Jalen Jones (footballer)

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Jalen Jones
Personal information
Full name Jalen Anthony Jones [1]
Date of birth (1998-11-13) 13 November 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Tooting, England
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Dover Athletic
Youth career
Tooting & Mitcham United
AFC Wimbledon
–2017 Crystal Palace
2017 Abbey Rangers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2018 Merstham 7 (0)
2018 Eastbourne United
2018–2019 Worthing 31 (5)
2019–2020 Merstham 3 (0)
2020–2021 Skellefteå FF 13 (1)
2021–2022 Carshalton Athletic 14 (2)
2022 Cheshunt 3 (0)
2022 Braintree Town 5 (0)
2022 → Biggleswade Town (dual-reg.) 3 (1)
2022–2023 Cray Wanderers 40 (4)
2023–2024 Aveley 39 (1)
2024–2025 Oxford City 34 (3)
2025– Dover Athletic 0 (0)
International career‡
2022– Guyana 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:45, 19 July 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:29, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Jalen Jones (born 13 November 1998) is a footballer who plays as a defender for Dover Athletic. Born in England, he is a Guyana international. [2]

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Career

Before the second half of 2018–19, he signed for English seventh tier side Worthing. [3] In 2020, Jones signed for Skellefteå in the Swedish fourth tier. [4] In 2021, he signed for English seventh tier club Carshalton Athletic. [5] In 2022, he signed for Braintree Town in the English sixth tier. [6]

After spending the 2022–23 season at Cray Wanderers, [7] Jones made the switch to newly-promoted National League South club, Aveley in July 2023. [8]

In July 2024, Jones joined National League North side Oxford City. [9]

On 19 July 2025, Jones joined newly promoted National League South side Dover Athletic. [10]

Career statistics

As of end of 2023–24 season
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Merstham 2017–18 [11] Isthmian League Premier Division7000—2 [a] 090
Eastbourne United 2018–19 Southern Combination League Premier DivisionNo data currently available
Worthing 2018–19 [12] Isthmian League Premier Division225———225
2019–20 [13] Isthmian League Premier Division9041—00131
Total31541—00356
Merstham 2019–20 [14] Isthmian League Premier Division30——1 [b] 040
Skellefteå FF 2020 Division 2 NorrlandNo data currently available
Carshalton Athletic 2021–22 [15] Isthmian League Premier Division14220—2 [a] 0182
Cheshunt 2021–22 [16] Isthmian League Premier Division30———30
Braintree Town 2021–22 [1] National League South 50———50
Biggleswade Town (dual-reg.) 2021–22 [17] Southern League Premier Division Central31———31
Cray Wanderers 2022–23 [18] Isthmian League Premier Division40420—4 [c] 0464
Aveley 2023–24 [1] [19] National League South38141—4 [d] 0462
Career total144131220013016915
  1. 1 2 Appearances in the FA Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearance in the Alan Turvey Trophy
  3. ↑ Appearances in FA Trophy, London Senior Cup and Isthmian League Premier Division play-offs
  4. ↑ Three appearances in FA Trophy, one appearance in National League South play-offs

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "J. Jones". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "Golden Jaguars roar to victory in CONCACAF Nations League opener". stabroeknews.com. 5 June 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-06-05. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  3. ↑ "Former Crystal Palace defender receives high praise from Worthing boss Hinshelwood". sussexexpress.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2022-06-05. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  4. ↑ "Jalen Jones – Skellefteå FF:s STOOORA nyförvärv". skellefteaff.se. 5 September 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  5. ↑ "We've Met Before - Cheshunt". carshaltonathletic.co.uk. 28 January 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-06-05. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  6. ↑ "We welcome a second defender Jalen Jones!". twitter.com. Archived from the original on 2022-02-05. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  7. ↑ "Cray Wanderers - Appearances - Jalen Jones - 2022-23". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  8. ↑ "Aveley Football Club on Twitter". Twitter. Aveley F.C. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  9. ↑ "Oxford City sign Jalen Jones". www.oxfordcityfc.co.uk. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  10. ↑ "Welcome Jalen Jones". doverathletic.com. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  11. ↑ "Merstham – Appearances – Jalen Jones – 2017-2018". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  12. ↑ "Worthing – Appearances – Jalen Jones – 2018-2019". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  13. ↑ "Worthing – Appearances – Jalen Jones – 2019-2020". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  14. ↑ "Merstham – Appearances – Jalen Jones – 2019-2020". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  15. ↑ "Carshalton Athletic – Appearances – Jalen Jones – 2021-2022". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  16. ↑ "Cheshunt – Appearances – Jalen Jones – 2021-2022". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  17. ↑ "Jalen Jones Profile". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  18. ↑ "Cray Wanderers – Appearances – Jalen Jones". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  19. ↑ For FA Cup Second Qualifying Round: Lakey, Chris (16 September 2023). "King's Lynn Town 0 Aveley 0 in FA Cup". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
    For FA Cup Second Qualifying Round Replay: Lakey, Chris (18 September 2023). "King's Lynn Town boss under pressure after FA Cup exit". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
    For FA Cup Third Qualifying Round: "Emirates FA Cup Third Qualifying Round – Aveley 2 - 2 Hornchurch". Football Web Pages. 30 September 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
    For FA Cup Third Qualifying Round Replay: "Emirates FA Cup Third Qualifying Round Replay – Hornchurch 1 - 2 Aveley". Football Web Pages. 3 October 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2024.


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