Brad Jones (footballer)

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Personal information
Brad Jones

Full name	Bradley Jones
Date of birth	March 19, 1982 (1982-03-19) (age 26)
Place of birth	Armadale, Australia
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Middlesbrough
Number	22
Youth clubs
1997–1999	Bayswater City SC
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000– 2002–2003 2003 2003 2004–2005 2006	Middlesbrough → Stockport County (loan) → Rotherham United (loan) → Blackpool (loan) → Blackpool (loan) → Sheffield Wednesday (loan)	18 (0) 01 (0) 00 (0) 05 (0) 12 (0) 15 (0)
National team²
2007–	Australia	01 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 6, 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of May 6, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Bradley "Brad" Jones (born March 19, 1982 in Armadale, Australia) is an Australian football player. He is a goalkeeper who currently plays for English Premiership football team Middlesbrough.

Jones was signed from Bayswater City SC in Western Australia in 2000. He made his first-team debut in the FA Cup third round against Notts County in 2004. Has had loan spells at Stockport County and Blackpool. In the 05-06 season, Jones saved a Ruud van Nistelrooy penalty which left the match against Manchester United level at 0-0.

In August 2006 Jones was loaned out to Sheffield Wednesday for a period of 3 months. Jones made a somewhat up-and-down start to his loan spell at Sheffield Wednesday, making some vital saves as well as conceding penalties in successive games against Plymouth Argyle and Leeds United and seeing red for his part in the latter. On 21 October 2006, things got ugly as his own fans turned on him and attacked him by throwing coins and other missiles at the shellshocked keeper during the home game against QPR.^[1]

Jones received his first senior international call up on 5 February 2007 to replace fellow Boro keeper Mark Schwarzer for a friendly game.^[2]

Jones earned his first senior international start on 2 June 2007 against Uruguay. Uruguay went on to claim a 2-1 win after Brad Jones went to catch a cross at a scoreline of 1-1, the ball going through his hands, landing in the path of Uruguayian attacking midfielder/striker Recoba to head into an empty, unguarded goal. This led to thoughts from Socceroo supporters of, "Where is Mark Schwarzer?". Mark Schwarzer being the No 1 goalkeeper for Australia at the time.

Jones was part of the Socceroo's debut campaign in the 2007 Asian Cup, but never got a start in any of Australia's games.

With Mark Schwarzer's departure to Fulham it has been suggested that Jones will be given a chance to be Middlesbrough number 1. This has been met by anger and disappointment from the Boro fans who do not rate Jones due to his constant errors. ^[3]