James Jones (footballer, born 1996)

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James Jones
Personal information
Full name James Charles Jones [1]
Date of birth (1996-02-13) 13 February 1996 (age 28) [2]
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Wrexham
Number 30
Youth career
0000–2014 Crewe Alexandra
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2020 Crewe Alexandra 167 (19)
2020–2021 Lincoln City 36 (1)
2021– Wrexham 105 (13)
International career‡
2014–2015 Scotland U19 6 (0)
2016–2017 Scotland U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:18, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:48, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

James Charles Jones (born 13 February 1996) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League One club Wrexham.

Contents

Club career

Crewe Alexandra

Jones was born in Dundee. [2] He made his first-team debut for Crewe Alexandra as a 76th-minute substitute for Danny Haynes in Crewe Alexandra's 1–1 away draw to Crawley Town on 1 November 2014. [3] He scored his first Crewe goal in a 3–2 win at Colchester United on 7 February 2015. [4]

In April 2017, Crewe triggered a contract clause keeping Jones at Crewe until June 2018. [5] In August 2017, a potential transfer to an unnamed Championship side (later named as Preston North End) [6] was cancelled due to concerns about a prolonged recovery from a hernia operation [7] and a related pelvis issue. [8] In mid-November 2017, he resumed light running on grass, having suffered some set-backs in his rehabilitation, [9] but he suffered a medial ligament injury in training and in January 2018 was ruled out for the rest of the season, [10] though he recovered to make six appearances, scoring once, before the season's end.

On 1 May 2018, Jones signed a new two-year contract until summer 2020. [11] At Milton Keynes on 19 January 2019, Jones suffered a suspected broken fibula (later diagnosed as severe lateral ligament damage) [12] that ruled him out for six weeks. [13]

Lincoln City

In June 2020, after the 2019–20 season was terminated prematurely during the COVID-19 pandemic, Jones was offered a new contract by Crewe manager David Artell, [6] but was linked with a move to Lincoln City. [14] This was confirmed on 6 July 2020, with Jones joining Lincoln on a free transfer, signing a 3-year contract. [15] He made his debut for Lincoln starting the game in the EFL Cup on 5 September 2020 [16] and in the following round, he scored his first goal for Lincoln City in a 5–0 win over Bradford City. [17]

Wrexham

On 24 August 2021, after just one season with Lincoln, Jones dropped down to the National League to join Wrexham on a three-year deal. [18]

He signed a new contract with the now League Two club in October 2023, securing his future until June 2025. [19]

International career

After making six appearances for Scotland U19s, Jones was selected to play for Scotland in the U21 European Championship qualifiers against Iceland and Macedonia in October 2016. He played the full 90 minutes of Scotland U21s' 2–0 defeat by Iceland in Reykjavík on 5 October, [20] and 88 minutes of the following game, a 2–0 defeat by Macedonia in Skopje on 11 October. [21] He then played in two friendlies: the November 2016 match against Slovakia [22] and the March 2017 match against Estonia. [23]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Crewe Alexandra 2014–15 [4] League One 241200000261
2015–16 [24] League One310100000320
2016–17 [25] League Two 451021201 [lower-alpha 1] 05011
2017–18 [26] League Two6100000061
2018–19 [27] League Two38500103 [lower-alpha 1] 1426
2019–20 [28] League Two23210203 [lower-alpha 1] 0292
Total1671961507118521
Lincoln City 2020–21 [29] League One361213140453
Total361213140453
Wrexham 2021–22 [30] National League 41520005 [lower-alpha 2] 2487
2022–23 [31] National League43471002 [lower-alpha 2] 0525
2023–24 [32] League Two21440203 [lower-alpha 1] 0304
Total105131312010213016
Career total244251028116327831
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  2. 1 2 Appearances in FA Trophy

Honours

Crewe Alexandra

Wrexham

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Crewe Alexandra FC player profiles: James Jones". Crewe Alexandra F.C. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
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  9. ↑ "Steps Made In Jonah Rehab". CreweAlex.net. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
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  32. ↑ "Games played by James Jones in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
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