David Jones (soccer, born 1955)

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David Jones
Personal information
Date of birth (1955-04-01) 1 April 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth Fremantle, Australia
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Kwinana
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1970–1975 Kwinana
1976 East Fremantle Tricolore
1977–1979 West Adelaide 76 (6)
1980–1981 Adelaide City 55 (5)
1982 South Melbourne 10 (0)
1982–1983 Preston Makedonia 44 (0)
1984 Perth Azzurri 21 (0)
Total206(11)
International career
1977–1978 Australia 5 (0)
Managerial career
1994 Croydon City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Jones (born 1 April 1955) is an Australian former soccer player and coach.

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Club career

Jones was born in Fremantle, Western Australia. A defender, he played his junior soccer for Kwinana United before graduating to the senior team in 1970. He remained with the club until the end of the 1975 season, when he won the Rothmans Gold Medal award for the season's fairest and best player. [1] In 1976 Jones played for East Fremantle Tricolore. In the first year of the National Soccer League in 1977 he played for West Adelaide and was part of the club's championship winning team the following year. In all, he played five seasons in South Australia including two with Adelaide City. He later had a brief playing stint with South Melbourne before joining Preston Makedonia. He moved back to Western Australia in 1985, playing with Perth Azzurri. [2] [3] [4]

State career

Jones represented Western Australia 24 times, winning two Marah Halim Cup championships. [5] [6] [7]

International career

In 1975 Jones made his debut for Australia against Singapore in Singapore. He played a total of five full international matches for the Socceroos, the last being a match against Greece in Adelaide in July 1978. [8]

Coaching career

In 1994 Jones was head coach at Croydon City in the Victorian State League. [2]

Honours

East Fremantle Tricolore

Western Australia

Individual

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