Jermaine Beckford

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Jermaine Beckford
Beckford, Leicester City.jpg
Beckford playing for Leicester City in 2011.
Personal information
Full name Jermaine Paul Alexander Beckford[1]
Date of birth 9 December 1983 (1983-12-09) (age 28)
Place of birth Ealing, London, England
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Leicester City
Number 20
Youth career
2000–2003 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2003–2006 Wealdstone 82 (54)
2003–2004 → Uxbridge (loan) 8 (2)
2006–2010 Leeds United 126 (72)
2006 → Carlisle United (loan) 4 (1)
2007 → Scunthorpe United (loan) 18 (8)
2010–2011 Everton 34 (8)
2011– Leicester City 24 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:42, 20 February 2012 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Jermaine Paul Alexander Beckford (born 9 December 1983) is an English footballer who plays for Leicester City as a striker. He started his career as a trainee at Chelsea. Beckford has also played for Wealdstone, Uxbridge, Carlisle United, Scunthorpe United, Leeds United, and Everton.

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[edit] Career

Beckford originally began his career in the Chelsea youth team, coming through the ranks at the same time as Carlton Cole. Rejected by Chelsea, he was signed up by Isthmian Premier League side Wealdstone and played part-time whilst also working as a windscreen fitter for the RAC. His very impressive goal scoring record attracted a lot of attention from Football League sides and reportedly more than 30 clubs showed an interest in the prolific striker, with many sending scouts to watch him play for Wealdstone.[3] He had a trial with Championship side Crystal Palace,[4] before signing for Leeds United in March 2006 for an undisclosed fee, having scored 35 goals in 40 games for Wealdstone that season.[5]

[edit] Leeds United

Beckford as a Leeds United player

He first featured the following week at Elland Road, when he made his debut as a substitute in a home draw against Crystal Palace on 21 March. He played on four more occasions for Leeds' first team that season. He joined Carlisle United on a month's loan in October,[6] scoring against Millwall on his debut.[7] After completing his loan spell, he returned to Leeds before being loaned out again to League One promotion challengers Scunthorpe United until the end of the season.[8] He played in every single game after his arrival, scoring eight goals, and Scunthorpe finished as champions.[9]

Beckford returned to Leeds for the 2007–08 season and scored his first league goal for the club in a 4–1 victory against Southend United in August 2007. In October he signed a new three-year deal with Leeds,[10] and was awarded League One Fans' Player of the Month.[11] In March 2008, Beckford won two awards at the third annual Football League Awards: League One Player of the Year[12] and Football League Goal of the Year for his strike against Rotherham United during his loan spell with Scunthorpe United.[13]

Beckford started the 2008–09 season well, scoring ten goals in eight starts. His first professional hat-trick was scored against League Two side Chester City in the first round of the League Cup. He would go on to score three hat-tricks in all competitions that season, and more than 30 goals in total. Beckford was offered a new contract by Leeds United[14] but the player rejected it and spent some time on the club's transfer list,[15][16] with Leeds rejecting two bids to buy him.[17]

Beckford started the 2009–10 season by scoring 11 goals in 14 matches, and had reached 19 goals by the end of 2009. In December 2009, following interest from Newcastle United,[18] Beckford handed in a transfer request on 30 December, which was accepted by Leeds.[19] Beckford's first game after the request was in the FA Cup 3rd Round, away to Leeds' great rivals Manchester United who were two divisions above the Yorkshire club. Leeds caused an upset by winning 1–0, with Beckford scoring the only goal.[20] This was the first time that Manchester United had been knocked out of a cup competition at the third round stage under the management of Alex Ferguson.[21] Beckford also scored both goals in the Fourth Round tie against another Premier League club, Tottenham Hotspur, to earn Leeds United a replay at Elland Road.[22]

Leeds finished the league season in second place and gained automatic promotion to the Football League Championship, with Beckford scoring the promotion clinching goal against Bristol Rovers on the final day of the season.[23] Beckford scored 31 goals in all competitions, 25 in the league. He won Leeds United's goal of the season at Leeds' annual Player of the Season awards for his goal against Manchester United at Old Trafford. Following the end of the season, in May 2010, Leeds cancelled Beckford's contract a month early to enable him to find a new club.[24]

[edit] Everton

Beckford playing for Everton

In May 2010, Beckford signed for Everton on a four-year contract on a free transfer[25] and was given squad number 16. After playing and scoring in pre-season friendlies Beckford made his Everton debut as a second half substitute against Blackburn Rovers and his full debut a week later at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers. He scored his first goal for the club, a penalty, against Huddersfield Town in the Football League Cup in August 2010[26] and an injury-time equaliser at home against Bolton Wanderers in November 2010 was Beckford's first league goal for the Toffees.[27] At the end of his debut season for Everton he had scored 8 goals in the league and 10 goals in all competitions.

[edit] Leicester City

On 31 August 2011 Everton accepted a £2.5m bid for Beckford from Championship side Leicester City.[28] Beckford arrived at the King Power Stadium just 40 minutes before the transfer window closed to sign a four-year contract, making him Leicester City's 12th signing of the summer. He scored his first goal for the club in a 2-0 win over Watford on 19 October 2011. On 17 January, Beckford scored his first hat-trick for Leicester, in a 4-0 FA Cup win over rivals Nottingham Forest.[29]

[edit] International career

Beckford was approached by Grenada's coach Tommy Taylor with a view to playing for the Grenada national football team in May 2009.[30] In May 2011, former Jamaican international Romel Wallen stated that Beckford was close to finalising an agreement to play for Jamaica.[31]

[edit] Career statistics

As of 5 February 2012.
England
Season Club Loan Division League FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Play-Offs Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals A yellow card A red card
2005–06 Leeds United Championship 5 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0 5 0 0 0
2006–07 5 0 0 0 1 0 - - - - 6 0 1 0
Leeds United Total 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 1 0
2006–07 Carlisle United Loan League One 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 – – 5 1 1 0
Carlisle United Total 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 1 0
2006–07 Scunthorpe United Loan League One 18 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 18 8 2 0
Scunthope United Total 18 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 8 2 0
2007–08 Leeds United League One 40 20 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 47 20 6 1
2008–09 34 27 1 3 4 4 1 0 2 0 42 34 5 1
2009–10 42 25 6 5 2 0 2 1 - - 52 31 6 0
Leeds United Total 116 72 9 8 8 4 3 1 5 0 141 85 17 2
Leeds United Career Total 126 72 9 8 9 4 3 1 5 0 152 85 18 2
2010–11 Everton Premier League 32 8 4 1 2 1 - - - - 38 10 3 0
2011–12 2 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - 2 0 0 0
Everton Total 34 8 4 1 2 1 - - - - 40 10 3 0
2011–12 Leicester City Championship 22 3 3 5 0 0 - - - - 25 8 1 0
Leicester City Total 22 3 3 5 0 0 - - - - 25 8 1 0
Career Total 204 92 16 14 11 5 4 1 5 0 240 112 25 3

[edit] Honours

[edit] Club

Scunthorpe United

Leeds United

[edit] Personal

[edit] Personal life

Jermaine Beckford's younger brother, Travis Beckford, won the first series of Wayne Rooney's Street Striker on Sky TV.[33] Due to having a Jamaican father and Grenadian family on his mother's side Beckford is eligible to play for Jamaica, Grenada and England.[34]

[edit] References

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  34. ^ "Jermaine Beckford Webchat". evertonfc.com. 5 July 2010. 

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