Jamie Redknapp

Jamie Redknapp
Redknapp in 2006
Personal information
Full name Jamie Frank Redknapp
Date of birth (1973-06-25) 25 June 1973
Place of birth Barton on Sea, Hampshire, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position Midfielder
Youth career
Tottenham Hotspur
–1990 AFC Bournemouth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1991 AFC Bournemouth 13 (0)
1991–2002 Liverpool 237 (30)
2002–2005 Tottenham Hotspur 48 (4)
2005 Southampton 16 (0)
Total 314 (34)
International career
1993–1994 England U21 18 (5)
1994 England B 1 (0)
1995–1999 England 17 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jamie Frank Redknapp (born 25 June 1973) is an English former professional footballer who was active from 1989 until 2005. He is a pundit at Sky Sports and an editorial sports columnist at the Daily Mail. A technically skillful and creative midfielder with an excellent range of passing, he was also an accurate and powerful free-kick taker. He is best known for his time at Liverpool where he spent 11 years and was the captain in his last three seasons.

Redknapp began his career at AFC Bournemouth before he moved to Liverpool aged 17 in 1991 having been signed by Kenny Dalglish. A key member of the Liverpool midfield throughout the 1990s, he played 237 league games for the club and won the 1995 Football League Cup final. Although out injured in 2001, as captain of the club he lifted the FA Cup having been asked to by his teammates. He moved to Tottenham Hotspur in 2002 before joining his last club Southampton in 2005. He also gained 17 England caps between 1995 and 1999, and was a member of England's squad that reached the semi-finals of Euro 1996 during which he excelled in the game against Scotland before his tournament ended with injury.

In a career that was blighted by a succession of injuries, Redknapp was as famous for his media profile off the field as much as on it. He married the pop singer Louise in 1998. Redknapp comes from a well-known footballing family. His father is the former football manager Harry Redknapp. He is also a cousin of Frank Lampard, and a nephew of former West Ham United coach Frank Lampard Sr.