Carrie Jones (footballer)

Carrie Jones (born 4 September 2003) is a Welsh footballer who plays as a midfielder for Manchester United and the Wales national team.[2] She made her international debut for Wales at the age of 15 in 2019.

Carrie Jones
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-09-04) 4 September 2003[1]
Place of birth Newtown, Wales
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Manchester United
Youth career
Newtown White Stars
Berriew Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Cardiff City Ladies 9 (3)
2020– Manchester United 0 (0)
National team‡
Wales U15
2018–19 Wales U17 6 (0)
2019– Wales 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 June 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:59, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

Early life

Jones was born on 4 September 2003[3] in Wales to Andrew and Joyce Jones. She grew up in Newtown, Powys and has an older sister, Maia, and a younger brother, Ioan.[4] She attended Newtown High School.[5]

Club career

Youth career

Jones began playing football as a child at her grandmother's farm in Powys with her cousins and spent the majority of her youth career playing in local boys' teams. She joined her first youth side, Newtown White Stars, at the age of seven. She was forced to leave the club after a rule was introduced prohibiting girls from playing in a boys' team until they were 12 years old. This rule was eventually rescinded and Jones resumed playing in boys' sides. She later played for Berriew Junior Boys.[4]

Cardiff City Ladies

Jones joined FA Women's National League South team Cardiff City Ladies for the 2019–20 season.[6] She made 9 league appearances for the team, scoring three goals.[7]

Manchester United

In June 2020, it was announced Jones would be moving to Manchester United to join the club's full-time U21 FA WSL Academy team.[8][9]

International career

Having previously captained Wales at under-16 and under-17 levels,[5][6] On 29 August 2019, Jones made her debut for the senior Wales national team as an 83rd minute substitute in place of Emma Jones during a 6–0 victory against Faroe Islands in the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying at the age of 15 years and 359 days. At under 16 years of age, she was noted for making her senior international debut before she was eligible to play in a senior competitive match for her club.[2][10] Jones had been called up to the senior squad the previous year as an experience building exercise but was ineligible to be selected due to her age.[6]

Style of play

Following Jones' international debut, former Wales player Gwennan Harries described Jones as "So composed, got two great feet, but most importantly for me, her work ethic is outstanding, a real team player."[11]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 2 February 2020.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cardiff City Ladies 2019–20[7] WNL South 931000103
Career total 931000103

International
Statistics accurate as of match played 12 November 2019.[1]
Wales
YearAppsGoals
201910
202000
Total10

References
  1. Carrie Jones at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  2. "Women's Euro 2021 qualifier: Wales ease to victory over Faroe Islands". BBC News. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  3. "Carrie Jones". UEFA. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  4. Sands, Katie (24 August 2019). "Carrie Jones: The 15-year-old schoolgirl whose life has taken an extraordinary turn". WalesOnline. Media Wales. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  5. Grosvenor, Gavin. "Powys quintet represent Wales in UEFA Under 16s tournaments". County Times. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  6. Pearlman, Michael (23 August 2019). "Carrie Jones: Too young to play for her club but not her country". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  7. "Cardiff City Ladies – Player Season Totals 2019–20". thefa.com. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  8. "Manchester United: Wales teenager Carrie Jones joins club's academy". BBC Sport. 21 June 2020.
  9. "Dream come true as Jones heads to Manchester United". County Times.
  10. Wrack, Suzanne (29 August 2019). "Carrie Jones: too young to play for Cardiff but set to play for Wales Women". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  11. Le Vay, Josie (29 August 2019). "Newtown's Carrie Jones, 15, makes Wales debut at Euro qualifier". County Times. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
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