...