Schlupp playing for Ghana in 2015
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jeffrey Schlupp | ||
Date of birth | 23 December 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Hamburg, Germany | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position |
Full back Winger |
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Club information | |||
Current team
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Crystal Palace | ||
Number | 31 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2010 | Leicester City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2017 | Leicester City | 122 | (10) |
2011 | → Brentford (loan) | 9 | (6) |
2017– | Crystal Palace | 12 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2011– | Ghana | 15 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:58, 26 April 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:33, 3 April 2017 (UTC) |
Jeffrey Schlupp (German pronunciation: [ˈdʒɛ.fʀiː ˈʃlʊp]; born 23 December 1992) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for English club Crystal Palace and the Ghana national team as a left back or winger. He started his career as a striker.
Schlupp is known for his extreme pace and athleticism, which allows him to be a versatile option and able to play anywhere on the left wing. Former teammate Andrej Kramaric once stated that "I've never played with a more powerful player than Jeffrey Schlupp, such power and speed like I've never seen before."
Schlupp was part of the Leicester team that shocked the footballing world, by winning the 2015-16 Premier League as rank outsiders with the odds of 5000-1.
Jeff Schlupp was born to Ghanaian parents in Hamburg, Germany on 23 December 1992, and raised mostly in England after his family moved there when he was young. He attended Oakgrove School in Milton Keynes along with Carlisle United goalkeeper Max Crocombe.
A product of the Leicester City youth academy, Schlupp was given a squad number, 31, for the first time for the 2010–11 season along with fellow academy players Tom Parkes and Jorrin John by then manager Paulo Sousa. Schlupp signed a new contract keeping him at the club until 2013 on 14 March 2011. Schlupp was named amongst the Leicester City substitutes for the first time by, then manager, Sven-Göran Eriksson in the 3–2 home defeat to Norwich City on 8 March 2011.