Jamie Frank Redknapp was born on 25 June 1973 and is an English former professional footballer who was active from 1989 until 2005.
31 Facts About Jamie Redknapp
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Jamie Redknapp is a pundit at Sky Sports and an editorial sports columnist at the Daily Mail.
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Jamie Redknapp gained 17 England caps between 1995 and 1999, and was a member of England's squad that reached the semi-finals of Euro 1996.
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Jamie Redknapp is a cousin of Frank Lampard, and a nephew of former West Ham United coach Frank Lampard, Sr.
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Jamie Redknapp was born in Barton on Sea, Hampshire and started his career at Tottenham Hotspur as a youth player but turned down their offer of a contract, deciding to play for AFC Bournemouth under his father, manager Harry Jamie Redknapp.
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Jamie Redknapp went on to play for Liverpool where Redknapp would be remembered for his best performances.
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Jamie Redknapp was capped 17 times by England, scoring one goal.
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Jamie Redknapp started out on the road to professional football as a schoolboy at Tottenham Hotspur but began his professional career, at the age of 16, in 1989 at Bournemouth, then managed by his father, Harry.
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Jamie Redknapp made 13 appearances for the club before attracting the attention of Liverpool, who signed him on 15 January 1991.
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Jamie Redknapp was one of the most expensively signed teenagers in English football around this time.
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Jamie Redknapp was one of the last players to be signed by manager Kenny Dalglish before his surprising resignation on 22 February 1991 and later became the youngest Liverpool player to appear in European competition, at 18 years 120 days when making his Liverpool debut against Auxerre in the UEFA Cup on 23 October 1991, by which time Liverpool were being managed by Graeme Souness.
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Jamie Redknapp's return did not last long as he was again struck by injury.
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Jamie Redknapp had played 308 times for the Reds and scored 41 goals, becoming a favourite amongst Liverpool fans, who included him at number 40 in the 2006 poll 100 Players Who Shook The Kop.
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Jamie Redknapp's pass into the path of Matthew Etherington allowed Etherington to score his first ever Premiership goal.
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Jamie Redknapp played 49 times for Spurs scoring 4 goals in his two-and-a-half years with the club before becoming his father Harry's first signing for Southampton on 4 January 2005.
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Jamie Redknapp was rarely fully fit during his brief spell at the Saints and was not able to prevent them from being relegated to the Championship after 27 successive seasons of top flight football.
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Jamie Redknapp was capped 17 times for England but played just 39 minutes at a major tournament, which was during the Euro 96 campaign when he appeared as a substitute against Scotland in the group stage.
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Rob Smyth later wrote in The Guardian that Jamie Redknapp's "slick passing greased some slow-moving wheels".
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On 21 September 2007, Chelsea reportedly approached Jamie Redknapp to become Avram Grant's assistant, as Chelsea's owner billionaire Roman Abramovich looked to shake up Stamford Bridge's coaching staff, though no appointment was forthcoming.
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On 11 December 2008, it was announced Jamie Redknapp would become coach of Chelsea reserves two days a week whilst studying for his UEFA coaching badges.
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Jamie Redknapp began his career in 2004 as a studio-based pundit on BBC during the European Championships.
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Jamie Redknapp is a regular columnist on the Sky Sports website.
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In 2005, Jamie Redknapp launched a bi-monthly magazine with his wife Louise and former teammate Tim Sherwood named Icon Magazine, aimed at professional footballers and their families.
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Jamie Redknapp's father is football manager Harry Jamie Redknapp, and his mother is Sandra Harris.
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Jamie Redknapp has one older brother, Mark, who is a model.
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Jamie Redknapp is the maternal cousin of Frank Lampard, whose father is former West Ham United player and Harry's former managerial assistant Frank Lampard, Sr.
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Jamie Redknapp grew up on the south coast as his father was coaching Bournemouth at that time.
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Jamie Redknapp attended Twynham School in Christchurch and started playing in the Sunday league youth teams with his brother.
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On 29 June 1998, Jamie Redknapp married the pop singer Louise Nurding, a member of the girl group Eternal.
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Louise revealed the name was a tribute to Jamie Redknapp's father, Harry, who was born in Bow, London.
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On 18 October 2021, Jamie Redknapp married model Frida Andersson, at Chelsea Register Office in London.