Lens in 2013
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jeremain Marciano Lens | ||
Date of birth | 24 November 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Fenerbahçe (on loan from Sunderland) |
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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) |
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 December 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.