Editing Jamie Redknapp (section)

==International career==
[[England national football team|England]] manager [[Terry Venables]] gave Redknapp his international debut on 6 September 1995 in the 0–0 international friendly with [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]] at Wembley.<ref name="englandstats">{{Englandstats|ref=y|access-date=28 August 2018}}</ref> The game is probably best remembered for his mishit cross that produced [[René Higuita]]'s famous 'scorpion kick'.<ref name="scorpion kick keeper">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12792304|title=Colombia 'scorpion kick' keeper Higuita runs for mayor|date=19 March 2011|work=BBC News}}</ref> It ranked 94th in [[Channel 4]]'s ''[[100 Greatest Sporting Moments]]'' in 2002.<ref name="UK poll">[http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest_sporting/results.html 100 Greatest sporting moments – results] ''[[Channel 4]]''. Retrieved 28 August 2014</ref>

Redknapp was capped 17 times for England but played just 39 minutes at a major tournament, which was during the [[UEFA Euro 1996|Euro 96]] campaign when he appeared as a substitute against [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] in the group stage. Rob Smyth later wrote in ''[[The Guardian]]'' that Redknapp's "slick passing greased some slow-moving wheels".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/jul/04/1 |title=On Second Thoughts: Euro 96 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=4 July 2007 |access-date=27 August 2018 |location=London |first=Rob |last=Smyth}}</ref> Injury ruled him out of contention for both the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]] and [[UEFA Euro 2000]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/844611.stm |title=Redknapp injury woe |publisher=BBC Sport |date=21 July 2000 |access-date=10 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/euro2000/teams/england/770460.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031040158/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/euro2000/teams/england/770460.stm |archive-date=31 October 2019 |title=Euro heartache for midfield duo |work=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=30 May 2000 |access-date=15 May 2020}}</ref>

His only international goal came on 10 October 1999 in the 2–1 friendly victory against [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] at the [[Stadium of Light]], [[Sunderland, Tyne and Wear|Sunderland]].<ref name="englandstats" />