James Jones (footballer, born 1996)

James Jones
Personal information
Full name James Charles Jones[1]
Date of birth (1996-02-13) 13 February 1996[2]
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Crewe Alexandra
Number 8
Youth career
0000–2014 Crewe Alexandra
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014– Crewe Alexandra 100 (11)
National team
2014–2015 Scotland U19 6 (0)
2016– Scotland U21 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:36, 6 May 2017 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:48, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

James Charles Jones (born 13 February 1996) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for League Two club Crewe Alexandra.

Club career

Jones was born in Dundee.[2] He made his first-team debut for Crewe Alexandra as a 76th-minute substitute for Danny Haynes in Crewe Alexandra's 1–1 away draw to Crawley Town on 1 November 2014.[3] He scored his first Crewe goal in a 3–2 win at Colchester United on 7 February 2015.[4]

In April 2017, Crewe triggered a contract clause keeping Jones at Crewe until June 2018.[5]

International career

After making six appearances for Scotland U19s, Jones was selected to play for Scotland in the U21 European Championship qualifiers against Iceland and Macedonia in October 2016. He played the full 90 minutes of Scotland U21's 2–0 defeat by Iceland in Reykjavík on 5 October,[6] and 88 minutes of the following game, a 2–0 defeat by Macedonia in Skopje on 11 October.[7] He has since played in two friendlies: the November 2016 match against Slovakia[8] and the March 2017 friendly against Estonia.[9]

Career statistics

As of match played 6 May 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Crewe Alexandra 2014–15[4] League One241200000261
2015–16[10] League One310100000320
2016–17[11] League Two451021201[lower-alpha 1]05011
2017–18League Two----------
Career total 1001151201010812
  1. Appearance in EFL Trophy

References

  1. "The Football League Limited: Club list of registered players as at 16th May 2015" (PDF). The Football League. 16 May 2015. p. 46. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Crewe Alexandra FC player profiles: James Jones". Crewe Alexandra F.C. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  3. "Crawley Town 1–1 Crewe Alexandra". BBC Sport. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Games played by James Jones in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  5. "Home-grown midfielder's deal extended by further 12 months". CreweAlex.net. CAFC. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  6. "Jonah lasts whole game on U21 debut in Reykjavik". Crewe Alexandra F.C. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  7. "Tartan Army finish qualifying campaign with loss in Macedonia". Crewe Alexandra F.C. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  8. "Slovakia v Scotland". Scottish FA. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  9. "Jones Features In Scotland U21 Draw". CreweAlex.net. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  10. "Games played by James Jones in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  11. "Games played by James Jones in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
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