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Jeremain Lens

Jeremain Lens
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Lens in 2013
Personal information
Full name Jeremain Marciano Lens
Date of birth (1987-11-24) 24 November 1987 (age 29)
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
Fenerbahçe
(on loan from Sunderland)
Number 77
Youth career
Spartaan
Ajax
Omniworld
AZ Alkmaar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2010 AZ Alkmaar 55 (13)
2007–2008 N.E.C. (loan) 31 (9)
2010–2013 PSV Eindhoven 96 (34)
2013–2015 Dynamo Kyiv 49 (10)
2015– Sunderland 20 (3)
2016– Fenerbahçe (loan) 9 (1)
National team
2006 Netherlands U19 2 (1)
2006–2007 Netherlands U20 4 (0)
2007–2008 Netherlands U21 5 (0)
2010– Netherlands 32 (8)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 December 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 November 2016

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 December 2016.

Jeremain Marciano Lens (born 24 November 1987) is a Dutch footballer who plays for Turkish club Fenerbahçe on loan from Premier League club Sunderland and the Netherlands national football team. He is a versatile attacking player, known for his pace and stamina, primarily being used as a winger or a striker, but he can successfully play as a second striker.

He began his career at AZ Alkmaar, and after a loan at N.E.C., played a part in their 2008–09 Eredivisie triumph. In 2010, he moved to PSV Eindhoven, where he won the 2011–12 KNVB Cup, and in 2013 was signed by Dynamo Kyiv. He won the Ukrainian Cup in his first season, the double in his second, and signed for Sunderland in July 2015.

Lens is a full international for the Netherlands, earning over 25 caps. In August 2010, he received his first international cap against Ukraine and scored a debut goal. He was part of the Dutch squad which came third at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.


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