Defoe retired from enjoying in 2022 with Sunderland the ultimate cease of a 23-year skilled profession which started in Charlton’s after which West Ham’s academy earlier than taking in Tottenham (twice), Portsmouth, Bournemouth, Toronto FC and Rangers as everlasting locations.
He scored 305 targets in 763 senior appearances and 20 in 57 England caps, representing his nation on the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and the 2012 European Championships in Poland and Ukraine.
After working within the Spurs academy for 2 years, incomes his Uefa A-licence, Defoe left his former membership in the summertime of 2024 to pursue a full-time managerial position.
Woking stated they’d opted for Defoe “following an in depth recruitment course of” and stated his “values, management fashion and footballing philosophy finest aligned with its long-term imaginative and prescient”.
Membership chairman Todd Johnson added: “Jermain’s achievements as a participant converse for themselves, however what stood out to us through the course of was how he sees the sport, how he drives requirements, and his method to management and participant growth.
“We now have a transparent plan for the place we need to go as a membership, and we consider Jermain is the correct individual to construct on the sturdy foundations already in place and assist take us ahead within the subsequent part of that journey.”
Defoe will likely be assisted by former Fulham and Halifax supervisor Paul Bracewell, with Ross and Jake Hyde remaining on the membership’s teaching employees.
