Jamie O'Hara (footballer)

Football player infobox
playername = Jamie O'Hara


fullname = Jamie Darryl O'Hara
height = height|m=1.80
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1986|9|25|mf=y
cityofbirth = Dartford
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Tottenham Hotspur
clubnumber = 24
position = Midfielder
youthyears = 1995–2003
2003–2005
youthclubs = Arsenal
Tottenham Hotspur
years = 2005–
2006
2007
clubs = Tottenham Hotspur
→ Chesterfield (loan)
→ Millwall (loan)
caps(goals) = 20 (2)
19 (5)
14 (2)
nationalyears = 2008-
nationalteam = England U21
nationalcaps(goals) = 03 (0)
pcupdate = 21 September 2008
ntupdate = 10 October 2008

Jamie Darryl O'Hara (born September 25 1986 in Dartford, England) is an English footballer who plays in the central midfield position for Tottenham Hotspur. He has also played at left back and left midfield.

Club career

As a schoolboy, he trained with the Arsenal academy before moving to Tottenham Hotspur's academy in 2003. [ cite web |url=http://www.thefa.com/England/U17s/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2003/01/37312.htm |title=O'Hara's bold move |publisher=thefa.com |date=20 January 2003 ]

On 13 January 2006 it was announced he had joined Chesterfield F.C. on a three month loan agreement. His league debut came on January 14 2006 at Doncaster Rovers in a 1-1 draw. He scored five goals during his loan spell. [ cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/4662766.stm |title=Fulop and O'Hara lengthen loans |publisher=BBC Sport |date=30 January 2006 ]

In 2004-05 he featured in every game in the FA Youth Cup, scoring once against Everton F.C. from a free kick in addition to playing in 14 U18 matches and 18 reserve matches.

On 24 August 2007, he joined Millwall F.C. on a month-long loan deal which was subsequently extended. [ cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/millwall/6962334.stm |title=Lions sign Spurs youngster O'Hara |publisher=BBC Sport |date=24 August 2007 ] [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/millwall/6998803.stm |title=Millwall extend O'Hara loan spell |publisher=BBC Sport |date=17 September 2007 ] O'Hara subsequently returned to Spurs and made his debut as a substitute against Portsmouth on December 15 2007 and his full debut against former club Arsenal on December 22 2007.

Jamie scored his first Tottenham goal on 21 February 2008 in the UEFA Cup competition against Slavia Prague at White Hart Lane, [ cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/7254627.stm |title=Tottenham 1-1 Slavia Prague |publisher=BBC Sport |date=21 February 2008 ] and his first league goal on 22 March 2008 against Portsmouth. [ cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7298225.stm |title=Tottenham 2-0 Portsmouth |author=Ian Hughes |publisher=BBC Sport |date=22 March 2008 ] He signed a new 3-year deal to keep him at Tottenham until 2011 at the end of the 2007-08 season. [ cite web |url=http://www.premierleague.com/page/Headlines/0,,12306~1310966,00.html |title=O'Hara signs new Spurs deal |publisher=Premier League |date=12 May 2008 ]

Jamie scored his first goal for Tottenham in the 2008/09 season against Newcastle United in the 4th round of the Carling Cup, which Tottenham won 2-1 after team mate Roman Pavlyuchenko scored his first goal for the club.

International career

Jamie was called up to the England U21 squad for their game against Ireland on the 5 February 2008, but did not take the field. [ cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/7220502.stm |title=Pearce names Lennon in U21 squad. |date=31 January 2008 |publisher=BBC Sport ] He did gain his first U21 cap on 25 March 2008 in a 0-0 friendly against Poland. [ cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/7313777.stm |title=England U21 0-0 Poland U21 |date=26 March 2008 |publisher=BBC Sport ] He gained another cap on the 15 May 2008, coming on as a second-half substitute in the fifty-seventh minute, in a 2-0 victory over Wales, a match in which Theo Walcott and Spurs team-mate Tom Huddlestone scored.

References

External links

*soccerbase|id=43198|name=Jamie O'Hara
* [http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/players/first_team/jamieohara.html Player Profile]