Jared Jeffrey is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder

Midfielder

A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

 for Mainz

1. FSV Mainz 05

1. Fußball- und Sportverein Mainz 05 e. V., usually shortened to 1. FSV Mainz 05, Mainz 05, or simply Mainz, is a 1905 founded German association football club based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to the football section the 1. FSV Mainz 05 has a handball and table tennis department...

 of Germany's Bundesliga

Fußball-Bundesliga

The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...

.

Beginnings and Youth Career

As a youth, Jeffrey started playing soccer in kindergarten with a youth soccer team known as the Cheetahs. Jeffrey played with the Richardson Soccer Association team until he began select play with the Dallas Texans. Jeffrey's early team was composed of classmates from St. Paul the Apostle School in Richardson, Texas and was coached by Greg Elias, head coach and Bobby Moorehead, assistant coach. Both coaches along with Jeffrey's parents, Jim and Betty, helped foster Jared's early love of the game.

Jeffrey continued his career in the United States at the Dallas Texans

Dallas Texans Soccer Club

Dallas Texans Soccer Club is one of the top youth soccer clubs in the United States. Founded in 1993 by Hassan Nazari, the club has produced many players who have played professionally at various levels in the U.S. and overseas, including US National Team Star Clint Dempsey...

 and was part of the IMG Soccer Academy

IMG Soccer Academy

The IMG Soccer Academy is part of the IMG Academies located in Bradenton, Florida. It is U.S. Soccer's full-time residency program for the United States' U-17 and U-16 mens national teams. Started in 1999, it has become integral in developing the United States' top youth soccer prospects...

. In May 2008, Parade magazine

Parade (magazine)

Parade is an American nationwide Sunday newspaper magazine, distributed in more than 500 newspapers in the United States. It was founded in 1941 and is owned by Advance Publications. The most widely read magazine in the U.S., Parade has a circulation of 32.2 million and a readership of nearly 70...

 selected Jeffrey as its boys soccer national high school player of the year.

Club Brugge

While captaining the USA U-17 in the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup

2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup

The FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007 was held in the Korea Republic between 18 August and 9 September 2007. For this event, the number of teams had been expanded from 16 to 24, with the top two of each group and the four best third-place teams advancing to the Round of 16...

, he was spotted by Belgian power house, Club Brugge, and signed for the club upon turning 18 in 2008. He would never play an official match for the senior team and so during the 2009–2010 winter transfer window, he transferred to Mainz

1. FSV Mainz 05

1. Fußball- und Sportverein Mainz 05 e. V., usually shortened to 1. FSV Mainz 05, Mainz 05, or simply Mainz, is a 1905 founded German association football club based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to the football section the 1. FSV Mainz 05 has a handball and table tennis department...

 in order to seek more opportunities of playing first team football.

Mainz 05

Prior to making the move to Mainz

1. FSV Mainz 05

1. Fußball- und Sportverein Mainz 05 e. V., usually shortened to 1. FSV Mainz 05, Mainz 05, or simply Mainz, is a 1905 founded German association football club based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to the football section the 1. FSV Mainz 05 has a handball and table tennis department...

, he consulted former team mate at the IMG Soccer Academy

IMG Soccer Academy

The IMG Soccer Academy is part of the IMG Academies located in Bradenton, Florida. It is U.S. Soccer's full-time residency program for the United States' U-17 and U-16 mens national teams. Started in 1999, it has become integral in developing the United States' top youth soccer prospects...

 and former Mainz player, Neven Subotić

Neven Subotic

Neven Subotić is a Serbian football defender, who plays for Borussia Dortmund of the German Bundesliga. He made his first-team debut in the 2006–07 season for 1. FSV Mainz 05. In 2008, he signed with Dortmund...

. On January 4, 2010, he would sign a 3 year contract with Mainz.

International career

Jarred Jeffrey has been selected and appeared on all youth international levels for the USA up to this point in his career.
In 2007 he captained and played for the U-17 in CONCACAF qualifying and in the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup

2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup

The FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007 was held in the Korea Republic between 18 August and 9 September 2007. For this event, the number of teams had been expanded from 16 to 24, with the top two of each group and the four best third-place teams advancing to the Round of 16...

, where he played in 4 matches and scored once, via penalty.
In 2009 he participated in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup

2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup

The 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, was the 17th U-20 tournament, which was hosted by Egypt from 24 September to 16 October, in the cities of Cairo, Alexandria, Port Said, Suez and Ismaïlia...

, appearing in all three games.