Chris Jones (footballer, born 1985)

Chris Jones
Personal information
Full name Chris Jones
Date of birth (1985-10-09) 9 October 1985
Place of birth Bangor, Wales
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
Porthmadog
Youth career
? Chester City
? Wolverhampton Wanderers
2001–2004 Leeds United[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2005 Leeds United ? (?)
2005A.F.C. Bournemouth (loan)[2] ? (?)
2006 Limerick ? (?)
2006 Colwyn Bay ? (?)
2006–2007 Caernarfon Town 28 (5)
2007–2008 Llangefni Town 30 (4)
2008–2010 Porthmadog 64 (10)
2010–2016 Bangor City 175 (37)
2016– Porthmadog 0 (0)
National team
? Wales U19 ? (?)
? Wales U21 ? (?)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:04, 3 July 2016 (UTC).

Chris Jones is a Welsh semi-professional footballer currently playing for Cymru Alliance side Porthmadog. A former professional with Leeds United,[2] Jones is currently in his fourth season with City. He made several appearances for Leeds and was heavily involved with the first team. Chris was playing with the likes of Aaron Lennon, James Milner, Rio Ferdinand, Scott Carson and Alan Smith during his spell with the Yorkshire outfit.

Youth career

Jones started off playing for Pwllheli, his local team, at a very young age. He was immediately spotted by scouts and Chester City introduced him to their youth system. From there on numerous clubs were after Jones' services. He then signed for Wolverhampton Wanderers before quickly being targeted by Leeds United scouts which led to the club immediately approaching the player. Jones then put pen to paper for Leeds United and also went on to make several appearances for Wales U19 and U21. He was thought to be one of the best youth products at the time for Leeds but was unfortunately released along with a number of other players when the club hit bankruptcy.

European goals

Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 15 July 2010 Tapiolan Urheilupuisto, Espoo, Finland Finland FC Honka 1 – 1 1–1 Europa League qualifying[3]
2. 22 July 2010 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham, Wales Finland FC Honka 2 – 1 2–1 Europa League qualifying[4]

Personal life

Chris is a fluent Welsh speaker and regularly takes interviews from S4C's Sgorio team after WPL matches.

References

  1. "Official Bangor City F.C. website". bangorcityfc.com. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Welsh-Premier website". welsh-premier.com. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  3. "Official BBC Sport website". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  4. "Official BBC Sport website". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
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