Personal information | |||
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Full name | Keith Aubrey Jones [1] | ||
Date of birth | 14 October 1965 | ||
Place of birth | Dulwich, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
–1983 | Chelsea | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1983–1987 | Chelsea | 52 | (7) |
1987–1991 | Brentford | 169 | (13) |
1991–1994 | Southend United | 90 | (11) |
1994–2000 | Charlton Athletic | 158 | (6) |
2000–2002 | Reading | 39 | (0) |
Total | 512 | (37) | |
International career | |||
England Schoolboys | |||
England Youth | |||
Managerial career | |||
2006–2007 | Atlanta Silverbacks Women | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Keith Aubrey Jones (born 14 October 1965) is an English retired professional footballer, best remembered for his time as a midfielder in the Football League with Brentford and Charlton Athletic. He also played for Southend United, Chelsea, Reading and was capped by England at youth level. He later became a youth and women's coach.
A midfielder, Jones began his career in the Chelsea youth system and made his senior debut in a 3–0 Second Division defeat to Barnsley on 26 March 1983. [3] [4] After one further appearance late in the 1982–83 season, he returned to the youth team and would not appear again until 1984–85, [5] by which time the Blues had been promoted to the First Division. [4] [6] Injuries allowed Jones to break through into the team in September 1984 and he remained a squad player until September 1987, [4] [5] when he dropped down to the Third Division to join Brentford for a tribunal-fixed fee of £40,000. [3] By the beginning of the 1988–89 season, Jones had been appointed club captain and was a part of the Bees teams which reached the sixth round of the 1988–89 FA Cup and the 1991 Third Division play-off semi-finals. [7] His efforts during the 1990–91 season were recognised with his inclusion in the Third Division PFA Team of the Year. [8] In October 1991, a contract dispute with manager Phil Holder saw Jones transfer to Second Division Southend United for a tribunal-fixed fee of £175,000. [3]
Despite making over 100 appearances for the club, [2] Jones' four years with Southend United yielded little success on the pitch and he transferred to First Division rivals Charlton Athletic for a £150,000 fee in September 1994. [3] [9] In just under six years at The Valley, he was a part of two teams which won promotion to the Premier League – the first in 1998 after victory in the First Division play-off final and the second two years later, when the club won the First Division title. [10] [11] [12] Jones was transfer-listed in May 2000 and signed a two-year contract with Second Division club Reading on a free transfer on 1 July 2000. [13] [14] Now the twilight years of his career, Jones was utilised as a squad player and was a part of the team which won automatic promotion to the First Division on the final day of the 2001–02 season. [14] [15] [16] He was released in May 2002 and retired from football. [7] [17]
Jones was capped by England at schoolboy and youth level. [7]
Jones began his coaching career in 2000, while still a player. [18] He coached at Chelsea and Tooting & Mitcham United, [19] before moving to the United States in 2006 to coach Atlanta Silverbacks Women. [18] Jones moved to Arizona youth club SC del Sol in 2009. [18]
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Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Chelsea | 1982–83 [4] | Second Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
1984–85 [4] | First Division | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | 26 | 4 | ||
1985–86 [4] | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 [a] | 0 | 22 | 2 | ||
1986–87 [4] | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 [a] | 0 | 21 | 4 | ||
Total | 54 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 71 | 10 | ||
Brentford | 1987–88 [20] | Third Division | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 [b] | 0 | 38 | 1 | |
1988–89 [20] | 40 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 [b] | 0 | 56 | 6 | ||
1989–90 [20] | 42 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 [b] | 0 | 50 | 2 | ||
1990–91 [21] | 45 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 [c] | 1 | 60 | 10 | ||
1991–92 [21] | 6 | 1 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 9 | 1 | ||||
Total | 169 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 213 | 20 | ||
Southend United | 1991–92 [22] | Second Division | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5 | |
1992–93 [22] | First Division | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | |
1993–94 [22] | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | ||
1994–95 [22] | 7 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
Total | 90 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 108 | 12 | ||
Charlton Athletic | 1994–95 [22] | First Division | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 1 | ||
1995–96 [22] | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 [d] | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
1996–97 [23] | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | |||
1997–98 [10] | 44 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 [d] | 0 | 51 | 4 | ||
1998–99 [24] | Premier League | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | ||
1999–00 [11] | First Division | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 1 | ||
Total | 158 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 178 | 7 | ||
Reading | 2000–01 [25] | Second Division | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 [b] | 0 | 28 | 1 |
2001–02 [15] | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
Total | 40 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 1 | ||
Career total | 509 | 37 | 30 | 6 | 37 | 5 | 37 | 2 | 613 | 50 |
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