.jpg) Redknapp in 2006 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jamie Frank Redknapp[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1973-06-25)25 June 1973 (age 52)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Barton on Sea,Hampshire, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2] | ||
| 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 professionalfootballer who was active from 1989 until 2005. He is apundit atSky Sports and an editorial sports columnist at theDaily Mail.[3] Atechnically skillful andcreativemidfielder,[4][5] who was also an accurate and powerfulfree-kick taker,[6][7] Redknapp played forAFC Bournemouth,Southampton,Liverpool andTottenham Hotspur, captaining the latter two. He also gained 17England caps between 1995 and 1999, and was a member of England's squad that reached the semi-finals ofEuro 1996.[8] His 11 years at Liverpool were the most prolific, playing more than 237 league games for the club and being involved in winning the1995 Football League Cup final.
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.[9] He married the pop singerLouise in 1998. Redknapp comes from a well-known footballing family. His father is the football managerHarry Redknapp. He is also a cousin ofFrank Lampard, and a nephew of formerWest Ham United coachFrank Lampard Sr.[10]
Redknapp was born inBarton on Sea, Hampshire and started his career by joiningTottenham Hotspur as a youth player but turned down their offer of a professional contract, deciding to play forAFC Bournemouth under his father, managerHarry Redknapp. He went on to play forLiverpool where Redknapp would be remembered for his best performances. After that Redknapp returned and played2+1⁄2 seasons forTottenham Hotspur then finally joinedSouthampton, where he played under his father for a second time. Redknapp was also capped 17 times byEngland, scoring one goal.
Redknapp started out on the road to professional football as a schoolboy atTottenham Hotspur but began his professional career, at the age of 16, in 1989 at Bournemouth, then managed by his father, Harry. He made 13 appearances for the club before attracting the attention ofLiverpool, who signed him on 15 January 1991.Kenny Dalglish had paid £350,000 for Redknapp, who was still only 17 at the time. He was one of the most expensively signed teenagers inEnglish football around this time.
Redknapp was one of the last players to be signed by managerKenny Dalglish before his surprising resignation on 22 February 1991 and later became the youngest Liverpool player[11] to appear in European competition, at 18 years 120 days when making his Liverpool debut againstAuxerre in theUEFA Cup on 23 October 1991, by which time Liverpool were being managed byGraeme Souness. This record was broken byPhil Charnock thirteen months later.[12]
Redknapp's first goal for Liverpool came in his league debut on 7 December 1991 when he featured as a 63rd-minute substitute forJan Mølby in a 1–1 draw withSouthampton atthe Dell.
Following Dalglish's departure, Redknapp was part of a transitional Liverpool team underGraeme Souness. He spent most of his first2+1⁄2 years as a substitute or in the reserves, missing the1992 FA Cup final triumph and only becoming a regular first-team player in the1993–94 season, at the expense ofMark Walters. At this time, Redknapp had also become one of the mass-marketed poster boy icons of the newly developingPremier League where, alongside other photogenic young players likeManchester United playersRyan Giggs andLee Sharpe, he was used in commercials, advertising spots and for the league's promotional purposes in merchandising and sales, with the result being that football stars had becomeidols on par withrock stars andpop stars,[13] by and around the mid to late 1990s.
Redknapp's contributions peaked during the1998–99 season as he created numerous chances and scored 10 goals under new bossGérard Houllier. Redknapp became vice- and then full club captain by1999–2000 following the departures ofJohn Barnes,Steve McManaman andPaul Ince.
His contributions helped the club back into the top three of the Premier League but a knee injury curtailed his involvement in the2000–01 season and in a bid to cure long-standing injury troubles he underwent knee surgery under renowned knee specialist DrRichard Steadman in the United States. As a result, Redknapp was unable to participate in the whole of the club's cup treble campaign which yielded theFA Cup,League Cup andUEFA Cup. Although injured, as the club captain he was called up by his teammates to receive the FA Cup with vice-captainRobbie Fowler at theMillennium Stadium inCardiff. He made his comeback from injury during the pre-season tour before the2001–02 season.
Redknapp's return did not last long as he was again struck by injury. On 27 October 2001 he played and scored in a 2–0 win overCharlton Athletic atThe Valley,[14] and then 3 days later he played what would prove to be his last game for theMerseyside club againstBorussia Dortmund in theChampions League.[15][16] He 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.[17][18]
Redknapp was allowed to joinGlenn Hoddle'sTottenham Hotspur on a free transfer on 18 April 2002 with just a couple of fixtures remaining of the2001–02 season. He made his debut at the beginning of the following campaign when he played on 17 August 2002 in the 2–2 league draw with his former club Liverpool's rivalEverton atGoodison Park. Redknapp's pass into the path ofMatthew Etherington allowed Etherington to score his first Premier League goal.[19]
Redknapp scored his first goal for the club a week later on 26 August 2002 in the 1–0 league win overAston Villa atWhite Hart Lane. Redknapp played 49 times for Spurs scoring 4 goals in his2+1⁄2 years with the club before becoming his father Harry's first signing forSouthampton on 4 January 2005.
Redknapp joined Southampton's fight against relegation on a free transfer and made his debut on 5 January 2005 in a 3–3 league draw withFulham atSt Mary's. Redknapp's only goal for the club came three days later in the 3–1FA Cup 3rd round victory overNorthampton Town atSixfields Stadium.[20]
Redknapp was rarely fully fit during his brief spell at the Saints and was not able to prevent them from being relegated to theChampionship after 27 successive seasons of top flight football.
At the end of the season, on 19 June 2005, Redknapp decided to retire from the game at the age of 31, due to his constant injury problems and on the advice of his medical specialists.
England managerTerry Venables gave Redknapp his international debut on 6 September 1995 in the 0–0 international friendly withColombia at Wembley.[21] The game is probably best remembered for his mishit cross that producedRené Higuita's famous 'scorpion kick'.[22] It ranked 94th inChannel 4's100 Greatest Sporting Moments in 2002.[23]
Redknapp was capped 17 times for England but played just 39 minutes at a major tournament, which was during theEuro 96 campaign when he appeared as a substitute againstScotland in the group stage. Rob Smyth later wrote inThe Guardian that Redknapp's "slick passing greased some slow-moving wheels".[24] Injury ruled him out of contention for both the1998 FIFA World Cup andUEFA Euro 2000.[25][26]
His only international goal came on 10 October 1999 in the 2–1 friendly victory againstBelgium at theStadium of Light,Sunderland.[21]
On 21 September 2007,Chelsea reportedly approached Redknapp to becomeAvram Grant's assistant, as Chelsea's owner billionaireRoman Abramovich looked to shake upStamford Bridge's coaching staff, though no appointment was forthcoming.[citation needed]
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. The vacancy arose after former Chelsea reserves coachBrendan Rodgers was hired by Championship outfitWatford.[27]
Redknapp began his career in 2004 as a studio-based pundit onBBC during theEuropean Championships. Since retiring he had gone into punditry full-time and is a regular studio pundit onSky Sports alongside former England teammateGary Neville. He is also a regular columnist on the Sky Sports website.[28]
In 2005, Redknapp launched a bi-monthly magazine with his wife Louise and former teammateTim Sherwood namedIcon Magazine, aimed at professional footballers and their families.[29]
In 2010, he was made host and mentor on theSky1 showFootball's Next Star, and a team captain in theSky1 sports game showA League of Their Own.[citation needed]
Redknapp has received significant attention for his repeated overuse and misuse of the word "literally", in quotes such as "he literally chopped him in half in that challenge", "Alonso andSissoko have been picked to literally sit in front of the back four", "Drogba literally destroyedSenderos today", "in his youth,Michael Owen was literally a greyhound", "he had to cut back inside onto his left, because he literally hasn't got a right foot", "Martin Jol's head is literally on the chopping block" and "these balls now – they literally explode off your feet".[30][31] In 2010, he was presented with theFoot in Mouth Award from thePlain English Campaign for his poor use of English.[citation needed]
On 22 April 2021, chat showRedknapp's Big Night Out premiered onSky One, presented by Jamie andHarry Redknapp with comedianTom Davis.[32]
Redknapp's father is football managerHarry Redknapp, and his mother is Sandra Harris. He has one older brother, Mark, who is a model.[33] Redknapp is the maternal cousin ofFrank Lampard, whose father is formerWest Ham United player and Harry's former managerial assistantFrank Lampard Sr.
Redknapp grew up on the south coast as his father was coaching Bournemouth at that time. He attendedTwynham School inChristchurch and started playing in theSunday league youth teams with his brother.[34][35]
On 29 June 1998, Redknapp married pop singerLouise Nurding. They have two sons, Charlie & Beau.[36][37] After 19 years of marriage, Jamie and Louise Redknapp were granted a divorce on 29 December 2017.[38]
On 18 October 2021, Redknapp married model Frida Andersson, atChelsea Register Office in London.[39] The couple have one son, Raphael.[40]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| AFC Bournemouth | 1989–90 | Second Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1990–91 | Third Division | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Total | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||
| Liverpool | 1991–92 | First Division | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | |
| 1992–93 | Premier League | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4[c] | 0 | — | 40 | 3 | ||
| 1993–94 | Premier League | 35 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 41 | 4 | |||
| 1994–95 | Premier League | 41 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 2 | — | — | 55 | 6 | |||
| 1995–96 | Premier League | 23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4[b] | 1 | — | 33 | 4 | ||
| 1996–97 | Premier League | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7[c] | 0 | — | 32 | 3 | ||
| 1997–98 | Premier League | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 26 | 5 | ||
| 1998–99 | Premier League | 34 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[b] | 2 | — | 40 | 10 | ||
| 1999–2000 | Premier League | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 3 | |||
| 2000–01 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02 | Premier League | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[d] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | |
| Total | 237 | 30 | 18 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 308 | 41 | ||
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2002–03 | Premier League | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 3 | ||
| 2003–04 | Premier League | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 1 | |||
| 2004–05 | Premier League | 14 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 48 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 49 | 4 | ||||
| Southampton | 2004–05 | Premier League | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 17 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 314 | 34 | 22 | 3 | 31 | 5 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 395 | 46 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 7 | 1 | |
| Total | 17 | 1 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 October 1999 | Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England | 15 |  Belgium | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
Liverpool[41]
England U21[45]
Everton 2 Tottenham Hotspur 2
