Jermaine Maurice Easter (born 15 January 1982 in Cardiff) is a former Welsh international footballer who played as a striker.

[3] In March 2005, Easter was allowed to leave Cambridge early, and join Boston United on a free transfer.

[4] Easter chose not to extend his stay with Boston, instead signing for Stockport County, where he joined up with his former manager at Hartlepool; Chris Turner.

Earlier in the month, Easter had turned down moves to Oxford United and failed to reach an agreement of terms with manager Gary Johnson when meeting with Bristol City.

[8] He made his debut for the club on 28 October 2007, coming on as a substitute for Sylvan Ebanks-Blake in a 2–0 defeat to Preston North End.

In August, Easter handed in a transfer request to Plymouth, citing "personal problems" as his reason for wanting to leave.

[11] On 21 November 2008 Easter left Millwall having scored just 1 goal in 6 games to join Colchester United on loan until the end of the year.

On 14 July 2009, Easter joined Milton Keynes Dons on a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee and became Paul Ince's second signing since returning to the club.

[15] Although the striker revealed his desire to make the move to south Wales permanent,[16] he returned to Milton Keynes at the request of his parent club on 13 January,[17] having made seven league and cup appearances for the Swans, with five of those coming from the bench.

Just 24 hours after leaving Swansea to return to Milton Keynes, Easter joined Championship side Crystal Palace for an undisclosed fee, signing a two-and-a-half-year deal.

[17] Easter was handed the number 19 shirt by Dougie Freedman, becoming the Scot's second signing (after Alex Marrow) since taking over the managerial reins at Selhurst Park.

However Easter came back into the side and made a further 6 appearances that season following his comeback in a 2–1 victory over Chesterfield where he came off the bench replacing Luke James in the 72nd minute.

[32] On 26 January 2007, Easter received his first call-up to the Welsh national team from manager John Toshack for the friendly against Northern Ireland, and made his debut as a substitute in the game on 6 February.