Luke Jones

Infobox Football biography
playername = Luke Jones


fullname = Luke Joseph Jones
height = height|ft=6|in=1
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1987|04|10|df=y
cityofbirth = Blackburn
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Kidderminster Harriers
clubnumber = 6
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs = Blackburn Rovers
years = 2005-2006
2005–2006
2006
2006—2008
2008
2008–
clubs = Blackburn Rovers
→ Cercle Brugge (loan)
Ashton United
Shrewsbury Town
→ Kidderminster Harriers (loan)
Kidderminster Harriers
caps(goals) = 00 (0)
08 (0)
01 (0)
14 (0)
06 (0)
07 (1)
pcupdate = 20:45, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
ntupdate =

Luke Joseph Jones (born 10 April 1987) is an English professional football player who plays for Kidderminster Harriers. He plays in the position of centre back but can also play at right fullback. He made 14 appearances in Football League Two for Shrewsbury Town between 2006–08 and 2007–08.

Career

Jones began his career as a youngster at Blackburn Rovers where he helped the youth team to the semifinal of the FA Youth Cup in 2004, was captain when they won the FA Premier League National Final in 2005 and appeared in the reserves. He spent the 2005–06 season on loan at Cercle Brugge in Belgium but was released by Blackburn in the summer of 2006 and joined Ashton United,cite news|url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=37462|title=Two in - two out at Ashton|date=2006-09-23|publisher=Non League Daily|accessdate=2008-06-09] for whom he made one appearance in the UniBond Northern Premier League in September 2006. After a trial period with Shrewsbury Town, [cite news|url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=37776|title=Triple boost for Green|date=2006-10-09|publisher=Non League Daily|accessdate=2008-06-09] he joined the club in November 2006 until the end of the 2006-07 season. [cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/shrewsbury/6114654.stm |title=Shrewsbury bag ex-Blackburn man |date=2006-11-03 |publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2007-04-23] After making five appearances for Shrewsbury, his contract was extended in February 2007 by another year until summer 2008. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/shrewsbury/6368887.stm|title=Jones handed new Shrewsbury deal |date=2007-02-16|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-06-01] Jones made twelve appearances in the 2006-07 season, including both legs of the League Two playoff semi-final against MK Dons. [cite web|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=45679&seasonid=136|title=Games played by Luke Jones in 2006/2007|work=Soccerbase|publisher=Racing Post|accessdate=2008-06-01] He was named on the team-sheet for the League Two playoff final at Wembley in May 2007 but was unable to play after injuring his knee during the warm-up before the game.cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/shrewsbury/6730263.stm |title=Jones targets pre-season return|date=2007-06-07|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-06-01] His knee injury required surgery and it was four months later before he was able to return to full training. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/shrewsbury/6988862.stm|title=Jones close to Shrewsbury return |date=2007-09-11|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-06-01]

Jones returned to first-team action in November, but, with strong defensive competition, struggled to hold down a regular place in the team.cite web|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=45679&seasonid=137|title=Games played by Luke Jones in 2007/2008|work=Soccerbase|publisher=Racing Post|accessdate=2008-06-01] He joined Conference side Kidderminster Harriers on a one-month loan in February 2008, [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/k/kidderminster_harriers/7221569.stm|title=Constable & Bevan leave Harriers|date=2008-02-01|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-06-01] which was extended for a further month. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/k/kidderminster_harriers/7275642.stm|title=Harriers extend Jones loan-spell |date=2008-03-03|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-06-01] New manager Paul Simpson chose to recall Jones early and he returned to Shrewsbury during March. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/k/kidderminster_harriers/7296529.stm|title=Yates angered by Jones recall |date=2008-03-14|accessdate=2008-06-01] He made three further appearances for Shrewsbury, but was released by the club at the end of the 2007–08 season. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/shrewsbury/7374195.stm|title=Five go as Shrews start clear-out |date=2008-04-29|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-06-01] After the successful loan spell earlier in the season, Jones joined Kidderminster in May 2008 on a one-year contract. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/k/kidderminster_harriers/7422108.stm|title=Three new players in at Harriers |date=2008-05-27|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-06-01]

References

External links

*soccerbase|45679
* [http://www.harriers-online.co.uk/squad/lukejones.shtml Harriers Online profile]

Persondata
NAME= Jones, Luke
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH= 1987-04-10
PLACE OF BIRTH= Blackburn, England
DATE OF DEATH=
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