Keith Jones (English footballer)

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Keith Jones
Personal information
Full name Keith Aubrey Jones [1]
Date of birth (1965-10-14) 14 October 1965 (age 58)
Place of birth Dulwich, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
0000–1983 Chelsea
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1983–1987 Chelsea 52 (7)
1987–1991 Brentford 169 (13)
1991–1994 Southend United 90 (11)
1994–2000 Charlton Athletic 158 (6)
2000–2002 Reading 39 (0)
Total512(37)
International career
England Schoolboys
England Youth
Managerial career
2006–2007 Atlanta Silverbacks Women
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Keith Aubrey Jones (born 14 October 1965) is an English retired professional footballer, best remembered for his time as a midfielder in the Football League with Brentford and Charlton Athletic. He also played for Southend United, Chelsea, Reading and was capped by England at youth level. He later became a youth and women's coach.

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Club career

Chelsea and Brentford (1983–1991)

A midfielder, Jones began his career in the Chelsea youth system and made his senior debut in a 3–0 Second Division defeat to Barnsley on 26 March 1983. [3] [4] After one further appearance late in the 1982–83 season, he returned to the youth team and would not appear again until 1984–85, [5] by which time the Blues had been promoted to the First Division. [4] [6] Injuries allowed Jones to break through into the team in September 1984 and he remained a squad player until September 1987, [4] [5] when he dropped down to the Third Division to join Brentford for a tribunal-fixed fee of £40,000. [3] By the beginning of the 1988–89 season, Jones had been appointed club captain and was a part of the Bees teams which reached the sixth round of the 1988–89 FA Cup and the 1991 Third Division play-off semi-finals. [7] His efforts during the 1990–91 season were recognised with his inclusion in the Third Division PFA Team of the Year. [8] In October 1991, a contract dispute with manager Phil Holder saw Jones transfer to Second Division Southend United for a tribunal-fixed fee of £175,000. [3]

Southend United, Charlton Athletic and Reading (1991–2002)

Despite making over 100 appearances for the club, [2] Jones' four years with Southend United yielded little success on the pitch and he transferred to First Division rivals Charlton Athletic for a £150,000 fee in September 1994. [3] [9] In just under six years at The Valley, he was a part of two teams which won promotion to the Premier League – the first in 1998 after victory in the First Division play-off final and the second two years later, when the club won the First Division title. [10] [11] [12] Jones was transfer-listed in May 2000 and signed a two-year contract with Second Division club Reading on a free transfer on 1 July 2000. [13] [14] Now the twilight years of his career, Jones was utilised as a squad player and was a part of the team which won automatic promotion to the First Division on the final day of the 2001–02 season. [14] [15] [16] He was released in May 2002 and retired from football. [7] [17]

International career

Jones was capped by England at schoolboy and youth level. [7]

Coaching career

Jones began his coaching career in 2000, while still a player. [18] He coached at Chelsea and Tooting & Mitcham United, [19] before moving to the United States in 2006 to coach Atlanta Silverbacks Women. [18] Jones moved to Arizona youth club SC del Sol in 2009. [18]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chelsea 1982–83 [4] Second Division 200000—20
1984–85 [4] First Division 2120052—264
1985–86 [4] 14210304 [lower-alpha 1] 0222
1986–87 [4] 17300311 [lower-alpha 1] 0214
Total54710113507110
Brentford 1987–88 [20] Third Division 36110—1 [lower-alpha 2] 0381
1988–89 [20] 40382414 [lower-alpha 2] 0566
1989–90 [20] 42210403 [lower-alpha 2] 0502
1990–91 [21] 45632418 [lower-alpha 3] 16010
1991–92 [21] 61—30—91
Total1691313415216121320
Southend United 1991–92 [22] Second Division34500—00345
1992–93 [22] First Division291000000291
1993–94 [22] 225000000225
1994–95 [22] 70—00—70
Total901150409110812
Charlton Athletic 1994–95 [22] First Division31100——311
1995–96 [22] 25000003 [lower-alpha 4] 0280
1996–97 [23] 1702000—190
1997–98 [10] 44331103 [lower-alpha 4] 0514
1998–99 [24] Premier League 2210030—251
1999–00 [11] First Division1711000—181
Total15867170601787
Reading 2000–01 [25] Second Division24031001 [lower-alpha 2] 0281
2001–02 [15] 160100000170
Total400410010451
Career total5093730637537261350

Honours

As a player

Charlton Athletic

Reading

Individual

As a manager

Atlanta Silverbacks Women

As an individual

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