Jermain Defoe
English footballer
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| 2024 | Defoe left his role as under-18 coach at Tottenham Hotspur in July 2024 to focus on pursuing a managerial career. |
| August 12 2022 | Jermain Defoe returned to Tottenham Hotspur as club ambassador and an academy coach, specifically appointed as the coach of the under-18 team. |
| March 24 2022 | Defoe announced his retirement from professional football. |
| January 31 2022 | Jermain Defoe re-signed for Sunderland on a short-term deal until the end of the 2021–22 season. |
| January 12 2022 | Defoe departed Rangers. |
| 2021 | Jermain Defoe won the Scottish Premiership title with Rangers in the 2020–21 season. |
| November 15 2021 | Following the departure of manager Steven Gerrard, Defoe was named as part of a four-man caretaker team to lead Rangers while searching for a new head coach. |
| June 8 2021 | Defoe signed a new one-year deal with Rangers, which included a role as a coach at the club. |
| May 2021 | Defoe announced his retirement from professional football on May 9, 2021, after a successful career spanning over two decades. |
| 2020 | Jermain Defoe was a runner-up in the Scottish League Cup with Rangers during the 2019–20 season. |
| October 25 2020 | Defoe scored his 300th career club goal against Livingston. |
| January 25 2020 | It was announced that Defoe signed a pre-contract agreement with Rangers to join the club permanently on a one-year deal at the end of his Bournemouth contract. |
| March 2019 | Jermain Defoe scored in a Scottish Premiership match while on loan at Rangers on March 30, 2019. |
| January 23 2019 | Defoe scored a debut goal for Rangers against Kilmarnock, marking his debut goal for five of his last seven clubs. |
| January 6 2019 | Jermain Defoe joined Scottish Premiership club Rangers on an 18-month loan from Bournemouth. |
| 2018 | Defoe was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2018 Birthday Honours for services to the Jermain Defoe Foundation, a charitable foundation he founded in 2013. |
| 2018 | Defoe joined Scottish side Rangers on loan. |
| December 2018 | Defoe received his winners' medal for the League Cup final victory over Chelsea, ten years after the match. |
| 2017 | Brief spell at AFC Bournemouth. |
| 2017 | Jermain Defoe made 2 appearances and scored 1 goal for the England national team. |
| 2017 | Defoe left Sunderland following the club's relegation from the Premier League. |
| September 16 2017 | Defoe scored the winning goal in a 2–1 home victory against Brighton, marking his first goal since returning to Bournemouth. |
| July 7 2017 | Bradley Lowery, a six-year-old fan who befriended Defoe while he was at Sunderland, died at the age of 6. |
| July 1 2017 | Defoe officially left Sunderland. |
| June 23 2017 | It was confirmed that Defoe signed a contract with Bournemouth on a free transfer. |
| May 2017 | Defoe attended the Pride of North East Awards where Bradley Lowery, a terminally-ill fan with neuroblastoma, was named 'Child of Courage'. Defoe described their relationship as the 'highlight of his season'. |
| April 2017 | Defoe hinted at possibly leaving Sunderland if the club were to be relegated at the end of the 2016–17 Premier League season. |
| April 2017 | Sunderland's relegation from the Premier League was confirmed. |
| March 26 2017 | Jermain Defoe was recalled to the England squad after over three years away from international football for a friendly match against Germany and a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Lithuania. In the match against Lithuania, Defoe led the team onto the pitch alongside terminally ill child Bradley Lowery, a Sunderland supporter suffering from neuroblastoma. England won the match 2–0, with Defoe scoring the first goal. |
| February 4 2017 | In a match against Crystal Palace, Defoe scored twice in first half stoppage time, contributing to a 4–0 away victory and bringing his total to 14 league goals for the season. |
| January 2 2017 | Defoe scored twice from the penalty spot as Sunderland came from behind to secure a draw at home against Liverpool. |
| 2016 | Jermain Defoe received the North-East FWA Player of the Year award. |
| 2016 | Jermain Defoe was named Sunderland Supporters' Player of the Year. |
| 2016 | Jermain Defoe was awarded Sunderland Player of the Year. |
| 2016 | Defoe's performance in the 2015–16 season, where he scored 15 goals to help Sunderland avoid relegation, led to calls for his inclusion in the England squad for UEFA Euro 2016. |
| November 19 2016 | Defoe scored his 150th Premier League goal, becoming the joint tenth-highest goal scorer in Premier League history. |
| November 19 2016 | Defoe scored his 150th Premier League goal in a 3–0 home win against Hull City, which positioned him as the joint seventh highest goal scorer in Premier League history. |
| November 5 2016 | Defoe scored the winning goal from the penalty spot as 10-man Sunderland came from behind to win against Bournemouth, achieving their first league victory of the season. |
| August 13 2016 | Jermain Defoe scored on the opening day of the 2016–17 Premier League in a match against Manchester City, contributing to a 2–1 loss but marking his scoring in 16 Premier League seasons. |
| June 9 2016 | Defoe signed a new contract with Sunderland, committing his future to the club until 2019. |
| May 11 2016 | Defoe was part of the Sunderland squad when they secured their Premier League status with a 3–0 home win over Everton. |
| May 7 2016 | Defoe scored the winning goal against Chelsea, which helped Sunderland move out of the bottom three. |
| April 16 2016 | Defoe scored Sunderland's second goal in a crucial 3–0 away victory over Norwich City, moving Sunderland closer to safety. |
| March 16 2016 | Defoe opened the scoring away to Newcastle in the Tyne–Wear derby, which ended in a 1–1 draw. |
| February 6 2016 | Defoe scored an 89th-minute equaliser against Liverpool as Sunderland came from 2–0 down to draw the match. |
| January 2 2016 | Defoe scored twice in Sunderland's opening match of 2016, a 3–1 defeat of Aston Villa. |
| August 25 2015 | Jermain Defoe scored a hat-trick in a 6–3 home win over Exeter City in the second round of the League Cup. |
| May 9 2015 | Defoe scored his fourth goal of the season in a 2–0 win against Everton at Goodison Park, helping Sunderland move out of the relegation zone. |
| April 5 2015 | Defoe scored the only goal in a Tyne–Wear derby victory over Newcastle, with a 22-yard volley, ending an eight-match winless streak for Sunderland. |
| February 7 2015 | Defoe scored the opening goal in a 1–1 draw away to Swansea City, marking his second goal for Sunderland. |
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