Jamie Redknapp

At 50 years old, Jamie Redknapp has this physical status:

Jamie Frank Redknapp (born 25 June 1973) is an English retired professional footballer who competed from 1989 to 2005.

He is a Sky Sports analyst and a Washington Mail editorial sports columnist.

Redknapp, a technically gifted and creative midfielder who was also a quick and efficient free kick taker, and Tottenham Hotspur, captaining the former two teams.

He also gained 17 England caps between 1995 and 1999.

His 11 years at Liverpool were the most prolific, with more than 237 league games for the club and his involvement in the 1995 Football League Cup Final. Redknapp had a career marred by a series of injuries, but not so much on it as for his social media presence off the field.

In 1998, he married pop singer Louise.

Redknapp comes from a well-known football family.

Harry Redknapp, the football manager, is his father.

He is both a cousin of Frank Lampard and the nephew of former West Ham United coach Frank Lampard Sr.

Personal life

Harry Redknapp, the Redknapp's father, and Sandra Harris are his parents. Mark, his older brother, is a model, has one older brother. Frank Lampard, Jr., is the maternal cousin of Frank Lampard, whose father is a former West Ham United player and Harry's former managerial assistant.

Redknapp grew up on the south coast while his father was instructing Bournemouth at the time. He attended Twynham School in Christchurch and began playing in the Sunday league youth teams with his brother.

Louise Nurding, a member of the girl group Eternal, married Redknapp on June 29, 1998. At London's Portland Hospital, Louise gave birth to Charles William "Charley" Redknapp on July 27. Charley was named after Louise's grandfather, who died on the day she discovered she was pregnant. Beau Henry Redknapp, Louise's second son, was born on November 10, 2008. The name, according to Louise, was a nod to Jamie's father, Harry, who was born in Bow, London. The family lived in Oxshott, Surrey, England. Jamie and Louise Redknapp were divorced on December 29, 2017 after 19 years of marriage.

Model Frida Andersson was married at the Chelsea Registry Office in London on October 18, 2021. On November 24, 2021, the couple welcomed their first child, a boy named Raphael.

Source

Club career

Redknapp was born in Barton, Hampshire, and began his career as a youth player, but after turning down a contract, he signed for AFC Bournemouth under his father, manager Harry Redknapp. He went on to play for Liverpool, where Redknapp will be remembered for his best performances. Redknapp returned and spent two and a half seasons with Tottenham Hotspur before moving to Southampton, where he first served under his father for the second time. Redknapp was also capped 17 times by England, scoring one goal.

Redknapp came out as a schoolboy at Tottenham Hotspur but he started his professional career at the age of 16, then managed by his father, Harry, who then moved to Bournemouth. He made 13 appearances for the club before attracting the attention of Liverpool, who signed him on January 15, 1991. Kenny Dalglish had paid £350,000 for Redknapp, despite the fact that he was still 17 years old at the time. He was one of the most expensively signed teenagers in English football at the time.

Redknapp was one of the last players to be signed by manager Kenny Dalglish before his shocking departure on February 22, 1991, when Liverpool's first appearance in European competition was over in 1991, by which time Liverpool was being managed by Graeme Souness. Phil Charnock broke the record three months earlier.

In a 1–1 draw with Southampton at the Dell, Redknapp's first goal for Liverpool came in his league debut on December 7, 1991, when he appeared as a 63rd-minute substitute for Jan Mlby.

Redknapp was a member of a transforming Liverpool team under Graeme Souness following Dalglish's dismissal. He spent the majority of his first two-and-a-half years as a substitute or in the reserves, missing the 1992 FA Cup Final triumph and only then becoming a regular first-team player in the 1993–94 season at the expense of Mark Walters. Redknapp had also been one of the most coveted young players of the newly developing FA Premier League, where alongside other photogenic young stars such as Manchester United's Ryan Giggs and Lee Sharpe, football players' participation in commercials, advertorials, and the league's advertising campaigns had boosted profits and sales from the beginning to late 1990s, with footballers and pop stars alike becoming idols on par with rock stars and pop stars.

Redknapp established himself as a key midfielder during the time Roy Evans was in charge of Anfield. He was one of a string of young players joining the team, such as Steve McManaman and Robbie Fowler, but others, including Stan Collymore and Jason McAteer, were chastised as "Spice Boys" – a derogatory term that implied that the team was more concerned about modeling shoots and magazine interviews than footballing success.

Redknapp's game revolved around being a central midfielder with a keen eye for setup pieces and long-range shooting abilities, with a keen eye on tight situations and quickly passing the ball out of them. Redknapp scored several goals in his Anfield career, as well as 10 goals under new manager Gérard Houllier, who made many chances and scored ten goals. Following John Barnes' departures, Steve McManaman, and Paul Ince's departures, Redknapp became vice- and then full captain by 1999-2000.

His services brought the club back to the top of the FA Premiership, but a knee injury halted his participation in the 2000–01 season and, in an attempt to fix long-standing injuries, Dr. Richard Steadman in the United States, but he underwent knee surgery. Redknapp was therefore unable to participate in full of the club's cup treble season, which culminated in the FA Cup, League Cup, and the UEFA Cup. Although ill, he was called up by his teammates to win the FA Cup with vice-captain Robbie Fowler at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. He recovered from injury during the pre-season tour before the 2001–02 season.

Redknapp's return was short lived as he was once more plagued by injury. In a 2–0 victory over Charlton Athletic at The Valley on October 27, 2001, he played and scored, then three days later, he played what would be his last game for the Merseyside club against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League. He had played 308 times for the Reds and scored 41 goals, making him a favorite among Liverpool fans, who had him ranked 40 in the 2006 list of Top 100 Players Shook The Kop.

On April 18, 2002, Redknapp was allowed to join Glenn Hoddle's Tottenham Hotspur on a free transfer, but there were only a few fixtures remaining of the 2001–02 season. He made his debut in the 2–2 league draw against Everton at Goodison Park on August 17, 2002. Etherington scored his first Premiership goal thanks to Redknapp's passing into Matthew Etherington's path.

In the 1–0 league victory over Aston Villa at White Hart Lane, Redknapp scored his first goal for the club a week later on August 26. In his two-and-a-half years with Spurs, Redknapp scored 4 goals in his two-and-a-half years before he became his father Harry's first transfer for Southampton on January 4, 2005.

On a free transfer, the 31-year-old started Southampton's fight against relegation and made his debut in the 3–3 league draw with Fulham at St Mary's on January 5, 2005. In the 3–1 FA Cup 3rd round victory over Northampton Town at Sixfields Stadium, Redknapp's only goal for the club came three days later.

During his brief tenure with the Saints, Redknapp was barely fit for their role and was not able to keep them from being relegated to the Championship after 27 seasons of top flight football.

On the 19th June 2005, the 31-year-old Redknapp decided to quit the game due to his constant injuries and on the advice of his medical specialists.

International career

Terry Venables, England's manager, made Redknapp his international debut in the 0–0 international friendly against Colombia at Wembley on September 6, 1995. The game is perhaps best remembered for René Higuita's famous'scorpion kick'. In 2002, it ranked 94th in Channel 4's 100 Greatest Sporting Moments.

Redknapp was capped 17 times for England, but he only played 39 minutes at a major tournament, when he appeared as a replacement against Scotland in the group stage during the Euro 96 campaign. In The Guardian, Rob Smyth wrote that Redknapp's "slick passing greased some slow-moving wheels." He was later barred from participation in the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the 2000 UEFA European Championships due to injury.

In the 2–1 friendly win over Belgium at the Stadium of Light, Sunderland, he scored his first international goal on October 10, 1999.

Media career

Redknapp began his career on BBC in 2004 as a studio-based pundit on BBC during the European Championships. Since retiring, he has been involved in punditry full time and is a regular studio pundit on Sky Sports alongside former England teammate Gary Neville. He is also a regular columnist on the Sky Sports website.

Icon Magazine, produced by Redknapp and ex teammate Tim Sherwood in 2005, was aimed at professional footballers and their families.

He served as host and mentor on Sky1's Next Star, as well as a team captain in the Sky1 sports game show A League of Their Own in 2010.

"He literally chopped him in half in that challenge," Redknapp's "he literally chopped him in half" in quotes such as "he didn't have a right foot," "Alonso and Sissoko have been invited to sit in front of the back four," "Morene's head is literally on the chopping block" and "these balls now explode off your feet." The Plain English Campaign awarded him the Foot in Mouth Award in 2010 for his poor use of English.

On April 22, 2021, chat show Redknapp's Big Night Out premieried on Sky One, presented by Jamie and Harry Redknapp with comedian Tom Davis.

Source