Jamie O'hara

Jamie Darryl O'Hara (born 25 September 1986 in Dartford) is an England Association football who plays in the central midfield position for Tottenham Hotspur F.C.. Jamie O'hara has also played at left back and left midfield.

Club career

As a schoolboy, Jamie O'hara trained with the Arsenal F.C. academy before moving to Tottenham Hotspur F.C.'s academy in 2003.

On 13 January 2006 it was announced Jamie O'hara had joined Chesterfield F.C on a three month loan agreement. Jamie O'hara league debut came on 14 January 2006 at Doncaster Rovers F.C. in a 1-1 draw. Jamie O'hara scored five goals during Jamie O'hara loan spell.

In 2004-05 in English football Jamie O'hara featured in every game in the FA Youth Cup, scoring once against Everton F.C from a free kick in addition to playing in 14 U18 matches and 18 reserve matches.

On 24 August 2007, Jamie O'hara joined the team Jamie O'hara supports, Millwall F.C on a month-long loan deal which was subsequently extended. O'Hara subsequently returned to Spurs after a very successful loan spell at Millwall which attracted the attention of new manager, Juande Ramos, and made Jamie O'hara debut as a substitute against Portsmouth F.C. on 15 December 2007 and Jamie O'hara full debut against former club Arsenal on 22 December 2007.

Jamie scored Jamie O'hara first Tottenham goal on 21 February 2008 in the UEFA Cup competition against Slavia Prague at White Hart Lane, and Jamie O'hara first league goal on 22 March 2008 against Portsmouth. n May 11, 2008, Jamie O'Hara was named the One Hotspur Junior Young Player of the Year and was presented with the Tottenham Hotspur Supporters Trust Breakthrough Award for Jamie O'hara outstanding performance during the 2007-08 season.}} Jamie O'hara signed a new 3-year deal to keep Jamie O'hara at Tottenham until 2011 at the end of the 2007-08 season.

Jamie scored Jamie O'hara first goal for Tottenham in the 2008/09 season against Newcastle United in the 4th round of the Carling Cup, which Tottenham won 2-1 after team mate Roman Pavlyuchenko scored Jamie O'hara first goal for the club. On the 27th of November 2008, O'Hara scored the only goal in a UEFA Cup game away to NEC Nijmegen of Holland, to all but ensure Spurs would get past the group stages of the competition for the third successive season.

In the Football League Cup 2008–09 first leg versus Burnley F.C., O'Hara replaced David Bentley at half-time with Spurs trailing 1-0. Within 90 seconds Jamie O'hara set up a Michael Dawson headed goal with a corner, then scored himself with a volley under the keeper. Jamie O'hara added to this with a free-kick that was inadvertently deflected into the goal by a Burnley defender. Spurs won the game 4-1.

Jamie O'hara also stepped up to take the first penalty kick in the Carling Cup Final against Manchester United, after the match finished 0-0 after extra time, but Jamie O'hara effort was saved by Ben Foster. Spurs eventually lost the shootout 4-1 after David Bentley blasted the third penalty wide.

Jamie O'hara then came on as a substitute in the following Premier League game three days later, a 4-0 victory against Middlesbrough F.C, to which Jamie O'hara said, "The reception from the fans was pretty amazing, it really made me feel part of the Club and all its tradition. It gave me goosebumps to be honest."

International career

Jamie was called up to the England U21 squad for their game against Ireland on the 5 February 2008, but did not take the field. Jamie O'hara did gain Jamie O'hara first U21 cap on 25 March 2008 in a 0-0 friendly against Poland.
Jamie O'hara gained another cap on the 15 May 2008, coming on as a second-half substitute in the fifty-seventh minute, in a 2-0 victory over Wales, a match in which Theo Walcott and Spurs team-mate Tom Huddlestone scored.

On Friday, the 5th June 2009, article 18 of the Regulations Governing the Application of the FIFA Statutes was ammended by FIFA Congress to allow players who have competed as a junior for one country to still follow an international career with another. This opens the door for O'Hara to offically declare for the Republic of Ireland national football team or Northern Ireland.

Honours

Tottenham Hotspur
- Football League Cup Runners up medal 2009 Football League Cup Final.

Personal

Jamie is currently dating former Miss England model Danielle Lloyd.