Ellis Jones (footballer, born 2003)

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Ellis Jones
Personal information
Full name Ellis Raymond Jones [1]
Date of birth (2003-12-04) 4 December 2003 (age 20) [2]
Place of birth Wednesbury, England [3]
Position(s) Midfielder; centre-back
Team information
Current team
 FC Tucson
Youth career
Port Vale
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2022 Port Vale 0 (0)
2022 → Newcastle Town (loan) 5 (0)
2022–2023 Alvechurch 3 (0)
2023–2024 Oklahoma Christian Eagles and Lady Eagles
2024– FC Tucson
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:01, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

Ellis Raymond Jones (born 4 December 2003) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for USL League Two club FC Tucson.

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Jones began his career at Port Vale and played on loan at Newcastle Town. He then joined American side Oklahoma Christian Eagles and Lady Eagles and moved on to FC Tucson.

Career

Port Vale

Jones made his first-team debut for Port Vale at the age of 17 whilst still a second-year youth team scholar, coming on as a half-time substitute for Brad Walker in a 1–0 win over Rochdale in an EFL Trophy group stage game at Vale Park on 5 October 2021. [4] [5] manager Darrell Clarke said that he had done well in the game and that "he earned it [his debut], I don't give them out for the sake of it. Some clubs do but I don't agree with that". [6] He was then played in central defence by youth-team Coach Billy Paynter "to help him develop with more time on the ball", and was also given the captain's armband in youth-team games. [7] On 19 March 2022, Jones joined Northern Premier League Division One West side Newcastle Town on loan. [8] He played a total of five games for Newcastle. [9] He was not offered a professional contract when his youth-team contract expired in June 2022. [10]

Alvechurch

Jones signed with Southern League Premier Division Central club Alvechurch, making three starts and four substitute appearances during the 2022–23 season. [11]

United States

Jones travelled to the United States and joined the Oklahoma Christian Eagles and Lady Eagles whilst studying Business at Oklahoma Christian University. [12] He was named the Lone Star Conference Freshman of the Year, First Team All-Conference, and All-Freshman team and became the first Oklahoma Christian men's soccer player to earn First Team All-South Central Region honours at the Division II level. [12] He joined FC Tucson of USL League Two in May 2024. [13]

Style of play

Jones is a central midfielder, though can also play at centre-back. [4]

Career statistics

As of match played 23 April 2022
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Port Vale 2021–22 [14] EFL League Two 0000001 [lower-alpha 1] 010
Newcastle Town (loan) 2021–22 [9] Northern Premier League
Division One West		5000000050
Alvechurch 2022–23 [11] Southern League
Premier Division Central		3010003070
Career total80100040130
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy.

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References

  1. ↑ "Club List Of Registered Players" (PDF). English Football League . Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "English Football League Two 2021/2022". .footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "Ellis Jones player profile". onevalefan.co.uk. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Ellis Jones - Youth Team - Port Vale". Port Vale F.C. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "Papa John's Trophy (Sky Sports)". Sky Sports. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  6. ↑ Baggaley, Michael (7 October 2021). "Every word from Port Vale manager Darrell Clarke ahead of Sutton United game". StokeonTrentLive. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  7. ↑ Baggaley, Michael (2 November 2021). "Port Vale youth captain Ellis Jones impressing after first-team debut". StokeonTrentLive. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  8. ↑ @NewcastleTownFC (March 19, 2022). "We are delighted to welcome Ellis Jones…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. 1 2 "Newcastle Town | Appearances | Ellis Jones | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  10. ↑ Baggaley, Michael (24 June 2022). "Port Vale release youth players as they invest in academy". StokeonTrentLive. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  11. 1 2 "Ellis Jones - Alvechurch F.C. Alvechurch 1sts". www.alvechurchfc.club. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  12. 1 2 "Ellis Jones – 2023 – Men's Soccer". Oklahoma Christian University Athletics. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  13. ↑ @FCTucson (May 1, 2024). "A new member of the squad 🖤👏 @BadgerMSoccer defender Ellis Jones joins us for the 2024 summer season!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Ellis Jones in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
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