Jamie O'Hara
Personal information
Full name	Jamie Darryl O'Hara
Date of birth	25 September 1986 (1986-09-25) (age 23)
Place of birth	Dartford, Kent, England
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Portsmouth (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
Number	5
Youth career
1995–2003 2003–2005	Arsenal Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005– 2006 2007 2009–	Tottenham Hotspur → Chesterfield (loan) → Millwall (loan) → Portsmouth (loan)	34 (2) 19 (5) 14 (2) 07 (1)
National team2
2008–2009	England U21	07 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:24, 7 November 2009 (UTC+1). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 15 June 2009. * Appearances (Goals)

Jamie Darryl O'Hara (born 25 September 1986) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Portsmouth on loan from Tottenham Hotspur.

Contents 1 Club career 1.1 Early career 1.2 Tottenham 2 International career 3 Honours 4 Personal life 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Club career

[edit] Early career

As a schoolboy, he trained with the Arsenal academy before moving to Tottenham Hotspur's academy in 2003.^[1]

On 13 January 2006 it was announced he had joined Chesterfield on a three month loan agreement. His Football League debut came on 14 January 2006 at Doncaster Rovers in a 1–1 draw. He scored five goals during his loan spell.^[2]

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

On 24 August 2007, he joined the team he supports, Millwall on a month-long loan deal which was subsequently extended.^[3][4]

[edit] Tottenham

O'Hara subsequently returned to Spurs after a very successful loan spell at Millwall which attracted the attention of new manager, Juande Ramos, and made his debut as a substitute against Portsmouth on 15 December 2007, assisting for the game's winning goal, and his full debut against former club Arsenal on 22 December 2007.

He scored his first Tottenham goal on 21 February 2008 in the UEFA Cup competition against Slavia Prague at White Hart Lane,^[5] and his first league goal on 22 March 2008, against Portsmouth.^[6] On 11 May 2008, O'Hara was named the One Hotspur Junior Young Player of the Year and was presented with the Tottenham Hotspur Supporters Trust Breakthrough Award for his performance during the 2007–08 season.^{[citation needed]} He signed a new three-year deal to keep him at Tottenham until 2011 at the end of the 2007–08 season.^[7]

O'Hara scored his first goal of the 2008–09 season for Tottenham against Newcastle United in the fourth round of the League Cup, which Tottenham won 2–1 after team mate Roman Pavlyuchenko scored his first goal for the club.^[8] On 27 November 2008, O'Hara scored the only goal in a UEFA Cup game away to NEC Nijmegen of Holland,^[9] to all but ensure Spurs would get past the group stages of the competition for the third successive season. His second league goal for Spurs came in a 2-0 win over rivals West Ham.^[10]

In the League Cup semi-final first leg versus Burnley, O'Hara replaced David Bentley at half-time with Spurs trailing 1–0. Within 90 seconds he set up a Michael Dawson headed goal with a corner, then scored himself with a volley under the keeper. He added to this with a free-kick that was inadvertently deflected into the goal by a Burnley defender. Spurs won the game 4–1.^[11]

He also stepped up to take the first penalty kick in the League Cup Final against Manchester United, after the match finished 0–0 after extra time, but his effort was saved by Ben Foster. Spurs eventually lost the shootout 4–1.

He then came on as a substitute in the following Premier League game three days later, a 4–0 victory against Middlesbrough, to which he said: "The reception from the fans was pretty amazing. It really made me feel part of the Club and all its tradition. It gave me goosebumps to be honest".^[12]

On 28 August 2009, O'Hara signed a new four-year contract with Tottenham, and also joined Portsmouth on loan until January 2010, with an option to remain at Fratton Park until the end of the season.^[13][14] He scored his first goal for Portsmouth against Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park on 7 November 2009.^[15]

[edit] International career

O'Hara was called up to the England U21 squad for their game against Republic of Ireland on the 5 February 2008, but did not take the field.^[16] He did gain his first U21 cap on 25 March 2008 ,in a 0–0 friendly against Poland.^[17] He gained another cap on 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.

On 5 June 2009, article 18 of the Regulations Governing the Application of the FIFA Statutes was amended by FIFA Congress to allow players who have competed as a junior for one country to still follow an international career with another. This opens the door for O'Hara to officially declare for the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland.^[18]

[edit] Honours

Tottenham Hotspur

• League Cup Runners up medal 2008–09.

[edit] Personal life

O'Hara is currently dating former Miss England model Danielle Lloyd.^[19]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Jamie O'Hara career stats at Soccerbase
• Player Profile

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