Curtis Jones (footballer)

Curtis Julian Jones (born 30 January 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool.

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Curtis Jones
Jones playing for Liverpool U18s in 2017
Personal information
Full name Curtis Julian Jones[1]
Date of birth (2001-01-30) 30 January 2001[2]
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2]
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Liverpool
Number 48
Youth career
2010–2019 Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Liverpool 2 (0)
National team‡
2016–2017 England U16[3] 6 (1)
2017 England U17 3 (0)
2018–2019 England U18 10 (1)
2019– England U19 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:36, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:05, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Having grown up in the centre of Liverpool, Jones joined Liverpool at the age of nine.[4] After making his U23s debut in January 2018, Jones signed his first professional contract on 1 February 2018.[5]

He was named in Liverpool's squad for the Premier League match against Everton on 7 April 2018 and was included on the substitute bench without making an appearance.[6]

Jones featured prominently for Liverpool during pre-season ahead of the 2018–19 season.[7] Manager Jürgen Klopp praised his mobility and dribbling skills.[8]

Jones made his first team debut on 7 January 2019, in the FA Cup third round against Wolverhampton Wanderers.[9] His second competitive match for the club came on 25 September 2019 in an EFL Cup match against Milton Keynes Dons where he was chosen as Player of the Match.[10]

He then scored the winning penalty in Liverpool's EFL Cup penalty shoot-out victory against Arsenal.[11] He made his Premier League debut on 7 December 2019, from the substitute's bench, against AFC Bournemouth.[12]

On 5 January 2020, Jones was part of a Liverpool team largely made up of teenagers and reserves that defeated rivals Everton 1–0 in the FA Cup at Anfield, with Jones scoring the winning goal – his first goal for the club – with a curling strike from 20 yards.[13] At 18 years and 340 days, Jones is the youngest goalscorer in the Merseyside derby since Robbie Fowler scored for Liverpool in 1994.[14] In the next round three weeks later, he scored again to open a 2–2 draw at Shrewsbury Town, becoming the first teenager to net in consecutive games for the Reds since Raheem Sterling in April 2014.[15] On 5 February 2020, Jones became Liverpool's youngest ever captain – at 19 years and 5 days[16] – when he captained Liverpool's youngest ever first team side with an average age of 19 years and 102 days to a 1–0 victory over Shrewsbury in the FA Cup replay at Anfield.[16]

International career

Jones has represented England at U16, U17, U18 and U19 level.

Career statistics
As of match played 3 March 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
LeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liverpool 2018–19[17] Premier League 0010000010
2019–20[18] Premier League 2042200082
Liverpool U21 2019–20[18] ———1[lower-alpha 1]010
Career total 20522010102
  1. Appearance in EFL Trophy

Honours

Liverpool

Individual

  • UAE Sports Chain Cup Player of the Tournament: 2019[20]

References
  1. "FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019: List of Players: Liverpool" (PDF). FIFA. 21 December 2019. p. 7. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  2. "Curtis Jones: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  3. "England - C. Jones - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
  4. Pearce, James (7 January 2019). "Jones on living Liverpool dream & his mentor during pre-season tour". Liverpoolecho.co.uk.
  5. "Curtis Jones signs first professional deal with LFC". LiverpoolFC.com. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  6. Reddy, Melissa (7 April 2018). "LFC starting XI v EFC: First squad involvement for Curtis Jones, 17". Twitter.com.
  7. "Who is Curtis Jones, how old is he and when did he join Liverpool?". talksport. 7 January 2019.
  8. "Klopp reveals Liverpool's plan for Curtis Jones". Liverpool F.C.
  9. "Wolverhampton Wanderers vs. Liverpool - 7 January 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
  10. "MK Dons 0–2 Liverpool". BBC Sport. 25 September 2019.
  11. "Liverpool vs Arsenal result: Prodigy Curtis Jones settles Carabao Cup epic in game that had it all". The Independent. 30 October 2019.
  12. "Fabinho's message for Curtis Jones after Liverpool youngster makes Premier League debut at Bournemouth". Liverpool Echo. 7 December 2019.
  13. "Klopp's teenagers and reserves serve Ancelotti with a painful reality-check". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  14. "Teenager Jones lights up Anfield with stunning derby winner". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  15. "Shrewsbury Town 2-2 Liverpool: Cummings double earns surprise draw". Yahoo! Sports. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  16. "Liverpool 1-0 Shrewsbury: Own goal by Ro-Shaun Williams sends young Reds through". Bbc.co.uk. 4 February 2020.
  17. "Games played by Curtis Jones in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  18. "Games played by Curtis Jones in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  19. Poole, Harry (21 December 2019). "Liverpool 1–0 Flamengo". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  20. "England U18s seal second spot in UAE tournament after thrilling victory over Mexico - 24 March 2019". The FA.com.
  • Profile at the Liverpool F.C. website
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