Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joevin Martin Jones | ||
Date of birth | 3 August 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Carenage, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago | ||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Left-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Seattle Sounders FC | ||
Number | 33 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2007 | Defence Force | ||
2005–2009 | Mucurapo Senior Comprehensive | ||
2007–2009 | W Connection | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2014 | W Connection | 55 | (28) |
2014 | → HJK Helsinki (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2015 | Chicago Fire | 28 | (1) |
2016– | Seattle Sounders FC | 33 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2011 | Trinidad and Tobago U20 | 4 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Trinidad and Tobago U23 | 8 | (0) |
2010– | Trinidad and Tobago | 54 | (6) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 October 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2016 |
Joevin Martin Jones (born 3 August 1991) is a Trinidadian professional footballer who plays as a left back for MLS club Seattle Sounders FC. He also represents the Trinidad and Tobago national team primarily playing as a left-wing back.
Jones' professional career began with W Connection in his native Trinidad and Tobago, where he made his first-team debut in 2009, at the age of 17. During his time with the Savonetta Boys, Jones won the TT Pro League title twice and the FA Trophy in 2013–14. After his fourth season with W Connection, in 2014, he was loaned to Finnish club HJK Helsinki. Jones later moved to the Chicago Fire and Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer for the 2015 and 2016 seasons.
In international football, Jones made his Trinidad and Tobago debut in September 2010, at the age of 19. With the Soca Warriors he has participated in two major tournaments with appearances in the CONCACAF Gold Cup (2013 and 2015). He scored his first international goal in the 2015 Gold Cup and helped Trinidad and Tobago advance to the quarterfinals.