Easter at Bristol Rovers in 2016
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jermaine Maurice Easter | ||
Date of birth | 15 January 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Cardiff, Wales | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Bristol Rovers | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
1999–2001 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001–2004 | Hartlepool United | 29 | (2) |
2004 | → Cambridge United (loan) | 15 | (2) |
2004–2005 | Cambridge United | 24 | (6) |
2005 | Boston United | 9 | (3) |
2005–2006 | 19 | (8) | |
2006–2008 | Wycombe Wanderers | 61 | (21) |
2007–2008 | → Plymouth Argyle (loan) | 14 | (2) |
2008–2009 | Plymouth Argyle | 22 | (4) |
2008 | → Millwall (loan) | 5 | (1) |
2008 | → Colchester United (loan) | 5 | (2) |
2009–2011 | Milton Keynes Dons | 50 | (15) |
2010–2011 | → Swansea City (loan) | 6 | (1) |
2011–2013 | Crystal Palace | 55 | (8) |
2013 | → Millwall (loan) | 9 | (1) |
2013–2015 | Millwall | 29 | (4) |
2015– | Bristol Rovers | 59 | (10) |
National team‡ | |||
2007–2014 | Wales | 12 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:35, 27 December 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:00, 5 June 2014 (UTC) |
Jermaine Maurice Easter (born 15 January 1982 in Cardiff) is a Welsh international footballer who plays as a striker for English club Bristol Rovers.
Easter started his career as a trainee at Wolverhampton Wanderers, before being released, and joining Hartlepool in March 2001.
In May 2003, Easter, still yet to start a first-team game for Hartlepool, signed a new two-year contract.
In February 2004, Easter joined Cambridge United on loan, following a short trial, for 2 months. This was later extended to a third and final month. On his return to Hartlepool, Easter had the final year of his contract cancelled by mutual consent, and promptly rejoined Cambridge, on a one-year contract.
In March 2005, Easter was allowed to leave Cambridge early, and join Boston United on a free transfer. He signed a short contract, running until the end of the season.
Easter chose not to extend his stay with Boston, instead signing for , where he joined up with his former manager at Hartlepool; Chris Turner.
Easter joined Wycombe on 31 January 2006 from Stockport, signing a two-and-a-half-year deal. Earlier in the month, Easter had turned down moves to Oxford United and failed to reach an agreement of terms with manager Gary Johnson when meeting with Bristol City.
Easter made ten starting appearances and one substitute appearance for Wycombe in the remainder of the 2005–06 season. He managed only two goals, possibly being overshadowed by star striker Tommy Mooney.
The striker claimed his first league hat-trick in the 2006–07 season against Bury, on 19 August. It is the fastest league hat-trick scored by a Wycombe player, timed at 22 minutes, beating Nathan Tyson's 25-minute hat-trick against Lincoln City in 2004.