User:Cupcake92/Football/Players/Jezza Constantinides

Jeremy Panayotis Constantinides (born 5 July 1988), often simply known as Jezza (Greek: Τζέρεμι 'Τζεζζα' Κωνσταντινίδης), surname also spelt Constantinidis or Konstantinidis, is an Anglo-Greek footballer. He plays a midfielder for FC London and the Greek national team. He also has one cap for England, and is therefore a dual international, a rarity these days. He was born in Paddington, London.

The Big U-Turn

Before the 2010 CSA World Cup, Jezza was called up to the preliminary England squad. Previously Jezza had played for the England Under-21s and had snubbed a call from CSA Greece in order to get an England cap.

He made his England debut against Russia in May 2010. However, he played extremely poorly, giving the ball away many times. As he was substituted off, the England fans booed and whistled him with catcalls and shouts of "F*** off you Greek b******". Jezza was offended by this and flashed a middle-finger sign at the England fans. Manager Marco Garibaldi was less than impressed and sent Jezza home, ending his World Cup hopes.

In August 2010, Jezza announced that he wanted to play for Greece instead, still being eligible too since he had not featured for England in a competitive match. That same month, he got his first cap in a friendly against Norway. Jezza played superbly, and was named man of the match by Greek television.

In September 2010, he ran the show against Romania in the opening CSA EuroCup 12 qualifier scoring an absolute screamer which had no chance for the Romanian goalkeeper. Greece went on to win 4-1.

Quotes

Jezza has been known to make a lot of silly quotes. Below are a selection of some of them.

• Interviewer: "Would it be fair to describe you as a volatile player?"
  Jezza: "Well, I can play in the centre, on the right and occasionally on the left side."

• "I have a good record there. Played one, won one, and hopefully it will be the same after Saturday."

• "I was disappointed to leave London Clarets, but quite pleased that I did."

• "To win the league, we need to defeat all the teams, especially the ones we'll play against."

• Interviewer: "Jezza, are you gutted to miss that sitter?"
  Jezza: "Yeah, had it gone in, it would have been a goal."

• "I'm not someone who makes predictions. Never have done, and I never will do."

• "What he's just done, Welchy, he's gone and nutmegged that poor fella there, little bit of eyebrows, on to CVDB, he hits the post, spotter's badge, and who else but old Jezza to put the ball in the old onion bag." -- Jezza analyses one of his goals in true punditry fashion on FCL TV's Play the Pundit