Nathan Jones (Welsh footballer)

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Nathan Jones

Personal information
Full name	Nathan Jason Jones
Date of birth	28 May 1973 (1973-05-28) (age 38)
Place of birth	Rhondda, Wales
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Yeovil Town
Number	3
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
?-1995	Merthyr Tydfil	?	(?)
1995-1996	Luton Town	0	(0)
1996	Numancia	0	(0)
1996-1997	Badajoz	21	(1)
1997-2000	Southend United	99	(2)
1999-2000	→ Scarborough (loan)	9	(0)
2000-2005	Brighton & Hove Albion	159	(7)
2005-	Yeovil Town	177	(2)
Teams managed
2009-	Yeovil Town (Assistant Manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:06, 5 November 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Nathan Jason Jones (born 28 May 1973 in Rhondda)^[1] is a Welsh professional football left sided defender, currently playing for Yeovil Town.

Playing career

Early career

His first professional club was Luton Town F.C whom he joined in the summer of 1995 from Welsh non league outfit Merthyr Tydfil F.C. for £10,000. Making little impact during his stay at Kenilworth Rd, Jones then proceeded to become something of a journeyman footballer in the Spanish leagues for a number of seasons. His first port of call was Spanish club Numancia, where after a short spell he moved onto CD Badajoz in the Segunda (Second Division). It was here where Jones really made his mark settling well into the team and becoming something of a cult figure amongst supporters which was undoubtedly enhanced by his superb left foot volley during a Segunda league match in the 1996/97 season. Whilst this goal owed much to the beauty of Marco van Bastens effort against the USSR in the Euro 88 final, Badajoz were unable to make it to the Primera missing out that season finishing 6th. His efforts did however not go unnoticed by the then Welsh national team manager Bobby Gould who rumoured to be considering for a call up to the national squad although this ultimately failed to materialise.

Southend United

With Jones' Spanish sojourn coming to end, he returned to the United Kingdom to play for Southend United in 1997. He spent three seasons at Southend, including a season long loan at Scarborough, and left for Brighton & Hove Albion. He made over 100 appearances in the five seasons he spent there before moving to Yeovil in 2005.

Yeovil Town

Jones moved to Yeovil in 2005 and made over 100 appearances. This included captaining the team at Wembley in 2007.

Managerial career

Jones started his FA Level Three Coaching Badge in the summer of 2008, and became a first team coach with the Yeovil Town Ladies Football Club from November 2007, assisting Manager Steve Phelps and Assistant Manager Nigel Wolfe. The Yeovil Town Ladies play in the South West Combination Women's Football League, which is at the third level of the English women's football pyramid.

On 18 February 2009 Jones was confirmed as a player assistant manager of the Yeovil first team, alongside veteran Terry Skiverton.

Honours

Yeovil Town

• Coca-Cola League One play-off final runner-up: 2006-07

References

1. ^ Birthdate and statistics: Football.co.uk website. Retrieved on January 21, 2008.

External links

• Nathan Jones career stats at Soccerbase
• Nathan Jones' profile at the Yeovil site

Persondata
Name	Jones, Nathan
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1973-05-28
Place of birth	Rhondda, Wales
Date of death
Place of death