Jenna Dear

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jenna Dear

| image = Jenna Dear (17913916663) (cropped).jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Dear with Watford in 2015

| fullname = Jenna May Dear{{cite web|title=List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/12/2014 and 31/12/2014|url=http://www.thefa.com/~/media/files/thefaportal/governance-docs/registrations/december-2014.ashx|publisher=The Football Association|accessdate=26 May 2016|page=1|format=PDF}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1996|5|29}}

| birth_place = Hayes, England

| height = {{height|m=1.70|precision=0}}

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Sunderland

| clubnumber = 23

| years1 = 2014–15

| clubs1 = Chelsea

| caps1 = 2

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2015

| clubs2 = → Watford (loan)

| caps2 = 7

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2016–2017

| clubs3 = Everton

| caps3 = 8

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2017–2018

| clubs4 = Sheffield FC

| caps4 = 15

| goals4 = 2

| years5 = 2018–2019

| clubs5 = Vålerenga

| caps5 = 15

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2019–2021

| clubs6 = FC Fleury 91

| caps6 = 18

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2021–2023

| clubs7 = Dijon

| caps7 = 29

| goals7 = 3

| years8 = 2023–

| clubs8 = Sunderland

| caps8 = 26

| goals8 = 6

| nationalyears1 = 2014–2016

| nationalteam1 = England U19

| nationalcaps1 = 13

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| nationalyears2 = 2016

| nationalteam2 = England U20

| nationalcaps2 = 2

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| pcupdate = 19:24, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

| ntupdate = 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.

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.{{cite web|url=http://sheffield.fawsl.com/news/johnson_adds_jenna_dear_to_spring_series_squad.html#0ybPju4VKdrx20dk.97|title=Johnson Adds Jenna Dear To Spring Series Squad|publisher=Sheffield FC Ladies|date=1 April 2017|accessdate=9 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009193909/http://sheffield.fawsl.com/news/johnson_adds_jenna_dear_to_spring_series_squad.html#0ybPju4VKdrx20dk.97|archive-date=9 October 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Hayes footballer skippers England to glory|url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/sport/football/hayes-footballer-skippers-england-glory-5995066|publisher=Get West London|accessdate=5 May 2016|date=19 August 2010}}

Dear 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. She joined Everton LFC in January 2016,{{cite web|title=Spence's Happy New Dear|url=http://everton.fawsl.com/news/spences_happy_new_dear.html#H6A14QjI3afOXEkM.97|publisher=Everton LFC|accessdate=5 May 2016|date=6 January 2016|archive-date=6 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806013547/http://everton.fawsl.com/news/spences_happy_new_dear.html#H6A14QjI3afOXEkM.97|url-status=dead}} before moving to Sheffield in April 2017.

Dear played for Vålerenga Fotball Damer in Norway.[https://web.archive.org/web/20180819070427/http://vif-damefotball.no/2018/08/15/shes-comming-home-landslagsspiller-til-valerenga/ She is coming home], from vif-damefotball.no, last accessed on August 22, 2018. Before this, she played for Sheffield F.C. Ladies.{{cite web|title=Jenna Dear Joins Sheffield FC|url=https://shekicks.net/2017/04/01/jenna-dear-joins-sheffield-fc/|first=Jen| last=O'Neill|magazine=She Kicks|accessdate=9 October 2017|date=1 April 2017}}

Dear joined Fleury in 2019, but left in 2021 due to problems with sexual harassment, misconduct and a toxic culture at the club.{{cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/sport/varslet-om_uakseptabel-oppforsel-i-fc-fleury-91-__ble-ignorert-1.15712201|title=Bryter tausheten om uakseptabel oppførsel i toppklubb: – Tok på oss på upassende måter|language=Norwegian|website=www.nrk.no}}

In July 2023, Dear returned to England, signing with Championship club Sunderland.{{cite web|url=https://safc.com/news/women-news/2023/july/jenna-dear-signs|title=Jenna Dear joins the Lasses|website=Sunderland|date=24 July 2023}}

International career

Dear has represented England at under-15 level, captaining the side at the age on 14. 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.{{cite web| url=http://www.thefa.com/england/all-teams/players/d/jenna-dear| title=Jenna Dear| publisher=TheFA.com|access-date=9 October 2017}}

References

External links

{{UEFA player|250073188}}
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[http://sheffield.fawsl.com/playerProfile/jenna_dear.html#mG3pVQ8fTOIxfhEd.97 Jenna Dear]{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at Sheffield FC Ladies

Category:1996 births

Category:Living people

Category:Footballers from the London Borough of Hillingdon

Category:People from Hayes, Hillingdon

Category:English women's footballers

Category:Women's association football midfielders

Category:Chelsea F.C. Women players

Category:Watford F.C. Women players

Category:Everton F.C. (women) players

Category:Sheffield F.C. Ladies players

Category:FC Fleury 91 (women) players

Category:Dijon FCO (women) players