Jermaine Pennant

Date of birth15 January 1983
Place of birthNottingham
NationalityEnglish
Weight65 kg
Height1.68 m
PositionMidfielder

Jermaine Pennant became Arsenal's youngest ever player (16 years, 319 days) when he came on as a substitute in their Worthington Cup tie at Middlesbrough in November 1999.

He is also Notts County's youngest ever player (15 years, 342 days) in all competitions.

Having joined Arsenal as a trainee in January 1999 for a fee of £1.5million, he signed pro forms at Highbury on 16 March 2000.

After a loan spell, Jermaine joined Birmingham City in April 2005 with a contract to June 2008.

He made history as the first professional footballer to play with an electronic tag around his ankle.

Jermaine joined Liverpool in July 2006 with a three-year contract.

After a loan spell, he joined Stoke City in January 2011 with a contract to June 2013 that was then extended to January 2014.

Jermaine joined Wigan Athletic in February 2015 with a contract to June 2015.

He joined Bury in January 2017 with a contract to June 2017.

Club history

Team Joined Left Loan / Trialist
Notts County 01 Jul 1998 14 Jan 1999
Arsenal 14 Jan 1999 25 Apr 2005
Watford 10 Jan 2002 23 Feb 2002 L
Watford 15 Nov 2002 15 Feb 2003 L
Leeds United 20 Aug 2003 16 May 2004 L
Birmingham City 31 Jan 2005 24 Apr 2005 L
Birmingham City 25 Apr 2005 26 Jul 2006
Liverpool 26 Jul 2006 30 Jun 2009
Portsmouth 20 Jan 2009 31 May 2009 L
Real Zaragoza 09 Jul 2009 01 Jan 2011
Stoke City 31 Aug 2010 30 Dec 2010 L
Stoke City 01 Jan 2011 25 Jan 2014
Wolverhampton Wanderers 12 Oct 2012 11 Jan 2013 L
FC Pune City 06 Nov 2014 31 Jan 2015
Wigan Athletic 21 Feb 2015 30 Jun 2015
Tampines Rovers 18 Jan 2016 31 Dec 2016
Bury 19 Jan 2017 30 Jun 2017
Billericay Town 07 Aug 2017 28 Dec 2017

Club stats

Season Team Competition Apps Subs Goals Y R
1999-00 Arsenal League Cup
1
2000-01 Arsenal League Cup 1
2001-02 Arsenal League Cup 3
2001-02 Arsenal UEFA Champions League
2
2001-02 Watford League Division 1 9
2
1
2002-03 Arsenal League Cup 1
2002-03 Arsenal Premier League 1
4
3
2002-03 Arsenal UEFA Champions League
1
2002-03 Watford FA Cup 2
1
2002-03 Watford League Division 1 12
2003-04 Leeds United Premier League 34
2
2
5
2004-05 Arsenal FA Community Shield 1
2004-05 Arsenal FA Cup 1
2004-05 Arsenal League Cup 3
2004-05 Arsenal Premier League 1
6
2004-05 Birmingham City Premier League 12
3
2005-06 Birmingham City FA Cup 6
2005-06 Birmingham City League Cup 4
1
2005-06 Birmingham City Premier League 35
3
2
4
2006-07 Liverpool FA Community Shield 1
2006-07 Liverpool FA Cup 1
2006-07 Liverpool League Cup 2
2006-07 Liverpool Premier League 20
14
1
4
2006-07 Liverpool UEFA Champions League 9
5
2
2007-08 Liverpool FA Cup 2
2007-08 Liverpool Premier League 14
4
2
3
2007-08 Liverpool Premier League Asia Trophy 1
1
2007-08 Liverpool UEFA Champions League 2
3
1
2008-09 Liverpool League Cup 1
2008-09 Liverpool Premier League 2
1
2008-09 Portsmouth FA Cup 1
2008-09 Portsmouth Premier League 9
4
2010-11 Stoke City FA Cup 6
1
2010-11 Stoke City League Cup 1
2010-11 Stoke City Premier League 26
3
3
3
2011-12 Stoke City FA Cup
2
2011-12 Stoke City League Cup 1
1
2011-12 Stoke City Premier League 18
9
2
2011-12 Stoke City UEFA Europa League 5
4
2
2012-13 Stoke City League Cup 1
2012-13 Stoke City Premier League 1
2012-13 Wolverhampton Wanderers League Championship 10
5
2
2013-14 Stoke City League Cup 3
2013-14 Stoke City Premier League
8
1
1
2014-15 Wigan Athletic League Championship 12
1
3
1
2016-17 Bury League One 2
5
1
2017-18 Billericay Town FA Cup 1
1
1


Please note: Career stats are based on performances in the Premier and Football Leagues and (in most cases all) internationals.

Club matches

Date Match Result Competition Round
30 Nov 1999 Middlesbrough v Arsenal L 2-2 (1-3) League Cup 4th round
01 Nov 2000 Arsenal v Ipswich Town L 1-2 League Cup 3rd round
30 Oct 2001 Schalke 04 v Arsenal L 3-1 UEFA Champions League Group C
05 Nov 2001 Arsenal v Manchester United W 4-0 League Cup 3rd round
27 Nov 2001 Arsenal v Grimsby Town W 2-0 League Cup 4th round
11 Dec 2001 Blackburn Rovers v Arsenal L 4-0 League Cup Quarter-final
27 Feb 2002 Arsenal v Bayer Leverkusen W 4-1 UEFA Champions League Phase 2 group D
24 Aug 2002 West Ham United v Arsenal D 2-2 Premier League
28 Sep 2002 Leeds United v Arsenal W 1-4 Premier League
02 Oct 2002 Auxerre v Arsenal W 0-1 UEFA Champions League Group A
06 Nov 2002 Arsenal v Sunderland L 2-3 League Cup 3rd round
04 May 2003 Arsenal v Leeds United L 2-3 Premier League
07 May 2003 Arsenal v Southampton W 6-1 Premier League
11 May 2003 Sunderland v Arsenal W 0-4 Premier League
08 Aug 2004 Arsenal v Manchester United W 3-1 FA Community Shield
15 Aug 2004 Everton v Arsenal W 1-4 Premier League
25 Aug 2004 Arsenal v Blackburn Rovers W 3-0 Premier League
11 Sep 2004 Fulham v Arsenal W 0-3 Premier League
02 Oct 2004 Arsenal v Charlton Athletic W 4-0 Premier League
16 Oct 2004 Arsenal v Aston Villa W 3-1 Premier League
27 Oct 2004 Manchester City v Arsenal W 1-2 League Cup 3rd round
09 Nov 2004 Arsenal v Everton W 3-1 League Cup 4th round
01 Dec 2004 Manchester United v Arsenal L 1-0 League Cup 5th round
01 Jan 2005 Charlton Athletic v Arsenal W 1-3 Premier League
04 Jan 2005 Arsenal v Manchester City D 1-1 Premier League
09 Jan 2005 Arsenal v Stoke City W 2-1 FA Cup 3rd round


Please note: Match history is complete for the Premier and Football Leagues and (in most cases all) internationals.

International stats

Season Team Competition Apps Subs Goals Y R
2000-01 England UEFA Under-18 2
3
1
2000-01 England UEFA Under-21
1
2000-01 England Under-18 2
2000-01 England Under-21
1
2001-02 England UEFA Under-19 1
1
2001-02 England UEFA Under-21 5
2
2001-02 England Under-19 1
2001-02 England Under-21 1
3
2002-03 England UEFA Under-19 2
1
2002-03 England UEFA Under-21 1
1
2002-03 England Under-21 2
2003-04 England UEFA Under-21 1
2003-04 England Under-21 1
1
2004-05 England UEFA Under-21 4
1
2004-05 England Under-21 1


Please note: Career stats are based on performances in the Premier and Football Leagues and (in most cases all) internationals.

International matches

Date Match Result Competition Round
07 Oct 2000 Andorra v England W 0-4 UEFA U18 Group 5
09 Oct 2000 England v Faroe Islands W 5-0 UEFA U18 Group 5
11 Oct 2000 England v Italy W 2-1 UEFA U18 Group 5
16 Nov 2000 England v Belgium W 3-2 U18
01 Mar 2001 England v Netherlands W 1-0 U18
22 Mar 2001 England v Poland L 0-1 UEFA U18 Intermediary round
26 Apr 2001 Poland v England D 0-0 UEFA U18 Intermediary round
24 May 2001 England v Mexico W 3-0 Under-21
05 Jun 2001 Greece v England L 3-1 UEFA Under-21 Group 9
14 Aug 2001 England v Netherlands W 4-0 Under-21
04 Sep 2001 England v Albania W 5-0 UEFA Under-21 Group 9
01 Oct 2001 England v Iceland W 2-0 Under-19
05 Oct 2001 England v Greece W 2-1 UEFA Under-21 Group 9
09 Nov 2001 Netherlands v England D 2-2 UEFA Under-21 Play-off
13 Nov 2001 England v Netherlands W 1-0 UEFA Under-21 Play-off
12 Feb 2002 Slovenia v England W 0-1 Under-21
26 Mar 2002 England v Italy D 1-1 Under-21
16 Apr 2002 England v Portugal L 0-1 Under-21
21 Apr 2002 England v Lithuania W 2-1 UEFA U19 Quarter-final
17 May 2002 Switzerland v England W 1-2 UEFA Under-21 Finals Group A
20 May 2002 Italy v England L 2-1 UEFA Under-21 Finals Group A
22 May 2002 Portugal v England L 3-1 UEFA Under-21 Finals Group A
22 Jul 2002 England v Germany D 3-3 UEFA U19 Final group B
24 Jul 2002 England v Belgium D 1-1 UEFA U19 Final group B
26 Jul 2002 Republic of Ireland v England L 3-2 UEFA U19 Final group B
06 Sep 2002 England v Yugoslavia D 1-1 Under-21
28 Mar 2003 Portugal v England L 4-2 UEFA Under-21 Group 7
02 Jun 2003 England v Serbia and Montenegro W 3-2 Under-21
10 Jun 2003 England v Slovakia W 2-0 UEFA Under-21 Group 7
19 Aug 2003 England v Croatia L 0-3 Under-21
05 Sep 2003 North Macedonia v England D 1-1 UEFA Under-21 Group 7
17 Aug 2004 England v Ukraine W 3-1 Under-21
03 Sep 2004 Austria v England W 0-2 UEFA Under-21 Group 6
07 Sep 2004 Poland v England W 1-3 UEFA Under-21 Group 6
08 Oct 2004 England v Wales W 2-0 UEFA Under-21 Group 6
12 Oct 2004 Azerbaijan v England D 0-0 UEFA Under-21 Group 6


Please note: Match history is complete for the Premier and Football Leagues and (in most cases all) internationals.