Jermaine Jenas

'Jermaine Jenas' (qv) is a TV pundit and former professional football player. Over the course of his professional career, Jermaine made over 340 league appearances for 5 different clubs in the United Kingdom. He also made 21 appearances for England, scoring once in a friendly against Switzerland in 2008. Jermaine first appeared as a pundit on television in 2005, appearing in a number of episodes of _Match of the Day (1964)_ (qv). In 2014, he made the permanent career move into television, effectively ending his playing career, although he would not formally announce his retirement until 2016. He first appeared on ITV's coverage of the Europa League before signing a contract with the BBC to join their punditry team covering _Match of the Day (1964)_ (qv), _Football Focus (2001)_ (qv), _Match of the Day 2 (2004)_ (qv), _Final Score (2001)_ (qv), and _Match of the Day 3 (2011)_ (qv). In 2016, he was one of the pundits covering _Match of the Day: Euro 2016 (2016)_ (qv), covering 4 games live and 3 highlights shows.He has also made appearances on _A Question of Sport (1970)_ (qv), _Would I Lie to You? (2007)_ (qv) and _The Great Sport Relief Bake Off (2012)_ (qv). He was one of the participants in Channel 4's Reality TV series _Time Crashers (2015)_ (qv), and was interviewed as part of the documentary _Is Football Racist? (2012)_ (qv). He was also one of a host of footballers to feature in _Goal! III (2009)_ (qv).::Pilgrim574