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Defoe was born in [[Beckton]], east London.<ref name=Hugman1011/> He was born to a [[Demographics of Dominica|Dominican]] father<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/325221/Fresh-England-blow-as-Jermain-Defoe-flies-home-after-his-father-dies |title=Fresh England blow as Jermain Defoe flies home after his father dies |first=David |last=Pilditch |date=8 June 2012 |newspaper=Daily Express |location=London |access-date=16 March 2017}}</ref> and his mother is of [[Saint Lucia]]n descent.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/jul/12/jermain-defoe-tottenham-interview |title=Jermain Defoe: 'bereavement changes you completely. It makes you strong' |first=Anna |last=Kessel |date=12 July 2013 |access-date=16 March 2017 |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London}}</ref> Defoe attended St Joachim Primary School in [[Custom House, Newham|Custom House]], London<ref name="Claret and Blue Blood">{{cite book |last1=Blows |first1=Kirk |first2=Ben |last2=Sharratt |title=Claret and Blue Blood, Pumping Life into West Ham United |date=July 2005 |publisher=Mainstream Publishing |location=Edinburgh |pages=230–234 |isbn=1-84018-489-2}}</ref> and [[St Bonaventure's]] in [[Forest Gate]], London.<ref>{{cite news |last=Spencer |first=Claire |title=Why do some schools produce clusters of celebrities? |website=BBC News |date=6 May 2011 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13112311 |access-date=6 May 2018}}</ref>
Defoe grew up in Canning Town and when his family moved to Beckton, played [[five-a-side]] football at Newham Leisure Centre.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newham.gov.uk/Pages/ServiceChild/Interview-with-Jermain-Defoe.aspx |title=Interview With Jermaine Dafoe: A Food And Football Revolution |access-date=24 November 2017}}</ref> He joined the Sunday league team [[Senrab F.C.|Senrab]], well known in London for producing players such as [[Lee Bowyer]], [[John Terry]], [[Ashley Cole]] and [[Ledley King]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Lessons from Senrab's soccer school |website=BBC Sport |date=30 March 2004 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/3580385.stm |access-date=18 August 2007 |first=Sarah |last=Holt}}</ref> and then joined the FA National School of Excellence at [[Lilleshall]], Shropshire, as a 14-year-old in 1997. While there, he attended [[Idsall School]].<ref name="Claret and Blue Blood" />
==Club career==
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