25 Facts About Jermaine Jenas

Jermaine Anthony Jenas is an English television presenter, football pundit and former professional footballer.

Jermaine Jenas 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.

Jermaine Jenas appeared 21 times for the senior England national football team, scoring one goal.

Jermaine Jenas began co-presenting The One Show for the BBC in 2020.

Jermaine Jenas was born in Nottingham and is of mixed Afro-Caribbean and English descent.

Jermaine Jenas grew up on a council estate and was educated at the Catholic Becket School in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire.

Jermaine Jenas began his career at Nottingham Forest, then in the First Division.

Jermaine Jenas failed to repeat his initial form with the club and his two subsequent seasons were disappointing considering his early promise; he was known for his strong "box-to-box" play and ability to score from midfield.

Jermaine Jenas scored a total of 12 goals in 152 appearances for Newcastle.

Jermaine Jenas won 14 of his 21 caps for England when with Newcastle United.

Jermaine Jenas signed a new five-year deal with Tottenham on 29 August 2007, keeping him at the club until 2012.

Under Juande Ramos, Jermaine Jenas' form improved greatly and he initially produced occasional impressive performances, partly due to the new regime but from some personal words of encouragement from the Spaniard.

On 31 August 2011, Jermaine Jenas joined Aston Villa on a season-long loan deal from Tottenham.

Jermaine Jenas wore the number 8 shirt at Villa, the same number he had while at Spurs.

On 28 September 2012, Jermaine Jenas signed a month-long emergency loan deal with former club Nottingham Forest.

On 1 November 2012, Forest announced that Jermaine Jenas' loan had been extended until January.

Jermaine Jenas made a total of 12 appearances for his new club, but was unable to prevent them being relegated with three games to go.

Jermaine Jenas played for England from the under-15 level right up to the senior team, where he made his debut against Australia on 12 February 2003, under manager Sven-Goran Eriksson.

In total, Jermaine Jenas earned 21 caps at senior level, scoring one goal.

Jermaine Jenas formally announced his retirement from football on 7 January 2016 on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, having been unable to recover fully from his knee injury.

In 2015, Jermaine Jenas appeared as part of Channel 4's Time Crashers, a reality television programme in which celebrities were assigned the tasks of living in different historical eras.

Jermaine Jenas presented a BBC Three documentary in April 2017 on knife-crime, focusing on his home town of Nottingham.

In 2020, Jermaine Jenas began co-presenting The One Show on BBC One with Alex Jones.

On 1 April 2022 Jermaine Jenas was the "Draw Conductor" for the 2022 FIFA World Cup draw.

On 8 October 2021, Jermaine Jenas announced the birth of his son.