Francis Jeffers
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Jeffers warming up for Ipswich Town in 2007
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Francis Jeffers | ||
| Date of birth | 25 January 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Everton (Academy coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1997 | Everton | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2001 | Everton | 49 | (18) |
| 2001–2004 | Arsenal | 22 | (4) |
| 2003–2004 | → Everton (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | Charlton Athletic | 20 | (3) |
| 2005 | → Rangers (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Blackburn Rovers | 10 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Ipswich Town (loan) | 9 | (4) |
| 2007–2010 | Sheffield Wednesday | 54 | (5) |
| 2010–2011 | Newcastle Jets | 9 | (1) |
| 2011 | Motherwell | 10 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | Newcastle Jets | 17 | (1) |
| 2012 | Floriana | 2 | (1) |
| 2013 | Accrington Stanley | 7 | (2) |
| Total | 235 | (40) | |
| National team | |||
| England U15 | |||
| England U16 | |||
| 1999–2003 | England U21 | 16 | (13) |
| 2003 | England | 1 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Francis Jeffers (born 25 January 1981) is an English former professional footballer and coach who played as a striker.
In his career, Jeffers played for Premier League clubs Everton, Arsenal, Charlton Athletic and Blackburn Rovers, as well as clubs in Australia, Scotland and Malta. Jeffers is the joint top scorer for the England under-21 team with 13 goals in 16 appearances. He is a footballing coach at Everton's Academy.
Jeffers was born in Liverpool, Merseyside and attended De La Salle School.
Jeffers began his career at Everton, making his first-team debut as a half-time substitute for Dave Watson on 26 December 1997 at Old Trafford at the age of 16 years. Jeffers won the FA Youth Cup of 1997–98 against Blackburn Rovers with Everton. He scored 6 goals in 28 matches for Everton in the 1999–2000 season, striking up a prolific partnership with Kevin Campbell.
Jeffers started the 2000–01 season brightly, but his season was cut short with multiple ankle and shoulder injuries. When he did feature, he performed well, and his goal to game ratio was the best at the club that season. This earned Jeffers a new contract offer from the club, the biggest in the club's history. However, after months of negotiations, Jeffers informed the club he was rejecting the new contract.
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