Carrie Jones (footballer)

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Carrie Jones
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-09-04) 4 September 2003 (age 20) [1]
Place of birth Newtown, Wales
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Bristol City
Number 23
Youth career
Newtown White Stars
Berriew Juniors
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2020 Cardiff City Ladies 9 (3)
2020–2023 Manchester United 5 (0)
2022–2023 → Leicester City (loan) 19 (2)
2023– Bristol City 12 (3)
International career‡
Wales U15
2018–19 Wales U17 6 (0)
2019– Wales 23 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 February 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:41, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

Carrie Jones (born 4 September 2003) is a Welsh footballer who plays as a midfielder for English Women's Super League club Bristol City and the Wales national team. [2] She made her international debut for Wales at the age of 15 in 2019.

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Early life

Jones was born on 4 September 2003 [3] in Wales to Andrew and Joyce Jones. She grew up in Newtown, Powys and has an older sister, Maia, and a younger brother, Ioan. [4] She attended Newtown High School. [5]

Jones began playing football as a child at her grandmother's farm in Powys with her cousins and spent the majority of her youth career playing in local boys' teams. She joined her first youth side, Newtown White Stars, at the age of seven. She was forced to leave the club after a rule was introduced prohibiting girls from playing in a boys' team until they were 12 years old. This rule was eventually rescinded and Jones resumed playing in boys' sides. She later played for Berriew Junior Boys. [4]

Club career

Cardiff City Ladies

Jones joined FA Women's National League South team Cardiff City Ladies for the 2019–20 season. [6] She made nine league appearances for the team, scoring three goals. [7]

Manchester United

In June 2020, it was announced Jones would be moving to Manchester United to join the club's full-time U21 FA WSL Academy team. [8] [9] Having been included in the two previous senior matchday squads as an unused substitute, she made her first-team debut on 7 March 2021 as an 88th-minute substitute for Jessica Sigsworth in a 3–0 Women's Super League win over Aston Villa. [10]

On 19 November 2021, it was announced that Jones had signed her first professional contract with Manchester United until 2023 with the option of a further year. [11]

Leicester City (loan)

On 21 July 2022, Jones joined fellow WSL side Leicester City on loan for the 2022–23 season. [12]

Bristol City

On 6 September 2023, Jones had signed a three-year contract with newly promoted WSL side Bristol City. [13] [14] She scored the opening goal in Citys' 4-2 openeing day defeat against Leicester.

International career

Having previously captained Wales at under-16 and under-17 levels, [5] [6] On 29 August 2019, Jones made her debut for the senior Wales national team as an 83rd minute substitute in place of Emma Jones during a 6–0 victory against Faroe Islands in the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying at the age of 15 years and 359 days. At under 16 years of age, she was noted for making her senior international debut before she was eligible to play in a senior competitive match for her club. [2] [15] Jones had been called up to the senior squad the previous year as an experience building exercise but was ineligible to be selected due to her age. [6] She made her first start on her second appearance, playing 77 minutes in a 1–0 friendly defeat to Scotland on 15 June 2021.

Style of play

Following Jones' international debut, former Wales player Gwennan Harries described Jones as "So composed, got two great feet, but most importantly for me, her work ethic is outstanding, a real team player." [16]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 January 2024 [17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cardiff City Ladies 2019–20 [7] WNL South 931000103
Manchester United 2020–21 Women's Super League 20200040
2021–22 Women's Super League30102060
Total503020100
Leicester City 2022–23 Women's Super League1921020222
Bristol City 2023–24 Women's Super League1231040172
Career total4586080597

International

As of match played 31 October 2023 [1]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Wales 201910
202000
202160
2022102
202360
Total232
Scores and results list Wales's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jones goal.
List of international goals scored by Carrie Jones
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
12 September 2022 Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos, GreeceFlag of Greece.svg  Greece 1–01–0 2023 FIFA World Cup qualification [18]
212 November 2022 Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, SpainFlag of Finland.svg  Finland 1–01–1Friendly [19]

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  2. 1 2 "Women's Euro 2021 qualifier: Wales ease to victory over Faroe Islands". BBC News. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
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  5. 1 2 Grosvenor, Gavin. "Powys quintet represent Wales in UEFA Under 16s tournaments". County Times. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  6. 1 2 3 Pearlman, Michael (23 August 2019). "Carrie Jones: Too young to play for her club but not her country". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  7. 1 2 "Carrie Jones – Player Stats 2019–20". thefa.com. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  8. ↑ "Manchester United: Wales teenager Carrie Jones joins club's academy". BBC Sport. 21 June 2020.
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  10. ↑ "United Women 3 Aston Villa Women 0". www.manutd.com.
  11. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 November 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  13. ↑ "Carrie Jones departs United Women". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 6 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  14. ↑ "Jones signs for City". Bristol City F.C. 6 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
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