Jenna Dear
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_(cropped).jpg) Dear with Watford in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jenna May Dear[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 29 May 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Hayes, England | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ipswich Town | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–15 | Chelsea | 2 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Watford (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Everton | 8 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Sheffield FC | 15 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | Vålerenga | 15 | (1) |
| 2019–2021 | FC Fleury 91 | 18 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Dijon | 29 | (3) |
| 2023–2025 | Sunderland | 26 | (6) |
| 2025– | Ipswich Town | 9 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014–2016 | England U19 | 13 | (2) |
| 2016 | England U20 | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 29 November 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 October 2017 | |||
Jenna May Dear (born 29 May 1996) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League 2 club Ipswich Town.
Born in Hayes, Hillingdon, Dear spent her early years at the Reading FC Girls' Centre of Excellence and played for Yiewsley Predators and Hayes & Yeading Youth.[2][3]
Dear joined Chelsea LFC at the age of 14, and went on loan to Watford Ladies in March 2015 for the first half of that season.[2] She joined Everton LFC in January 2016,[4] before moving to Sheffield in April 2017.[2]
Dear played for Vålerenga Fotball Damer in Norway.[5] Before this, she played for Sheffield F.C. Ladies.[6]
Dear joined Fleury in 2019, but left in 2021 due to problems with sexual harassment, misconduct and a toxic culture at the club.[7]
In July 2023, Dear returned to England, signing with Championship club Sunderland.[8]
On 31 July 2025, Dear was announced at Ipswich Town on a permanent transfer.[9]
