Jordan Jones (footballer, born 1994)

Jordan Jones

Personal information
Full name	Jordan Lewis Jones [1]
Date of birth	(1994-10-24) 24 October 1994 (age 29) [2]
Place of birth	Redcar, England
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) [2]
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Wigan Athletic
Number	14
Youth career
	Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2016	Middlesbrough	0	(0)
2015	→ Hartlepool United (loan)	11	(0)
2015	→ Cambridge United (loan)	1	(0)
2016–2019	Kilmarnock	97	(11)
2019–2021	Rangers	10	(1)
2021	→ Sunderland (loan)	19	(3)
2021–	Wigan Athletic	35	(3)
2022	→ St Mirren (loan)	11	(0)
2022–2023	→ Kilmarnock (loan)	22	(0)
International career‡
	Northern Ireland U19
2017–	Northern Ireland	12	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:01, 27 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:25, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

Jordan Lewis Jones (born 24 October 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for League One club Wigan Athletic, and the Northern Ireland national team.

Jones has previously played for Middlesbrough, Hartlepool United, Cambridge United, Rangers, Sunderland, St Mirren and Kilmarnock. He has also played for the Northern Ireland national team, having made his full international debut in 2017.

Club career

Jones started as a youth player with his home-town club Middlesbrough. He made one appearance for the Middlesbrough first team, ^[3] in a 2012–13 FA Cup tie against Hastings United.

Jones was loaned to Hartlepool United in February 2015 ^[3] and Cambridge United in November 2015. He was released by Middlesbrough at the end of the 2015–16 season.

Jones signed for Scottish Premiership club Kilmarnock in June 2016. ^[4] In January 2018, Kilmarnock turned down an offer from Rangers to buy Jones for a reported £350,000 transfer fee. ^[5] However, in January 2019 he signed a pre-contract agreement to join Rangers at the end of the 2018–19 season, ^[6] and immediately tweeted a message expressing his delight at the "dream move" to the Glasgow club, which annoyed many Kilmarnock supporters as he would still be representing their team for several months, and only a point separated his current and future employers at the top of the league table. ^{[7] [8]} Jones later admitted he had been "over-excited" in sending the message, ^[9] while Killie manager Steve Clarke defended the player and confirmed he would have no hesitation in playing him while he remained with the Ayrshire club. ^[9] That backing was rewarded when Jones scored the winning goal in the next league fixture at Rugby Park, against Rangers; the 2–1 result boosted Kilmarnock's title hopes while denting those of the Gers. ^[10]

Rangers

In June 2019 Jones said he wanted to be a first-team player at Rangers. ^[11] He made his competitive debut for the club on 9 July 2019 in a 4–0 win over St Joseph's of Gibraltar in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League. ^[12]

Jones scored his first Rangers goal on 27 September 2020 against Motherwell at Fir Park, the second in a 5–1 win. ^[13] On 2 November 2020 it was announced that Jones and George Edmundson had been suspended by Rangers, pending an internal investigation, for attending a party and breaching COVID-19 regulations. ^[14]

On 29 January 2021, Jones joined English club Sunderland on loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 season. ^[15] He scored his first goal for Sunderland on 27 February 2021 in a 2–2 draw against Crewe Alexandra. ^[16]

Wigan Athletic

On 4 August 2021, Wigan Athletic signed Jones from Rangers on a three-year deal.

On 31 January 2022, Jones signed for St Mirren on loan until the end of the 2021–22 season. ^[17] He was then loaned to Kilmarnock in July 2022. ^[18] Wigan tried to recall him from the loan on 31 January 2023, ^[19] but did not submit the paperwork before the deadline. ^[20]

International career

Though born in England, Jones is able to represent Northern Ireland through his Northern Irish father. Aged 17, he represented their U19 team but turned down an opportunity to be part of the U21 squad. ^[21]

In September 2017, he was called up to the senior Northern Ireland squad for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Germany and Norway, ^{[22] [21]} but did not play in either game.He won his first senior cap for Northern Ireland in the 2018 World Cup Qualifying play-off second leg against Switzerland on 12 November 2017, coming on as a substitute replacing Jamie Ward.

Career statistics

Club

As of 16 March 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Middlesbrough	2012–13 [23]	Championship	0	0	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
	2013–14 [24]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2014–15 [25]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2015–16 [26]	Championship	0	0	—		0	0	—		0	0
	Total		0	0	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
Hartlepool United (loan)	2014–15 [25]	League Two	11	0	—		—		—		11	0
Cambridge United (loan)	2015–16 [26]	League Two	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
Kilmarnock	2016–17 [27]	Scottish Premiership	37	3	1	0	4	0	—		42	3
	2017–18 [28]	Scottish Premiership	32	4	4	0	5	0	—		41	4
	2018–19 [29]	Scottish Premiership	28	4	2	0	5	0	—		35	4
	Total		97	11	7	0	14	0	—		118	11
Rangers	2019–20 [30]	Scottish Premiership	7	0	1	0	1	0	6 [lower-alpha 1]	0	15	0
	2020–21 [31]	Scottish Premiership	3	1	0	0	0	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	4	1
	Total		10	1	1	0	1	0	7	0	19	1
Sunderland (loan)	2020–21 [31]	League One	19	3	0	0	0	0	2 [lower-alpha 2]	0	21	3
Wigan Athletic	2021–22 [32]	League One	9	0	3	0	3	0	2 [lower-alpha 3]	0	17	0
	2022–23 [33]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2023–24 [34]	League One	26	3	3	0	0	0	4 [lower-alpha 4]	0	33	3
	Total		35	3	6	0	3	0	6	0	50	3
St Mirren (loan)	2021–22 [32]	Scottish Premiership	11	0	2	1	0	0	—		13	1
Kilmarnock (loan)	2022–23 [33]	Scottish Premiership	22	0	2	1	3	0	—		27	1
Career total			206	18	19	2	21	0	15	0	251	20

1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
2. One appearance in EFL Trophy, one in EFL League One play-offs
3. Appearances in EFL Trophy
4. Appearances in EFL Trophy

International

As of match played 12 November 2021 ^[35]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Northern Ireland	2017	1	0
	2018	4	0
	2019	4	0
	2020	2	0
	2021	7	1
Total		18	1

Scores and results list Northern Ireland's goal tally first.^{[ citation needed ]}

List of international goals scored by Jordan Jones

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	30 May 2021	Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, Austria	Malta	0–1	0–3	Friendly

Honours

Individual

• PFA Scotland Team of the Year: 2017–18 Scottish Premiership ^[36]

References

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2. "Jordan Jones". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
3. "Jordan Jones: Hartlepool sign Middlesbrough attacker on loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
4. "Kilmarnock bring in 11 new players on the same day". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
5. McCafferty, Gavin. "Rangers bid for Jordan Jones 'easy to turn down' says Kilmarnock boss". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
6. "Gers To Sign Glen Kamara & Jordan Jones". Rangers F.C. 5 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
7. Danny Law (7 January 2019). "A tweet too far by Rangers-bound Kilmarnock winger Jordan Jones". Press and Journal . Retrieved 24 January 2019.
8. "It's ridiculous: Rangers-bound Jordan Jones slammed by Kilmarnock supporters chief". Belfast Telegraph . 10 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
9. Kenny Crawford (17 January 2019). "Steve Clarke tells Kilmarnock fans: 'Boo Jordan Jones and you are booing me too'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
10. "Kilmarnock 2–1 Rangers". BBC Sport. 23 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
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12. St Joseph's 0–4 Rangers: Steven Gerrard's team win Europa League qualifier, BBC Sport, 9 July 2019
13. "Motherwell 1–5 Rangers". BBC. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
14. Campbell, Jordan (2 November 2020). "Rangers suspend Jordan Jones and George Edmundson after duo attended house party". The Athletic. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
15. "Jordan Jones signs for Sunderland". Sunderland AFC. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
16. "Crewe 2–2 Sunderland". BBC. 27 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
17. "Jordan Jones joins on loan until the end of the season". www.stmirren.com. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
18. "Jordan Jones: Kilmarnock return for Northern Ireland winger on loan from Wigan Athletic". BBC Sport. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
19. "Jordan Jones: Wigan Athletic recall winger from Kilmarnock loan". BBC Sport. 6 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
20. "McInnes hoping Jones can make impact after surprise Killie return". STV News. 17 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
21. "I regret rejecting Northern Ireland for England, says new man Jordan Jones". www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
22. "World Cup 2018: Gareth McAuley back in Northern Ireland squad". BBC. 25 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
23. "Games played by Jordan Jones in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
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30. "Games played by Jordan Jones in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
31. "Games played by Jordan Jones in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
32. "Games played by Jordan Jones in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
33. "Games played by Jordan Jones in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
34. "Games played by Jordan Jones in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
35. "Jones, Jordan". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
36. "PFA Scotland Teams of the Year 09–10 to 18–19". BBC Sport. 24 December 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

External links

• Jordan Jones at Soccerbase