Jodi Jones (footballer)

Jodi Jones

Personal information
Full name	Jodi Felice Jones [1]
Date of birth	(1997-10-22) 22 October 1997 (age 26) [2]
Place of birth	Bow, England
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) [2]
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Notts County
Number	10
Youth career
	Arsenal
	West Ham United
2009–2015	Dagenham & Redbridge
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2016	Dagenham & Redbridge	35	(4)
2016	→ Coventry City (loan)	6	(0)
2016–2022	Coventry City	70	(7)
2022–2023	Oxford United	5	(0)
2023	→ Notts County (loan)	16	(0)
2023–	Notts County	38	(5)
International career‡
2022–	Malta	10	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:17, 3 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:15, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

Jodi Felice Jones (born 22 October 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL League Two club Notts County. Born in England, he plays for the Malta national team. He currently holds the record for most assists in a professional English season with 24 assists.

Career

Dagenham & Redbridge

Jones was born in Bow, London, and started his career with the renowned local junior side Senrab. ^[3] He later joined the youth system at Dagenham & Redbridge at under-13 level and in the summer of 2014 he started a two-year scholarship with the club. ^[3] He usually credits Ivo Drury for his early development, seeing him as a mentor. ^[4] In November 2014, despite still being a first-year scholar, he was handed a squad number with the first team ahead of the league fixture against Bury, after he had impressed in an Essex Senior Cup tie win over Concord Rangers. ^[5] However, he did not make the bench and was not included in the first-team squad until January 2015, when he was an unused substitute against Cambridge United.He made his first-team debut in February 2015, as a last-minute substitute for Alex Jakubiak in a 0–0 draw with Portsmouth. ^[6] In the process he became the youngest Dagenham & Redbridge player to appear in a league game, beating the previous record set by Dominic Green. ^[6] In March 2015, he signed his first professional contract on a two-year deal until 2017. ^[7] In April 2015, Jones made his full debut for the Daggers in a 4–0 home win over Accrington Stanley, scoring in the final minute with his first goal for the club. ^[8]

Coventry City

On 18 March 2016, Jones joined Coventry City on an emergency loan deal with the view to a permanent deal at the end of the season. ^[9] After a successful loan spell, Jones signed a four-year deal with the Sky Blues on 10 May 2016 for an undisclosed fee, which began on 1 July 2016. ^[10] He scored his first goal for Coventry in an EFL Trophy tie against Northampton Town on 4 October 2016. ^[11] He came on as a substitute as Coventry won the 2017 EFL Trophy final. ^[12]

On the first day of the 2017–18 league season against Notts County he scored a hat-trick in a 3–0 win. ^[13] Later on that season, he picked up an injury to his anterior cruciate ligament, which saw him sidelined for the rest of the 2017–18 season and all of the 2018–19 season.

Oxford United

On 29 July 2022, Jones signed a one-year contract, with the option for a further year, with Oxford United. ^[14]

Notts County

On 26 January 2023, Jones signed for National League club Notts County on loan until the end of the season. ^[15] He scored the winning goal in the last minute of extra time against Boreham Wood in the National League play-off semi-final. ^[16] Following the club's promotion with a penalty shoot-out victory over Chesterfield, ^[17] he was offered permanent terms; ^[18] he signed a permanent two-year deal with Notts County on 23 May 2023. ^[19]

On 13 January 2024, Notts County played Grimsby Town in a 5–5 draw. Jones assisted four goals in the match, making him the first player to assist four goals (top four tiers) since Harry Kane against Southampton in September 2020. ^[20] Having assisted six in total across the month, equalling the league's season record of seventeen, Jones was awarded the EFL League Two Player of the Month award. ^[21] In total, Jones contributed 24 assists throughout the season to break the record for most assists in an English professional league during a season which was previously held jointly by Kevin De Bruyne and Thierry Henry with 20. ^[22] His performances throughout the season saw him included in the League Two Team of the Season as well as being named as the Player of the Season for League Two and for his club Notts County. ^{[23] [24] [25]}

International career

Jones was born in England, and is of Maltese descent through his father. ^[26] On 9 September 2022, he had his first call up to the Malta national team for a set of UEFA Nations League matches. ^[27] He debuted with Malta in a 2–1 UEFA Nations League loss to Estonia on 23 September 2022. ^[28]

Career statistics

As of matches played 1 January 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dagenham & Redbridge	2014–15 [29]	League Two	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	1
	2015–16 [30]	League Two	27	3	3	0	1	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	32	3
	Total		35	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	40	4
Coventry City (loan)	2015–16 [30]	League One	6	0	—		—		—		6	0
Coventry City	2016–17 [31]	League One	34	1	2	0	1	0	8 [lower-alpha 2]	1	45	2
	2017–18 [32]	League Two	19	5	1	0	1	0	1 [lower-alpha 2]	0	22	5
	2018–19 [33]	League One	8	1	1	0	0	0	1 [lower-alpha 2]	0	10	1
	2019–20 [34]	League One	0	0	1	0	0	0	1 [lower-alpha 2]	0	2	0
	2020–21 [35]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2021–22 [36]	Championship	9	0	2	0	1	0	—		12	0
	Total		76	7	7	0	3	0	11	1	97	8
Oxford United	2022–23 [37]	League One	5	0	1	0	1	0	1 [lower-alpha 2]	0	8	0
Notts County (loan)	2022–23 [37]	National League	16	0	0	0	0	0	2 [lower-alpha 3]	1	18	1
Notts County	2023–24 [38]	League Two	38	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	41	5
Career total			176	16	13	0	6	0	15	2	204	18

1. Appearance in Football League Trophy
2. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
3. Appearances in National League play-offs

International

As of match played 26 March 2023 ^[39]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Malta	2022	4	0
	2023	6	0
Total		10	0

Honours

Coventry City

• EFL Trophy: 2016–17 ^[12]

Notts County

• National League play-offs: 2023 ^[17]

Individual

• EFL League Two Player of the Month: January 2024 ^[21]
• EFL League Two Team of the Season: 2023–24 ^[23]
• EFL League Two Player of the Season: 2023–24 ^[24]
• Notts County Supporters' Player of the Season: 2023–24 ^[25]

References

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16. "Notts County 3–2 Boreham Wood: Magpies win extra-time thriller to reach promotion final". BBC Sport. 7 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
17. "Chesterfield 2–2 Notts County (3–4 on penalties): Magpies seal promotion in shootout". BBC Sport. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
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20. "Grimsby Town 5–5 Notts County". www.nottscountyfc.co.uk. 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
21. "POTM: Jodi Jones". www.nottscountyfc.co.uk. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
22. "Notts' Jones on 'amazing' assists record and award". BBC Sport. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
23. "See who made the EFL Team of the Season line-ups". EFL. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
24. "Crysencio Summerville named the Sky Bet Championship Player of the Season". EFL. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
25. "Awards: Nemane and Jones". Notts County FC. 20 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
26. Turner, Andy (9 September 2022). "Former Coventry City forward Jodi Jones set to be called up by Malta". CoventryLive.
27. Roberts, James (12 September 2022). "Oxford United winger Jodi Jones called-up by Malta for Estonia and Isreal (sic) games". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
28. "Estonia vs. Malta – 23 September 2022 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
29. "Games played by Jodi Jones in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
30. "Games played by Jodi Jones in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
31. "Games played by Jodi Jones in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
32. "Games played by Jodi Jones in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
33. "Games played by Jodi Jones in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
34. "Games played by Jodi Jones in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
35. "Games played by Jodi Jones in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
36. "Games played by Jodi Jones in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
37. "Games played by Jodi Jones in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
38. "Games played by Jodi Jones in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
39. "Jodi Jones". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 23 May 2023.

External links

• Jodi Jones at Soccerbase