Lloyd Jones (footballer)

Lloyd Jones
Personal information
Full name Lloyd Richard Jones[1]
Date of birth (1995-10-07) 7 October 1995
Place of birth Plymouth, England
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Luton Town
Number 28
Youth career
2006–2011 Plymouth Argyle
2011–2014 Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2018 Liverpool 0 (0)
2015 → Cheltenham Town (loan) 6 (0)
2015 → Accrington Stanley (loan) 11 (1)
2015–2016 → Blackpool (loan) 10 (0)
2016–2017 → Swindon Town (loan) 24 (2)
2018– Luton Town 1 (0)
National team‡
2011–2012 Wales U17 11 (1)
2012 Wales U19 1 (0)
2014 England U19 3 (0)
2014 England U20 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:15, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:22, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

Lloyd Richard Jones (born 7 October 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for League One club Luton Town.

Club career

Liverpool

Liverpool signed Lloyd Jones in May 2011 from the Plymouth Argyle for a sum of £150,000.[2]

The large figure of Jones quickly became a regular starter for Liverpool's Under-21 squad during the 2012–13 season. He was rewarded with his good performances by earning a call up to the senior squad on 12 May 2013 for Liverpool's Premier League encounter against Fulham. He was an unused substitute in the 3–1 victory for Liverpool.[3] In July 2013, he signed a 3-year professional deal with the club.[4]

Jones captained the Reserve team for the latter part of the 2013–14 campaign & throughout the 2014–15 season.

Various loan spells

On 1 January 2015, Lloyd Jones signed a 6 weeks loan deal with Cheltenham Town along with fellow reserve teammates Kevin Stewart and Jack Dunn.[5] He made his Cheltenham, and senior debut, on 3 January in a League Two match against Oxford United which saw Cheltenham win 2–1.[6][7][8]

On 12 March 2015, Jones joined Accrington Stanley on a 6 weeks loan.[9]

On the 3 August 2015, Jones signed a season long loan with Blackpool FC.[10] On 30 September 2015, he suffered a serious injury being out for 6 months injuring both knee & ankle in the same tackle.[11]

On 6 August 2016, Jones signed new 2-year contract with Liverpool and on the same day, he was loaned to Swindon Town.[12]

Luton Town

On 31 January 2018, Jones joined Luton Town for an undisclosed fee.[13]

International career

Jones is eligible to represent his birth country England as well as Wales through his Welsh father. He made eleven appearances for the Welsh under-17s scoring once. He earned one cap for the Welsh U19s before switching allegiance to England in October 2013, having rejected a call-up to the Welsh U21s.[14] He got called up for the England U19s for their 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite qualification matches in May 2014. Jones featured in all three matches. Four months later he made his debut for the U20s in a friendly against Romania. He has played four times for the U20s.

Career statistics

As of match played 4 September 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liverpool 2014–15[15] Premier League 0000000000
2015–16[16] Premier League 0000000000
Total 0000000000
Cheltenham Town (loan) 2014–15[15] League Two 6000000060
Accrington Stanley (loan) 2014–15[15] League Two 111000000111
Blackpool (loan) 2015–16[16] League One 100001000110
Swindon Town (loan) 2016–17[17] League One 24220102[lower-alpha 1]0292
Luton Town 2017–18[18] League Two 10———10
2018–19[19] League One 0000101[lower-alpha 1]020
Total 1000101030
Career total 523203030603
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "Player shirt numbers for 20 Barclays Premier League clubs released". Premier League. 8 August 2015. Archived from the original on 9 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Liverpool prospect Lloyd Jones grateful to home club Plymouth Argyle". The Herald. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Fulham 1 – 3 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Liverpool defender Lloyd Jones has signed a professional deal at Anfield". Sky Sports. 3 July 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Liverpool youngsters to join Cheltenham on month's loan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Oxford Utd 1–2 Cheltenham". BBC Sport. 3 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Jones extends Cheltenham loan deal". liverpoolfc.com. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  8. ↑ "Lloyd Jones returns to Liverpool after Cheltenham Town loan spell". International Business Times. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  9. ↑ "Lloyd Jones: Liverpool defender joins Accrington Stanley on loan". BBC Sport. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "Jones joins Blackpool on loan". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  11. ↑ "Jones extends Blackpool youth loan". Liverpool F.C. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  12. ↑ "Lloyd Jones signs new deal and joins Swindon on loan". Liverpool FC.
  13. ↑ "Lloyd Jones joins the Hatters from Liverpool". Luton Town FC. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  14. ↑ "Liverpool's Lloyd Jones rejects Wales Under-21s for England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  15. 1 2 3 "Games played by Lloyd Jones in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  16. 1 2 "Games played by Lloyd Jones in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Lloyd Jones in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Lloyd Jones in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Lloyd Jones in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
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