Jermaine Jones From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other people named Jermaine Jones, see Jermaine Jones (disambiguation). Jermaine Jones Jermaine Jones 2011-08-03.jpg Personal information Full name Jermaine Jones Date of birth 3 November 1981 (age 32) Place of birth Frankfurt am Main, West Germany Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)[1] Playing position Defensive midfielder Club information Current club Beşiktaş Number TBA Youth career 1988–1994 SV Bonames 1994–1995 FV Bad Vilbel 1995–1999 Eintracht Frankfurt Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1999–2004 Eintracht Frankfurt II 31 (9) 1999–2004 Eintracht Frankfurt 46 (7) 2004–2005 Bayer Leverkusen II 15 (5) 2004–2005 Bayer Leverkusen 5 (0) 2005 → Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) 14 (3) 2005–2007 Eintracht Frankfurt 24 (2) 2007– Schalke 04 129 (7) 2011 → Blackburn Rovers (loan) 15 (0) 2014– Beşiktaş 0 (0) National team‡ 2001–2003 Germany U21 8 (3) 2004 Germany Team 2006 1 (0) 2008 Germany 3 (0) 2010– United States 38 (2) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 December 2013. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 January 2014 Jermaine Jones (born 3 November 1981) is a German-American footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Turkish Süper Lig club Beşiktaş. Jones has previously played for Schalke 04, Eintracht Frankfurt, Bayer Leverkusen and Blackburn Rovers. Jones was born in Germany and represented them at U21 and senior level. However, he was not a regular in the team. As his father was an American and Jones had not played a competitive match for Germany he was eligible to represent United States. In October 2009, he became a United States player and made his debut the following year.