![]() Emma Jones in 2006 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Emma Louise Jones [1] | ||
Date of birth | 21 August 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Griffithstown, Wales | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Cardiff City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Newport Strikers | |||
Newport County | |||
Merthyr Tydfil | |||
2003–2011 | Bristol Academy | ||
2011 | Liverpool Ladies | 6 | (0) |
2012– | Cardiff City | ||
International career‡ | |||
2000– | Wales [2] | 60 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 December 2011 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 April 2011 |
Emma Louise Jones (born 21 August 1982) [3] is a footballer who plays for the Welsh national team and the women's section of Cardiff City FC. Jones plays as a central defender and has accumulated a half-century of caps for Wales.
Jones played for Newport Strikers, Newport County and Merthyr Tydfil prior to joining Bristol Rovers in 2003. The club changed its name to Bristol Academy two years later. Her nickname at the Gas Girls was "Vinnie". [4]
In the mid–season break of the 2011 FA WSL, Jones left Bristol to sign for Liverpool. [5]
In February 2012 Jones returned to Wales, signing for Cardiff City's affiliated women's team, who play in the South Wales League. [6]
Jones won six caps for Wales at U16 level and scored three goals in 15 games for the U18 team. [2] She made her senior debut, aged 17, in a 6–0 defeat to Belgium in March 2000. [2] [7]
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Emma Jones has moved onto Liverpool which is a loss as Emma has been a great servant to the football club and is a player I would have liked to keep but we now wish her all the best at her new club.