Jordan Jones (footballer, born 1994)

Jordan Jones (born 24 October 1994) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays for Sunderland, on loan from Scottish Premiership club Rangers. Jones has previously played for Middlesbrough, Hartlepool United, Cambridge United and Kilmarnock. He has played for the Northern Ireland national under-19 football team, and made his debut for the Northern Ireland senior squad in 2017.

Jordan Jones
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-10-24) 24 October 1994[1]
Place of birth Redcar, England
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Sunderland
(on loan from Rangers)
Number 27
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– Rangers 10 (1)
2021– → Sunderland (loan) 2 (0)
National team‡
Northern Ireland U19
2017– Northern Ireland 11 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:33, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:47, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Jones started as a youth player with his home-town club Middlesbrough. He made one appearance for the Middlesbrough first team,[2] in a 2012–13 FA Cup tie against Hastings United.

Jones was loaned to Hartlepool United in February 2015[2] 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.[3] In January 2018, Kilmarnock turned down an offer from Rangers to buy Jones for a reported £350,000 transfer fee.[4] However, in January 2019 he signed a pre-contract agreement to join Rangers at the end of the 2018–19 season,[5] 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.[6][7] Jones later admitted he had been "over-excited" in sending the message,[8] 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.[8] 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.[9]

Rangers

In June 2019 Jones said he wanted to be a first-team player at Rangers.[10] 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.[11]

Jones scored his first Rangers goal on 27 September 2020 against Motherwell at Fir Park, the second in a 5–1 win.[12] 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.[13]

On 29 January 2021, Jones joined English club Sunderland on loan for the remainder of the 2020-21 season.[14]

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.[15]

In September 2017, he was called up to the senior Northern Ireland squad for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Germany and Norway, but did not play in either game.[16] He won his first senior cap for Northern Ireland in the 2018 World Cup Qualifying play-off second leg on 12 November 2017, coming on as a substitute, replacing Jamie Ward.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 6 February 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Middlesbrough 2012–13[17] Championship 001000—10
2013–14[18] Championship 000000—00
2014–15[19] Championship 000000—00
2015–16[20] Championship 00—00—00
Total 001000—10
Hartlepool United (loan) 2014–15[19] League Two 110———110
Cambridge United (loan) 2015–16[20] League Two 1000——10
Kilmarnock 2016–17[21] Scottish Premiership 3731040—423
2017–18[22] Scottish Premiership 3244050—414
2018–19[23] Scottish Premiership 2842050—354
Total 971170140—11811
Rangers 2019–20[24] Scottish Premiership 7010106[lower-alpha 1]0150
2020–21[25] Scottish Premiership 3100001[lower-alpha 1]041
Total 101101070191
Sunderland (loan) 2020–21[26] League One 0000001010
Career total 11912901508015112
  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International
As of match played 11 October 2020[27]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Northern Ireland 201710
201840
201940
202020
Total110

References
  1. "Jordan Jones". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  2. "Jordan Jones: Hartlepool sign Middlesbrough attacker on loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  3. "Kilmarnock bring in 11 new players on the same day". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  4. McCafferty, Gavin. "Rangers bid for Jordan Jones 'easy to turn down' says Kilmarnock boss". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  5. "Gers To Sign Glen Kamara & Jordan Jones". Rangers F.C. 5 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  6. Danny Law (7 January 2019). "A tweet too far by Rangers-bound Kilmarnock winger Jordan Jones". Press and Journal. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  7. "It's ridiculous: Rangers-bound Jordan Jones slammed by Kilmarnock supporters chief". Belfast Telegraph. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  8. 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.
  9. "Kilmarnock 2–1 Rangers". BBC Sport. 23 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  10. "Jordan Jones: Winger targets first-team spot at Rangers". BBC Sport. 16 June 2019.
  11. St Joseph's 0-4 Rangers: Steven Gerrard's team win Europa League qualifier, BBC Sport, 9 July 2019
  12. "Motherwell 1-5 Rangers". BBC. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  13. Campbell, Jordan (2 November 2020). "Rangers suspend Jordan Jones and George Edmundson after duo attended house party". The Athletic. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  14. "Jordan Jones signs for Sunderland". Sunderland AFC. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  15. "I regret rejecting Northern Ireland for England, says new man Jordan Jones". www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  16. "World Cup 2018: Gareth McAuley back in Northern Ireland squad". BBC. 25 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  17. "Games played by Jordan Jones in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  18. "Games played by Jordan Jones in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  19. "Games played by Jordan Jones in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  20. "Games played by Jordan Jones in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  21. "Games played by Jordan Jones in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  22. "Games played by Jordan Jones in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  23. "Games played by Jordan Jones in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  24. "Games played by Jordan Jones in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  25. "Games played by Jordan Jones in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  26. "Games played by Jordan Jones in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  27. "Jones, Jordan". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
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