Jenna Dear

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Jenna Dear
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Dear with Watford in 2015
Personal information
Full name Jenna May Dear [1]
Date of birth (1996-05-29) 29 May 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Hayes, England
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sunderland
Number 23
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–15 Chelsea 2 (0)
2015 → Watford (loan) 7 (1)
2016–17 Everton 8 (0)
2017–2018 Sheffield FC 15 (2)
2018–2019 Vålerenga 15 (1)
2019–2021 FC Fleury 91 18 (0)
2021–2023 Dijon 18 (2)
2023– Sunderland 0 (0)
International career‡
2014–2016 England U19 13 (2)
2016 England U20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 May 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 October 2017

Jenna May Dear (born 29 May 1996) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sunderland in the English Women's Championship.

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Career

Born in Hayes, Hillingdon, Dear spent her early years at the Reading FC Girls' Centre of Excellence and played for Yiewsley Predators and Hayes & Yeading Youth. [2] [3]

She joined Chelsea LFC at the age of 14, and went on loan to Watford Ladies in March 2015 for the first half of that season. [2] She joined Everton LFC in January 2016, [4] before moving to Sheffield in April 2017. [2]

She has since mid-August 2018 played for Vålerenga Fotball Damer in Norway. [5] Before this, she played for Sheffield F.C. Ladies. [6]

In July 2023, Dear returned to England, signing with Championship club Sunderland. [7]

International career

Dear has represented England at under-15 level, captaining the side at the age on 14. [3] She made the move up to under-19 level, where she made her debut against Sweden on 15 July 2014, and has since represented the under-20 team. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/12/2014 and 31/12/2014" (PDF). The Football Association. p. 1. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Johnson Adds Jenna Dear To Spring Series Squad". Sheffield FC Ladies. 1 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 October 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Hayes footballer skippers England to glory". Get West London. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Spence's Happy New Dear". Everton LFC. 6 January 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  5. ↑ She is coming home, from vif-damefotball.no, last accessed on August 22, 2018.
  6. ↑ O'Neill, Jen (1 April 2017). "Jenna Dear Joins Sheffield FC". She Kicks. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  7. ↑ "Jenna Dear joins the Lasses". Sunderland . 24 July 2023.
  8. ↑ "Jenna Dear". TheFA.com. Retrieved 9 October 2017.


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