Cameron Jerome

Cameron Jerome

Jerome playing for Norwich City in 2014
Personal information
Full name Cameron Zishan Rana-Jerome[1]
Date of birth (1986-08-14) 14 August 1986[2]
Place of birth Huddersfield, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[3]
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Norwich City
Number 10
Youth career
Huddersfield Town
Grimsby Town
Sheffield Wednesday
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Middlesbrough 0 (0)
2004–2006 Cardiff City 73 (24)
2006–2011 Birmingham City[lower-alpha 1] 181 (37)
2011–2014 Stoke City 50 (7)
2013–2014 → Crystal Palace (loan) 28 (2)
2014– Norwich City 76 (22)
National team
2005–2007 England U21 10 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:40, 8 August 2016 (UTC).


Cameron Zishan Rana-Jerome (born 14 August 1986), known as Cameron Jerome, is an English professional footballer who plays for Norwich City as a striker. He earned 10 caps for the England under-21 team.

Jerome began his career as a trainee with Huddersfield Town, Grimsby Town, Sheffield Wednesday and Middlesbrough before signing a professional contract with Cardiff City in the summer of 2004. He quickly became a regular at Ninian Park and after scoring 20 goals in 2005–06 he was signed by Birmingham City for a fee of £3 million. He spent five years at St Andrew's where he experienced two promotions and two relegations and also helped the side win the 2011 Football League Cup. He joined Stoke City in August 2011 for a fee of around £4 million and was mainly used as an impact player by Tony Pulis. After not figuring in new manager Mark Hughes' plans Jerome joined Crystal Palace on loan for the 2013–14 season. Jerome joined Norwich City in August 2014.

Club career

Early career

Jerome was born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.[2] As a youth, Jerome played for Stile Common, alongside Anthony Griffith, Fraizer Campbell, and Reuben Noble-Lazarus; who all went on to enjoy careers as professional players.[4] Griffith and Jerome also played for Yorkshire Counties.[4] Jerome later joined home town club Westend Juniors before moving on to Huddersfield Town as a junior, then moved on via Grimsby Town, Sheffield Wednesday and Middlesbrough to gain a contract at Cardiff City, after being recommended by reserve team manager Paul Wilkinson.[5] Jerome played under Wilkinson in Grimsby's youth system, but after Wilkinson left Blundell Park to take up his position with Cardiff in October 2003, Jerome was released by replacement Neil Woods for being a disruptive influence.[6]

Cardiff City

Described by the BBC as "one of Cardiff's rising stars", Jerome made his debut in a 0–0 draw with Leeds United on 2 October 2004, as a substitute for Andy Campbell, before going on to score seven goals in 32 appearances in the 2004–05 season, and was in a good run of form in the 2005–06 season, finishing top scorer for Cardiff with 20 goals.

His hot form earned him a contract with second-city club Birmingham City. The move not only benefitted Jerome but also helped Cardiff as they used the transfer money to sign Michael Chopra, Stephen McPhail and Glenn Loovens. Jerome appeared in an April 2005 FourFourTwo article which heralded the Yorkshire forward as the eighth best player in the Football League.

Birmingham City

Jerome playing for Birmingham City in 2008

Jerome signed for Birmingham City on 31 May 2006, for a transfer fee reported as an initial £3 million, potentially rising to £4m.[7] Jerome made his debut as a 66th-minute substitute against Colchester United at St Andrew's on 5 August. However, it was a debut to forget, as he was sent off within five minutes of entering play elbowing an opponent in the face.[8] He netted his first goal for Birmingham against Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road on 12 September.[9] Jerome had a slow first season at St Andrew's by his own admission, scoring just 9 times in 44 games in all competitions.

Jerome scored his first Premier League goal after 32 seconds of the away match against Derby County on 25 August 2007; his second goal of that game confirmed Birmingham's first win of the 2007–08 season.[10] He finished the season as Birmingham's second top goal scorer with 7 goals in 33 games as Birmingham were relegated. However, the Blues immediately bounced back in the 2008–09 season by finishing second in the Championship. Jerome's 10 goals in 45 appearances were only bettered by veteran partner Kevin Phillips in the Birmingham attack. He scored the first goal in the West Midlands derby match against Wolverhampton Wanderers as Birmingham won 2–0.

In July 2009, Jerome signed a new five-year contract with the club.[11] He scored a spectacular first goal of the 2009–10 season to give his club a 2–1 lead against Liverpool, described as "the kind of goal that only the likes of Gerrard usually scores at Anfield";[12] he held off Javier Mascherano before "unleashing a 30-yard thunderbolt that flew beyond the reach of Reina and dipped under the crossbar".[13] Jerome hit a purple patch as the Blues notched up a club-record fifteen consecutive games unbeaten in the Premier League, scoring crucial goals against Stoke City, Manchester United and two versus Blackburn Rovers. His tenth goal of the season, a header from James McFadden's cross, came in a 5–1 defeat away to Manchester City.[14] Two weeks after the final game of the season, Jerome's goals total rose to 11 when he was awarded an extra goal by the Dubious Goals Committee for his attempt against Burnley, which had previously been attributed to a Brian Jensen own goal.[lower-alpha 1]

Jerome was a 92nd-minute substitute as Birmingham won the 2011 League Cup, defeating favourites Arsenal 2–1 at Wembley Stadium.[20]

Stoke City

On 31 August 2011, the last day of the transfer window, Jerome signed a four-year contract with Premier League club Stoke City for an undisclosed fee, believed by Sky Sports to be £4 million.[21][22] He scored on his Stoke City debut in the UEFA Europa League against Dynamo Kiev to earn his side a 1–1 draw away from home.[23] He scored against Maccabi Tel Aviv in a 3–0 win but was then sent off for two bookable offences.[24] Jerome scored his first League goal for Stoke against Wigan Athletic on 31 December 2011; it was his first league goal for more than 13 months.[25] Since Jerome joined Stoke he has been used in a squad rotation system by manager Tony Pulis, something which Jerome admitted he would have to accept.[26] He continued to make an impact as a substitute scoring against West Bromwich Albion and Everton.[27][28] However he began to vent his frustration at his lack of starts.[29]

The 2012–13 season began with Jerome again on the bench and almost joining Blackburn Rovers on loan.[30] He made a rare appearance against Newcastle United on 28 November 2012 coming on as a substitute, and he provided an assist for Jonathan Walters and then scored the winning goal.[31][32] On 29 December, Jerome "lashed into the top corner from 30 yards" to score Stoke's third goal in a 3–3 draw with Southampton in the final minute of the match.[33] He scored his third and final goal of the season in a 2–1 win against Reading on 9 February 2013.[34] Stoke ended the season in 13th position with Jerome making 30 appearances of which nine were starts.[35] At the end of the season Tony Pulis was replaced by Mark Hughes and Jerome criticised Pulis' lack of squad rotation. — "There's no guarantees [for places under Hughes] but before in the old regime, there was a guaranteed XI who played. No matter what happened, how you trained or if you came on and did well in the games you were involved in, you were still never going to start."[36][37]

On 5 August 2013 Jerome admitted an FA charge of breaching betting regulations.[38] He was fined £50,000 and was also severely warned as to his future conduct by the FA.[39]

Loan to Crystal Palace

On 2 September 2013 Jerome joined Crystal Palace on loan for the 2013–14 season.[40] He made his debut for the club on 14 September 2013, coming on as a 64th-minute substitute for Dwight Gayle in a 2–0 defeat away at Manchester United.[41] After a poor start to the season Ian Holloway left Palace by mutual consent and Tony Pulis was appointed manager on 23 November 2013. Despite Jerome criticising Pulis towards the end of his time at Stoke, he started and scored against his former club Cardiff City on 7 December 2013.[42] In total Jerome played 29 times for the Eagles scoring twice as they finished in 11th position.[43][44]

Norwich City

On 20 August 2014 Jerome joined Championship side Norwich City for an undisclosed fee believed to be around £1.5 million.[45][46] He scored his first goal for the club on 13 September in a 4–2 away victory over Cardiff City. His goal was the fourth of Norwich's second-half goals, in a game which they came from 2–0 behind to win.[47] Jerome would then net a brace three days later away at Brentford in a 3–0 win.[48] He scored another two on 20 September against former club Birmingham City, taking his tally to 5 goals in 4 league games.[49] He scored his sixth goal on 4 October in a draw with Rotherham United, keeping Norwich top of the table.[50] He added another two on 31 October as Norwich beat Bolton 2–1.

After an impressive first season at Norwich, Jerome was voted third in the club's annual Player of the Season competition.[51] Norwich finished 3rd in this time, just short of automatic promotion, and would try to gain promotion to the Premier League via the playoffs. Norwich managed to reach the final against Middlesbrough, where Jerome scored the important opening goal in what finished a 2–0 victory for the Canaries.[52] Jerome had a very effective game, frustrating Middlesbrough with his frequent pressing, and was awarded man of the match for his efforts.[53]

International career

Jerome made 10 appearances for the England national under-21 team between 2005 and 2007 but failed to score.

Personal life

Jerome's younger brother, Sam, played football for Leeds United's youth teams until May 2009.[54] Jerome grew up supporting Manchester United.[37]

Career statistics

As of match played 6 August 2016
Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cardiff City 2004–05[3] Championship 2961021—327
2005–06[3] Championship 44181121—4720
Total 73242142—7927
Birmingham City 2006–07[3] Championship 38[lower-alpha 1]72042—449
2007–08[3] Premier League 3371000—347
2008–09[3] Championship 4391011—4510
2009–10[3] Premier League 3211[lower-alpha 1]4000—3611
2010–11[3] Premier League 3434240—425
2011–12[55] Championship 10——0010
Total 18137122930020242
Stoke City 2011–12[55] Premier League 23442207[lower-alpha 2]2368
2012–13[56] Premier League 2633110—304
2013–14[57] Premier League 10—00—10
Total 5077330726712
Crystal Palace (loan) 2013–14[57] Premier League 28210——292
Norwich City 2014–15[58] Championship 411800113[lower-alpha 3]24521
2015–16[59] Premier League 3431000—353
2016–17[60] Championship 110000—11
Total 76221011328025
Career total 40894236176104458109
  1. 1 2 3 4 Soccerbase's stats for the match between Derby County and Birmingham City on 9 March 2007 fail to include appearances by substitutes for either side, one of whom was Jerome.[15][16] Additionally, the Dubious Goals Panel awarded Jerome a goal against Burnley on 1 May 2010,[17] originally given as a Brian Jensen own goal, bringing his total of League goals for the 2009–10 season to 11.[18][19] Until and unless they correct the figures, he should have one more League appearance and one more League goal for Birmingham than given on his Soccerbase page, i.e. his League totals for his career at Birmingham should be 181 appearances and 37 goals.[3]
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Appearances in Championship play-offs

Honours

Birmingham City

Norwich City

References

  1. ↑ "Premier League clubs submit squad lists". Premier League. 1 September 2010. Archived from the original on 3 September 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  2. 1 2 Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 323. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Cameron Jerome". Stoke City F.C. Archived from the original on 25 September 2011.
  4. 1 2 "Stoke City: Old pals breach the Potteries' footballing divide". The Sentinel: The New Green UN. 15 October 2011. p. 3. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  5. ↑ "Jerome grateful to Wilkinson". Wales At Heart.
  6. ↑ "McLeish warns Jerome to stick to task". sportgrimsby. Grimsby Telegraph. 16 January 2010. Archived from the original on 25 January 2010.
  7. ↑ "Birmingham complete Jerome deal". BBC Sport. 31 May 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  8. ↑ Malam, Colin (6 August 2006). "Jerome sees red for Birmingham". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  9. ↑ Smyth, Rob (13 September 2006). "Jerome strike sees Birmingham complete slow rise to the top". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  10. ↑ May, John (25 August 2007). "Derby 1–2 Birmingham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 December 2007.
  11. ↑ "Jerome agrees new five-year deal". BBC Sport. 15 July 2009. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  12. ↑ Wallace, Sam (10 November 2009). "Liverpool saved from humiliation by Gerrard". The Independent. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  13. ↑ Lawton, Matt (10 November 2009). "Liverpool 2 Birmingham 2: Fall guy David Ngog cheats to get under pressure Rafa Benitez off the hook". Daily Mail. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  14. ↑ Tattum, Colin (12 April 2010). "Manchester City 5, Birmingham City 1: Colin Tattum's big match verdict". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  15. ↑ "Results & Matches on: Fri, 9 Mar 2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 May 2011. Click on match score for team details.
  16. ↑ "Birmingham 1–0 Derby". BBC Sport. 9 March 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
  17. ↑ "Dubious goals". Premier League. 25 May 2010. Archived from the original on 28 May 2010.
  18. ↑ "Extra Goal For Jerome!". Birmingham City F.C. 20 May 2010. Archived from the original on 28 May 2010.
  19. ↑ "Results & Matches on: Sat, 1 May 2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 May 2011. Click on "i" for goalscorer details.
  20. ↑ McNulty, Philip (27 February 2011). "Arsenal 1–2 Birmingham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  21. ↑ Magowan, Alistair (31 August 2011). "Cameron Jerome moves from Birmingham to Stoke". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  22. ↑ "Jerome confirmed by Stoke". Sky Sports. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  23. ↑ Rej, Arindam (15 September 2011). "Dynamo Kiev 1–1 Stoke". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  24. ↑ Da Silva, Michael (20 October 2011). "Stoke 3–0 Macc Tel-Aviv". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  25. ↑ Rej, Arindam (31 December 2011). "Stoke 2–2 Wigan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  26. ↑ "Cameron Jerome accepts squad rotation at Stoke City". BBC Sport. 9 January 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  27. ↑ "Stoke 1–2 West Brom". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  28. ↑ "Stoke 1–1 Everton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  29. ↑ "Jerome grows impatient at lack of opportunities to show off his talent". The Sentinel. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  30. ↑ "Blackburn want Cameron Jerome on loan from Stoke City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  31. ↑ "Stoke 2–1 Newcastle". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  32. ↑ "Praise for super-subs Kenwyne Jones and Cameron Jerome after Newcastle win". The Sentinel. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  33. ↑ "Stoke 3–3 Southampton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  34. ↑ "Stoke 2–1 Reading". BBC Sport. 9 February 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  35. ↑ "Games played by Cameron Jerome in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  36. ↑ "Stoke City: Cameron Jerome criticises Tony Pulis regime". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  37. 1 2 "Cameron Jerome looking forward to club's new attacking policy". The Sentinel. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  38. ↑ "Stoke strike Cameron Jerome admits FA charges of illegal betting". Sky Sports. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  39. ↑ "Cameron Jerome fined £50,000 for breaking betting rules". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  40. ↑ "Crystal Palace sign Stoke striker Cameron Jerome on loan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  41. ↑ "Man Utd 2–0 Crystal Palace". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  42. ↑ "Crystal Palace 2–0 Cardiff". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  43. ↑ "Games played by Cameron Jerome in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  44. ↑ "Fulham 2–2 Crystal Palace". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  45. ↑ "Stoke City: Cameron Jerome joins Norwich City for £1.5m". The Sentinel (Staffordshire). 20 August 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  46. ↑ "Jerome Joins The Canaries". Stoke City F.C. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  47. ↑ "Cardiff City 2–4 Norwich City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  48. ↑ "Brentford 0–3 Norwich City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  49. ↑ "Norwich City 2–2 Birmingham City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  50. ↑ "Norwich remain top of the Championship". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  51. ↑ "PLAYER OF THE SEASON | Cameron Jerome has taken third place in the @AnglianHome Player of the Season voting.". Twitter. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  52. ↑ "Norwich reach Premier League after early blitz sees off Middlesbrough". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  53. ↑ "Middlesbrough 0–2 Norwich: Cameron Jerome and Nathan Redmond strike as Canaries seal immediate return to Premier League". Sky Sports. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  54. ↑ "New deals for teenage duo". Leeds United F.C. 18 May 2009. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  55. 1 2 "Games played by Cameron Jerome in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  56. ↑ "Games played by Cameron Jerome in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  57. 1 2 "Games played by Cameron Jerome in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  58. ↑ "Games played by Cameron Jerome in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  59. ↑ "Games played by Cameron Jerome in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  60. ↑ "Games played by Cameron Jerome in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
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