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Damien Jerome Francis (born 27 February 1979 in Wandsworth, England) is a retired Jamaican international footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

Damien Francis

Personal information
Full name	Damien Jerome Francis[1]
Date of birth	(1979-02-27) 27 February 1979 (age 43)[1]
Place of birth	Wandsworth, England
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
0000–1997	Wimbledon
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2003	Wimbledon	97	(15)
2003–2005	Norwich City	73	(14)
2005–2006	Wigan Athletic	20	(1)
2006–2008	Watford	47	(5)
Total		237	(35)
National team
2003	Jamaica	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Early career

As a child Francis followed Wimbledon, and was a ball boy at their ground. He started playing for the club aged 9, originally as a defender, before moving into midfield.[3]

After several successful seasons with Wimbledon Francis moved to Norwich City and made a good impression including helping them reach the Premiership by winning the Championship in season 2003-2004.

Wigan

After Norwich were relegated at the end of their first season in the Premiership after a disappointing campaign, Francis made the decision to end his two-year stay at Carrow Road but remained in the Premiership by securing a transfer to promoted Wigan Athletic.

Despite Wigan's success in finishing 10th in the Premiership and reaching the League Cup final, it was a disappointing spell professionally for Francis, who did not feature as much as he would have liked to. He signed for newly promoted Watford for a fee of £1.5 million at the start of the 2006-2007 season.

Watford

On debut against Everton, he claimed a goal, only for it to be ruled an own goal by Alan Stubbs by the Premier League's Goals Panel. Francis would go on to feature regularly for Watford that season, playing 39 times and scoring four goals. These included a goal in Watford's run to the FA Cup semi-finals, against Ipswich Town in the fifth round. On 21 April 2007, in a game against Manchester City Francis injured his cruciate knee ligaments, an injury that was expected to keep him out for around six months.[4] As a consequence of the 1–1 draw in that game, Watford were relegated. Francis injury actually kept him out for 18 months. He failed to recover fully from the injury and was forced to retire from football on 3 October 2008.[5]

Career statistics

Club

Source: Damien Francis at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Wimbledon	1997–98	Premier League	2	0	0	0	0	0	—		2	0
	1998–99	Premier League	0	0	0	0	2	0	—		2	0
	1999–2000	Premier League	9	0	1	0	3	0	—		13	0
	2000–01	First Division	29	8	4	0	3	0	—		36	8
	2001–02	First Division	23	1	2	0	0	0	—		25	1
	2002–03	First Division	34	6	2	0	3	0	—		39	6
	Total		97	15	9	0	11	0	—		117	15
Norwich City	2003–04	First Division	41	7	1	0	1	0	—		43	7
	2004–05	Premier League	32	7	1	0	2	0	—		35	7
	Total		73	14	2	0	3	0	—		78	14
Wigan Athletic	2005–06	Premier League	20	1	3	0	1	0	—		24	1
Watford	2006–07	Premier League	32	3	5	1	2	1	—		39	5
	2007–08	Championship	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	2
	2008–09	Championship	4	0	—		2	1	—		6	1
	Total		47	5	6	1	4	2	0	0	57	8
Career total			237	35	20	1	19	2	0	0	276	38

References

External links

• Damien Francis profile at watfordfc.co.uk
• Damien Francis at Soccerbase
• Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk

На других языках

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- [en] Damien Francis

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[es] Damien Francis

Damien Francis (Wandsworth, Gran Londres, Inglaterra, 27 de febrero de 1979), es un ex futbolista jamaiquino. Jugaba de volante y se retiró del fútbol profesional en octubre de 2008 tras no poder recuperarse de una lesión a la rodilla, contraída en abril de 2007 frente al Manchester City.

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[it] Damien Francis

Damian Jerome Francis (Londra, 27 febbraio 1979) è un calciatore inglese naturalizzato giamaicano, di ruolo centrocampista.

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