Jamie O’Hara Biography, Age, Height, Early Life, Career, Personal Life and More
Posted By: Noor Ul Huda | September 28, 2018Who is Jamie O’Hara?
Jamie O’Hara, the promising professional footballer of United Kingdom, was born on 25 September 1986. He plays as a midfielder for Billerica Town in the Isthmian League Premier Division.
Jamie began his professional training with Arsenal Academy, and he moved to Tottenham Hotspur’s Academy in 2003. He contracted for Tottenham Hotspur to join as a first-team player in the 2007–08 season. He has had numerous loan spells, including a period with Portsmouth which made them qualify the FA Cup Final of 2010.
The early career of Jamie O’ Hara
During 2004–05 he was included in all matches in the FA Youth Cup and scored as well against Everton through a free kick. He also played in fourteen Under-18 games and eighteen reserve games.
In January 2006 it was declared that he had hired by Chesterfield on a three-month loan contract. His League debut came on 14th January 2006, at Don Caster Rovers which ended as a 1–1 draw. He scored five goals throughout this loan spell by playing 19 matches.
He sent out on loan for again in August 2007. This time he joined League of One club Mill wall on a month-long transient contract that successively prolonged to December. He played 15 matched during this loan- contract.
2011
In 2011, he made a contract with Wolver Hampton Wanderers on loan for the rest of the season. On 21 June 2011, it was informed that O’Hara had signed a five-year agreement with Wolves for an unrevealed cost, but an estimate was about £5million.
On 5 November 2014, O’Hara played for Blackpool on a loan plan until 4 January 2015. He made his debut against Leeds United on 8 November in a 3–1 bad luck. On 8 January 2015, O’Hara’s transient arrangement with Blackpool was prolonged to the end of the season.
On 7 July 2015, O’Hara joined Fulham team for one-year. O’Hara played his first match for Fulham in the initial session of the season in a match which was 1-1 draw against Cardiff City. He scored his first goal for Fulham in a 3-2 clash at Sheffield on 19 September 2015. O’Hara released on 9 June 2016.
In August 2016, O’Hara contracted for Gillingham on a two-year contract. On September 30, O’Hara and the club agreed to end his agreement once he was not able to recover from an injury.
Jamie O’Hara International career
O’Hara named in the England under-21 team for a game against the Republic of Ireland on 5 February 2008, but he not taken to the pitch. He made his debut in the U21 cap on 25 March 2008, in a friendly match against Poland which ended as 0–0 draw. He could play seven matched in total at this level.
On 21 February 2011, O’Hara confessed that he was seriously considering to play international football for the team of Republic of Ireland if he got the call from Ireland camp. O’Hara had represented the England under-21 team, but he had never selected for the senior team, and since his grandparents were Irish, he was eligible to make the switch. Mick McCarthy, the Former Wolves manager, also stated that he also wished that O’Hara should make the switch to Ireland.
He also played for the Northern Ireland as his father was born in Magherafelt.
Jamie O’Hara Personal life
O’Hara had been in a relationship with previous Miss England model Danielle Lloyd since April 2009. On 1 December 2009, the couple announced their engagement. In March 2010, they announced that Lloyd was pregnant with their first child. A baby boy (born on 11 July 2010 who named Archie O’Hara). On 13 July 2011, Lloyd gave birth to their second baby boy who named Harry James O’Hara. Subsequently, Lloyd and O’Hara married on 26 May 2012.
On 27 July 2014, The Sunday Mirror blamed that O’Hara had been unfaithful to his wife during the previous weekend with a female whom he met in a nightclub. On 7 September 2014, Lloyd announced that she had filed a case for a divorce from O’Hara.
He was out of contract after leaving Gillingham FC, so O’Hara participated in a 19th season of the reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother in January 2017.
Jamie O’Hara Achievements
Tottenham Hotspur
- Football League Cup: 2007–08
Individual
- Portsmouth Player of the Year: 2009–10 for the Lions.