Jermain Defoe

Popular striker reached a personal and club landmark in 2010-11, but admitted it was a 'frustrating' campaign.
Jermain became only the 16th player in the club's history to score 100 goals for Spurs when he hit a screamer against West Brom at the Lane in April, 2011.
But he scored only four goals in the Premier League in a total of nine from 30 appearances in all competitions having been sidelined for three months after sustaining an ankle injury on England duty in September, 2010.
Our top-scorer in 2009-10, Jermain made history during that season before joining an elite Spurs club by scoring for England at the World Cup Finals in June.
Jermain became only the third player in Premier League history to score five goals in a match when he achieved the feat in the 9-1 mauling of Wigan in November.
Indeed, he was only the second Spurs to bag five in a top-flight match after Alfie Stokes all the way back in 1957.
That was the highlight of a season where he scored 24 goals in all competitions, helping fire us to fourth place in the Premier League.
That form took him to the World Cup and his winner against Slovenia marked only the sixth time a Spurs player has achieved the feat on World Cup duty for England - following in the footsteps of Jimmy Greaves, Martin Peters, Alan Mullery, Gary Lineker and Darren Anderton.
JD scored three hat-tricks in the season and was on fire from the start, bagging a trio at Hull in August. Those were his first three goal of the season and his last helped us beat Chelsea in April.
The popular striker rejoined the Club in January 2009 following a successful year at Portsmouth.
The England international had made 177 appearances in our colours in all competitions during his first spell at the Club between January 2004 and January 2008, during which time he scored 64 goals following his switch from West Ham United.
After his spell on the South Coast reaped nine goals in 24 games, JD settled straight back in to life at The Lane with three goals in his first five games.
But a foot injury picked up in late January wrecked the rest of his 2008-09 season and forced him out until mid-April.
Jermain did, however, feature another five times before the season was out, scoring one more goal.
The former Charlton trainee began his professional career at West Ham before embarking on a season-long loan spell at Bournemouth, where he scored 19 goals in 31 appearances before returning to London and clocking up 105 games and 41 goals for West Ham.
Jermain is playing under manager Harry Redknapp for the third time in his career, having also played under his guidance at West Ham and Portsmouth.
He earned his first senior England call-up for a friendly against Sweden in March 2004 and has since gone on to establish himself as a regular international.

Giovani Dos Santos

Chances were again limited for Giovani in 2010-11.
The Mexican international made five appearances, three as substitiute in the Premier League and starts in the League Cup and Champions League.
He joined La Liga side Racing Santander on loan in January for the remainder of the 2010-11 season.
There was a positive end to the campaign for Gio as he scored a wonderful goal in the CONCACAF Gold Cup Final as Mexico defeat USA 4-2 in California.
Signed from Barcelona in June, 2008, 'Gio' made an impressive start to his Spurs career during pre-season before an ankle injury early on in the campaign proper halted his progress.
He returned to make a further three First Team appearances - scoring his first goal for the Club in a UEFA Cup tie with Shakhtar Donetsk in February 2009 - before being loaned out to Ipswich Town for the remainder of the 2008-09 campaign.
At Portman Road, Giovani was a hit with Tractor Boys fans as he scored four goals in eight appearances, including a winner against East Anglia rivals Norwich City.
He followed this up by playing a key role in Mexico's success at the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup in USA, a tournament in which he was named MVP (Most Valuable Player).
Gio returned to the Club ready for the 2009-10 season, but an ankle injury picked up in a Carling Cup game at Preston early on in the campaign restricted him to just three Spurs appearances before he agreed to join Turkish club Galatasaray in January 2010, where he spent the remainder of the season before playing every game for Mexico in the World Cup.
Giovani first shot to prominence as the star of the 2005 FIFA U17 World Championships for Mexico, as well as the 2007 FIFA U20 World Championships.
The son of a former professional footballer, he progressed through the ranks at Barcelona and made 28 senior appearances for the Spanish giants in 2007-08, scoring three goals, before moving to England.

Emmanuel Adebayor

The prolific Togo international striker is with us on loan from Manchester City for the 2011/2012 season.
Emmanuel moved to the Premier League in January, 2006 from Monaco and has scored 81 goals in 186 appearances in all competitions during spells with Arsenal and Manchester City.
Adebayor spent the second half of last season on loan at Real Madrid registering eight goals in 22 appearances.

Sandro

Brazilian international midfielder made a real impact in his debut season in 2010-11.
He was in and out of the squad in the early part of the campaign following his summer switch from Internacional but his stunning performance alongside Wilson Palacios to help beat AC Milan in the San Siro in February, 2011, made everyone sit up and take notice.
He appeared to cover every blade of grass that night and his energy levels and ability to break play up were a feature for the rest of the season.
That wasn't all though. He showed he had an eye for goal with a strike to remember at Chelsea as we went ahead at Stamford Bridge in April, 2011.
In the end, Sandro racked up 26 appearances in all competitions, starting 17.
He also added to his full caps for Brazil - standing at six in June, 2011 - and was selected for the Copa America, taking place in July, 2011.
Sandro joined us from Internacional in March, 2010 and arrived in London in August, 2010, following the successful conclusion of his former club's Copa Libertadores campaign.
Inter lifted the South American equivalent of the Champions League, after a 5-3 aggregate Final victory over Chivas of Mexico.
And he was straight back into action with his new club, making his debut in our League Cup third round defeat against Arsenal at White Hart Lane the following month, putting in an impressive performance.
It wasn't long before Sandro then made his first Premier League start in a 2-1 win at Fulham the following month.
Sandro made nearly 100 appearances for Inter having come through the ranks at the Porto Alegre club, playing a key role in both the Copa Libertadores success and their second place finish in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A the season before.
He made his senior international debut for Brazil against Chile in a World Cup qualifier in September, 2009, aged 20.
He was also capped on eight occasions for the national team's Under-20 side and was their captain as they triumphed in the South American Youth Championship in Venezuela in February, 2009.

Niko Kranjcar

The Croatian international found chances limited in 2010-11 - mainly down to the outstanding form of Gareth Bale.
But there were still a couple of moments of magic from the wide man.
Niko came off the bench to hammer home a thunderbolt last-minute winner against Bolton in February, 2011 and made it back-to-back winners with another cracker at Sunderland the week after.
In the end though he made only five starts in his 21 appearances.
Niko's excellent first season in 2009-10 was unfortunately cut short by injury sustained in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley in April.
But he made quite an impact in his 29 appearances in all competitions, scoring eight goals including spectacular hits against Peterborough United and Stoke and showstopper against City at the Lane when he beat Emmanuel Adebayor all ends up before slotting home.
Niko joined us from Portsmouth on transfer deadline day in September 2009.
He made his Spurs debut as a second half substitute during a defeat against Manchester United at White Hart Lane later that month.
And although the midfielder had to work hard to win a regular place in Harry Redknapp's starting lineup, he soon established himself as a key attacking player in the side.
Taking up the position on the left of midfield made vacant by a serious early-season injury sustained by fellow countryman Luka Modric, Niko shone.
He opened his goalscoring account for the Club in a 2-2 draw at Bolton Wanderers in October 2009.
And his explosive and direct style of play, cominbed with the ability to find the net from long distance, helped galvanise our form in the first half of the campaign.
He went on to score six goals in 19 league starts before that injury at Wembley ended his season early.
Niko began his career with Dinamo Zagreb, where he made his debut at the age of 16 and captained the side to a league and Super Cup double in 2003.
Niko then joined rivals Hajduk Split in January 2005, earning another championship medal in his first season.
The midfielder moved to Fratton Park in the summer of 2006 and played a total of 100 games, scoring 12 times in all competitions.

Luka Modric

The Croatian international midfielder capped a fine 2009-10 campaign by playing a starring role in central midfield in key wins against Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City as we finished fourth in the Premier League.
Wilson Palacios' suspension saw Harry Redknapp turn to Luka to partner Tom Huddlestone centrally and he did so effortlessly, further underlining his manager's 'world-class' description.
It wasn't all a bed of roses for Luka in 2009-10.
Having started the season well, he suffered a fractured fibula against Birmingham City in August and didn't return until December. He went on to make 32 appearances in all competitions, starting 21 matches in the Premier League, scoring three goals.
Luka completed his move from Dinamo Zagreb in July 2008 and enjoyed an impressive first season in English football.
Luka arrived in N17 off the back of playing a starring role in his country's run to the quarter-finals of that summer's European Championships.
And although it took him a little while to adapt to the speed and intensity of the Premier League, his maiden campaign ended up as proof of his status as one of the best young midfielders in Europe.
Luka came into his own particularly towards the end of the 2008-09 season, when he took up a role on the left hand side of Harry Redknapp's midfield having previously been utilised in more central roles.
His switch to the flank conincided with a run that took the Club clear of relegation trouble and into the hunt for European places.
Having opened his account in a UEFA Cup tie with Spartak Moscow in December 2008, Luka went on to score five goals in 43 appearances during his first season at the Lane, including a memorable winner over Chelsea at The Lane in March 2009.
Earlier in his career, Luka joined Dinamo in 2002 at the age of 16 before being loaned out to Bosnian side Zrinjski Mostar, where he earned the honour of Bosnian Player of the Year in his one season there.
In 2004 he returned to Croatia, again on loan, with Inter Zapresic, whom Luka helped to second place in the league before returning to Dinamo.
Over the next three years he established himself as the team's playmaker and played a big part in the club's three successive league title triumphs and two Croatian Cup wins before deciding to join Spurs.

Rafael Van Der Vaart

The Holland international midfielder joined us from Real Madrid on transfer deadline day, September, 2010.
He was thrust straight into Harry Redknapp's side to make his debut in our 1-1 draw at West Brom 10 days later.
In his third game for the Club he found the net for the first time, from the penalty spot in a 3-1 win over Wolves at the Lane.
Cue an incredible run of goalscoring form that would see Rafa, usually playing just off a main striker, score in each of his next five appearances at his new home, instantly installing him as a firm favourite amongst fans.
Rafa was instrumental in two landmark wins in the Premier League in 2010-11. Firstly, he set-up two goals and scored once as we came from 2-0 down to beat Arsenal 3-2 and clinch our first win at the Emirates. He later scored another two against the Gunners in the 3-3 draw at the Lane.
He then hit a lovely, dipping volley to send us on the way to a 2-1 win at Liverpool - our first league win at Anfield since 1993.
That was his 15th and final goal of a memorable campaign that left many pundits describing Rafa as the signing of the season.
He capped it all by being shortlisted for the PFA Player of the Season Award by his peers.
Rafael came through the ranks at Ajax and won two league titles and a Dutch Super Cup during 141 appearances with the Eredivisie side, scoring 60 goals before leaving for Hamburg in the summer of 2005.
An attack-minded midfielder, he was the Bundesliga side's leading scorer in his first season in Germany before the club lifted the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2005.
He made a total of 111 appeances for Hamburg and went on to captain the club before joining Real ahead of the 2008/09 campaign.
There he spent two seasons, winning the Spanish Super Cup shortly after arriving at the Bernabeu, and making 71 appearances in total.
Rafael has been capped over 80 times by his country since making his international debut against Andorra in 2001 at the age of 18.
He has represented the Netherlands at two European Championships and two World Cups, including the 2010 Finals in South Africa where he featured five times in the side's run to the Final.

Earlier in his career, Rafael represented Holland at Under-16 through to Under-21 level.

Scott Parker

The hard-working England international midfielder arrived from West Ham on transfer deadline day, August 2011.
Scott's impressive displays for the Hammers during the previous season saw him named the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year, 2011.
He began his career with Charlton Athletic, making his debut in 1997 aged just 16, before joining Chelsea in January, 2004 and was crowned PFA Young Player of the Year at the end of the 2003/04 campaign.
Scott has represented England at every level from Under-16 through to senior, joined Newcastle United in June, 2005 and went on to captain the side during two seasons at St James' Park.

Aaron Lennon

Lightning winger made 46 appearances in all competitions in 2010-11 and featured in 34 out of 38 matches in the Premier League, a total equalled only by Peter Crouch.
Aaron's highlights included a last-gasp winner against Liverpool in November and few will forget the role he played to set-up Crouchy's winner against AC Milan in the San Siro in Februray, 2011, sprinting fully 60 yards before providing the striker with the easiest of tap-ins.
'Azza' was in the form of his life before his 2009-10 campaign was cut short by injury.
He was flying in the first half of the season. He scored back-to-back winners against Birmingham and West Ham and bagged a number of assists as he started 18 of our first 20 matches.
However, a groin problem then got the better of him in late December and he didn't return to action until April 24 as a substitute at Old Trafford.
He started the final two matches of the season but his form over the campaign was enough for inclusion into Fabio Capello's World Cup squad - his second World Cup Finals at the age of 23.
Aaron joined us as an 18-year-old from hometown club Leeds United in July 2005 and burst onto the scene during his maiden campaign.
He scored two goals in 29 games before earning a shock call-up to the Sven-Goran Eriksson's England squad for the 2006 World Cup Finals in Germany.
Aaron went on to bolster his Premier League experience in 2006-07 with 24 appearances in all competitions, netting five goals including a famous winner against Chelsea at the Lane in November, 2006.
He was part of the side that won the Carling Cup at Wembley in February 2008, and has now played nearly 200 games for the Club.
Aaron was named the supporters' Player of the Season for 2008-09 as he terrorised left-backs up and down the country during his 47 games in all competition, earning a new five-year contract at the Club in March 2009 as well as a recall to the England senior squad the same week.
Before joining Spurs, Aaron had already made history at White Hart Lane by becoming the youngest Premier League player ever after coming off the bench for Leeds against us in August 2003 for his senior debut aged 16 years and 129 days old.

Ledley King

 Injuries again took their toll on our Club Captain and longest-serving player in 2010-11.
But Ledley's infamous knee wasn't the problem - this time, a groin injury restricted the classy central defender to nine starts out of 53.
However, he did have the honour of leading us out for our first-ever Champions League match at the Lane - the second leg of the play-off against Young Boys in August - and ticked past the 300-appearance mark for the Club when he returned from a seven-month absence with an amazing performance in the 2-0 win at Liverpool in May.
That meant just that little more to Ledley after he made his debut at Liverpool back in May, 1999 - it was his first win at Anfield.
Having come through the Club's Academy ranks, Ledley made his senior debut as an 18-year-old, coming on as a substitute during a 3-2 defeat against Liverpool at Anfield in May 1999.
It took another season before the London-born youngster properly established himself in the First Team, but once he did so during the 2000-01 campaign, there was no looking back.
Over the next few seasons, Ledley earned recognition as one of the best young defenders in the country, also often operating as a defensive midfielder.
He gained full international honours for England during this time, and was part of Sven-Goran Eriksson's Euro 2004 squad, starting the first game of the tournament against holders France.  
But the pivotal season of his career was the 2004-05 campaign. Ledley was an ever-present in our Premier League campaign, in which we conceded just 41 goals and kept 13 clean sheets. During that season, he was also named Club captain.
The following season, he led the Club to a top five Premier League finish, but missed the final games of that campaign due to a broken foot that kept him out of that summer's World Cup Finals in Germany.
Since then, injury problems, particularly knee trouble, have blighted Ledley's career.
This forced him to feature in less than half of our 59 competitive games in 2006-07.
The following season did not kick off for Ledley until Boxing Day, but although he only managed to play 10 games in 2007-08, the defining moment of his career so far came during this campaign.
He lived a boyhood dream of captaining Spurs to their first major trophy in nine years after a heroic performance in a 2-1 extra-time win over Chelsea in the Carling Cup Final at Wembley in February 2008.
Ledley called time on the season soon after, and following a summer of rehabilitation, 2008-09 saw a marked improvement in his fitness levels as he played 29 games in all competitions.    
He established a strong defensive partnership with Jonathan Woodgate as the foundation of a back-line that conceded just 10 goals at home in the league all season. 
Ledley's performances at the end of the 2009-10 campaign earned a place in England's World Cup squad.
Injuries again took their toll during the season but it wasn't his now famous knee problems but muscle injuries that cost Ledley time out of the team.
As always though, when Ledley played, he underlined his class and that was enough for Fabio Capell to take him to South Africa.
Ledley actually started 19 games in the Premier League - half of the season - skippering the side to a fourth-place finish and, 11 years after making his first-team debut, securing a place in the Champions League.
At present, Ledley still holds the record for the fastest ever goal in Premier League history, scored after 10 seconds against Bradford City at Valley Parade in December 2000. This was also his first ever goal for the Club!

Verdan Corluka

 Croatian international full-back Vedran started the campaign in the right-back role but a combination of injury plus the form of Alan Hutton and Younes Kaboul restricted him to 24 appearances in all competitions in 2010-11.
'Charlie', as he's affectionately known, started six of the first seven matches including our Champions League play-off against Young Boys, but a back injury ruled him out of the Wolves game - and Hutton took advantage, scoring in that game and starting the next 15.
He eventually returned towards the end of the season - just in time to play in the big matches against AC Milan and Real Madrid, but another injury in April ended his season early.
Vedran joined us from Manchester City in August, 2008 and enjoyed an impressive first season at the Lane, making 41 appearances and operating right across the back-line.
Having established himself as first-choice right-back, Vedran started 29 of our first 30 games in the Premier League in 2009-2010 until injury ended his campaign early. He also opened his goalscoring account for us in a 2-2 Premier League draw at Bolton Wanderers in October 2009.
A regular for Croatia, he played in every match of his country's campaign at Euro 2008 where, along with Spurs team-mates Luka Modric and Niko Kranjcar, Slaven Bilic's side reached the quarter-final stage.
Back home in Croatia, Vedran came through the ranks at Dynamo Zagreb and after a season on loan at NK Inter Zapresic, winning successive titles with Dynamo in 2006 and 2007.
He left for the English Premier League and Manchester City in August 2007, making 41 appearances in all competitions before joining Spurs.

Michael Dawson

 Popular, super-consistent central defender 'Daws' admitted 2010-11 was a season of incredible highs - and one, painful low.
Michael was set to lead us into a memorable campaign of Champions League football in 2010-11 before disaster struck just five games into that season.
He suffered knee and ankle injuries making only his second senior England appearance in a Euro 2012 qualifier against Bulgaria at Wembley.
It forced him to sit out three months of our season as we battled at the top of the Premier League and qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League for the first time in our history.
Of course, he returned better than ever in November and went on to make 32 appearances in all competitions, and proudly led the team out at the San Siro - the memorable win against AC Milan - and the Bernabeu.
Michael capped an outstanding 2009-10 campaign with an initial call into England's provisional 30-man squad for the World Cup and then, following the heartbreak of missing out, being called back into the 23 following injury to Rio Ferdinand.
Many pundits believed 'Daws' should have been in the 23 anyway after playing a key role as we finished fourth in the Premier League.
Despite not featuring at the tournament in South Africa, Michael finally won his first senior international cap in a friendly with Hungary at Wembley in August, 2010.
Ever-reliable, Michael become one of the most important players in Harry Redknapp's side and captained the side for much of the 2009/10 campaign.
Laid low by an Achilles problem at the start of the season, Michael returned for the 9-1 hammering of Wigan in November and missed just one of our next 35 games.
His form earned a number of awards including One Hotspur Player of the Season, Boxholders Player of the Season and Supporters' Clubs Player of the Year.
Michael arrived from Nottingham Forest as a 21-year-old in January, 2005.
The affable Yorkshireman made his name at Nottingham Forest, where he progressed through the ranks to make his debut in 2002 and 91 appearances in total before heading to N17.
After recovering from an initial injury, Michael made his Spurs debut in a 2-2 Premier League draw with Liverpool at Anfield in April 2005.
For the following two seasons, he was rarely out of the side, establishing an impressive partnership with Ledley King as we finished in the Premier League's top five for two consecutive seasons.
In 2006-07, Michael played in 58 of our 59 competitive games that season, and was awarded the captain's armband for the first time in an FA Cup quarter-final tie with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in March 2007.
Injuries to Ledley meant Daws often found himself playing alongside of various partners for much of the 2007-08 campaign, arguably leading to a dip in form.
This was compounded by the heartbreak of missing out on our famous Carling Cup Final success of February 2008 through an ankle injury.
But following the arrival of Redknapp as manager in October 2008, he quickly re-gained his most consistent form and battled hard to earn the right to be considered as first-choice centre-half alongside evergreen pair King and Jonathan Woodgate
Michael made 28 appearances in 2008-09, scoring twice, picking up the supporters' Team Player of the Year award thanks to his outstanding contribution.
Michael signed a new contract at the Club in January 2010, which will keep him at The Lane until 2015.

Gareth Bale

The powerful left-sided Welsh international is currently regarded as one of the best young players in European football.
This is down to an incredible turnaround that took Gareth from the fringes of the first team to becoming one of the key figures in Harry Redknapp's side in the space of a year.
Playing as either a left-back or further up the flank, Gareth was instrumental in securing our fourth place Premier League finish in 2009-10 and carried that form into a fine first half of the 2010-11 campaign.
This most notably included an unforgettable hat-trick at the San Siro against holders Inter Milan in the Champions League and a Man of the Match display when the Italian giants visited the Lane a fortnight later.
In March 2011, Gareth signed a new contract keeping him at the Club until 2015.
And the icing on the cake for 2010-11 came when he was named PFA Player of the Season - at the tender age of 21.
In the end, Gareth made 41 appearances in all competitions, contributing an impressive 11 goals.
But cast your minds back to January, 2010, and he had yet to start a Premier League match and end up on the winning team, finding regular football hard to come by.
An injury to regular left-back Benoit Assou-Ekotto at the turn of the year gave him his chance for a run of games, and he never looked back, earning Man of the Match awards and rave reviews throughout the remainder of the 2009-10 campaign.
Gareth made 34 appearances in total that season, scoring three Premier League goals which included valuable winners in our back-to-back North London derby victories over Arsenal and Chelsea in April, 2010.
Three years previously, Gareth had made a promising start to his Spurs career as a teenager, having signed from Southampton in May, 2007. 
He made his First Team debut at Old Trafford against Manchester United in August, 2007, following initial injury problems following his arrival from St Mary's.
The next two games saw the youngster announce himself on the biggest stage, scoring his first Spurs goal in an away fixture with Fulham before hitting the opener in his first ever North London derby against Arsenal at White Hart Lane, a game we went on to lose 3-1.
But injury problems over the coming months, including a broken foot picked up in a home game with Birmingham City that December, curtailed his progress and ended his maiden season prematurely.
On returning from injury for the 2008-09 campaign, Gareth found regular football harder to come by due to the resurgance of Assou-Ekotto as the Club's first-choice left-back until it all turned around for the young man from Cardiff.
Earlier on in his young career, Gareth made his professional debut for Southampton against Millwall in the Championship towards the end of the 2005-06 campaign.
He went on to be capped by his country at Under-21 level before becoming the youngest ever Wales international when he came off the bench against Trinidad and Tobago in June, 2006.
His first Welsh start came, ironically enough, at White Hart Lane in September 2006 when Brazil provided the opposition and a first international goal quickly followed against Slovakia in a European Championship qualifier - making him the country's youngest goalscorer.
Gareth made 45 appearances for Southampton, scoring five goals, and helped the club to the Championship play-offs at the end of the 2006-07 season before his switch to the Lane.