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Tottenham legend Jermain Defoe returns to the club to take up coaching role in the club's academy, five months after the 39-year-old hung up his boots

Jermain Defoe has returned to Tottenham Hotspur as a member of the club's academy coaching staff.

The former England international made 362 appearances for Spurs and scored 143 goals across his two separate spells at the club.

Defoe - who represented Tottenham between 2004 to 2008 and 2009 to 2014 - will also assume the position of Club Ambassador as part of his new role.

Jermain Defoe is returning to Spurs as a part of the club's academy coaching staff

The 39-year-old's role as Club Ambassador will see him work with Tottenham's partners and global fanbase.

The news of Defoe's new appointment comes seven months after he left his player-coach role at Rangers.