var playerInfo={"D1BA8203CB065367D63301112214EF98":"0","8084EC95B881D770":"Los Angeles Galaxy","4EB8C1CDD4A86AD4B213AF7FAE87E4FE":"Colorado Rapids","90579B4DEA63C3E4":"Jermaine Jones","1BB8AF7BD3F66066":"184cm","86178E7285C328960D9569BD40C7D883":"1981-11-3","3B9127F7BC829326":"1","0E9052569923A91555E1DAF3C456F9CD":"","2F200EF80307E2A90BE724565D2038D0":"2017-1-1","7F6018B84729B122B8EE7594158DA382":"Colorado Rapids,New England Revolution,Besiktas JK,Schalke 04,Blackburn Rovers,Bayer 04 Leverkusen Am.,Eintracht Frankfurt","F52748F924D1E675":"81kg","147403B66C8CB5C7":"256","75B83B44A2FCDD1B4FF631FCD2E3CC16":"13","A494ABC507986833":"Jermaine Jones","1A770A41820EA8876555100F4F89BC57":"<P>Jermaine Jones (born 3 November 1981) grew up in Frankfurt-Bonames. His father is an African American U.S. Army soldier who was stationed in West Germany. As a child, Jones lived in Chicago, Illinois and Greenwood, Mississippi before his parents divorced and he returned to Germany with his mother.<BR><BR><STRONG>Early career<BR><\/STRONG>Jones started his youth career at SV Bonames, moving to FV Bad Vilbel when he was 13 in 1994 and in 1995.<BR><BR><STRONG>Eintracht Frankfurt<BR><\/STRONG>He was purchased by Eintracht Frankfurt to play in their academy. He spent the next five years learning and building the quality of his game, and made his first appearance in the Eintracht Frankfurt II team in the 2000&#8211;01 season making 25 appearances and scoring eight goals. He made the step up to the main squad in 2001. Jones made 46 appearances for the Frankfurt senior team over two years in the 2001&#8211;2003 seasons, scoring seven goals as he was primarily played as a central defensive midfielder.<BR><BR><STRONG>Bayer Leverkusen<BR><\/STRONG>His good form at the time saw him purchased by Bayer Leverkusen, however first team chances were scarce, and he was relegated to playing the majority of the 2004&#8211;05 Bundesliga season for the Bayer Leverkusen II second string.<BR><BR><STRONG>Eintracht Frankfurt<BR><\/STRONG>Jones re-signed for Eintracht Frankfurt on loan barely six months after signing for Bayer Leverkusen, and the following season completed his return to the Hesse based team before the 2005&#8211;06 season. However in the 2005&#8211;06 season, Jones suffered a serious leg injury that required surgery, and was out of the game for eight months, only returning in the first half of the last game of the season. Over the next two seasons Jones shed his &quot;teen idol&quot; image, and established himself as a quality player and became captain of the squad.<BR><BR>In March 2007, Jones announced on the official Eintracht bulletin board that he would not extend his contract expiring at the end of the 2006&#8211;07 season. This enraged many Eintracht supporters, as Jones cancelled a contract negotiation with chairman Heribert Bruchhagen a few days before it was scheduled to take place. In October 2006, he already had defended himself for turning down a contract offer, underlining he wanted to stay after all the management of the Eagles had done for him during his injuries. This led to him joining Bundesliga club Schalke.<BR><BR><STRONG>Schalke<BR><\/STRONG>The following three seasons at Schalke were relatively mixed for Jones, with his career being hit further by injuries including a Muscular hairline crack injury which kept him out of the team for the majority of the 2009&#8211;10 season. However he did enjoy his best stint playing regular games for the first time in his career playing 70 games in three seasons. The beginning of the 2010&#8211;11 season was again frustrating for Jones through lack of games, and after a falling out with team manager Felix Magath, he was sent to train with the reserves and made available for transfer.<BR><BR><STRONG>Blackburn Rovers loan<BR><\/STRONG>On 14 January 2011, it was revealed that English Premier League team Blackburn Rovers were interested in taking Jones on loan with a view to making the signing permanent at the end of the season. On 15 January, Kean confirmed a deal would take place in the next week. On 18 January 2011, it was confirmed by the club that Jones had signed on loan until the end of the season. On 30 April 2011, Jones put in another man-of-the-match display, playing the full 90 minutes in the derby game against Bolton Wanderers in a 1&#8211;0 win at Ewood Park. On 22 May 2011, against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux, he completed the full 90 minutes in the last league match of the season in a 3&#8211;2 win for Rovers. He made 15 Premier League starts for Rovers and picked up eight yellow cards in total, becoming a firm fans favourite in the process.<BR><BR>Following impressive performances with Blackburn, it was thought that he would extend his stay but the two clubs could not agree a fee and he returned to Schalke in July. In 2011, Schalke appointed a new manager Ralf Rangnick and the new coach announced that he would give Jones a chance to stay at the club and fight for his spot because his contract runs until 2014 and guarantees the midfielder &#8364;12 million. On 21 April 2012, Jones got in a training round bust up with Dutch striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, the two traded blows and were then sent by general manager Horst Heldt to run extra laps around the pitch. Jones appeared in the Bundesliga 20 times during the 2011&#8211;12 season.<\/P>","078F3C827B475FC4":"14454","816C8DE73A2D153866B49ADDE8EB04C4":"USA","3F6EEC72E60D52B53E2E6377341938DB":"1","D1BA8203CB0653674BC0BB939FB9C9015E7A5DD213AB87AF":"1","7777CB48C34672EC8F83E174F0B7EFC7":"","e_index":2};