Kenwyne Jones
Jones playing for Sunderland in 2010
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Kenwyne Joel Jones | ||
| Date of birth | 5 October 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Point Fortin, Trinidad and Tobago | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Atlanta United | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002 | Joe Public | 11 | (9) |
| 2002–2004 | W Connection | 31 | (30) |
| 2004–2007 | Southampton | 71 | (19) |
| 2004–2005 | → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 7 | (7) |
| 2005 | → Stoke City (loan) | 13 | (3) |
| 2007–2010 | Sunderland | 94 | (26) |
| 2010–2014 | Stoke City | 88 | (13) |
| 2014–2016 | Cardiff City | 64 | (17) |
| 2015 | → Bournemouth (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2016 | → Al Jazira (loan) | 11 | (3) |
| 2016– | Atlanta United | 6 | (1) |
| 2016 | → Central (loan) | 5 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003– | Trinidad and Tobago | 82 | (23) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 March 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 September 2016 |
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Kenwyne Joel Jones CM (born 5 October 1984) is a Trinidadian professional footballer who plays as a striker for MLS's Atlanta United and for the Trinidad and Tobago national team, which he captains.
He began his football career with Joe Public in his native Trinidad and Tobago. He moved to W Connection in 2002, and he was a utility player in the Trinidad and Tobago team in 2003 against Finland. In 2004, he joined Southampton, where he was converted to a striker. He was later loaned to Sheffield Wednesday and Stoke City during the 2004–05 season. In 2007, he joined Sunderland for £6 million where he spent three seasons before he signed for Stoke City in August 2010. In his first season at Stoke Jones scored 12 goals and played in the 2011 FA Cup Final. Following the arrival of Peter Crouch in August 2011, Jones struggled to hold down a regular place in the side which saw him score just four more league goals in the next three seasons. In January 2014 he joined Cardiff City in a player-exchange with Peter Odemwingie.
Jones was born in Point Fortin, Trinidad and Tobago, to Lydia and Pamphile. and he attended St. Anthony's College in Trinidad along with his future Sunderland team-mate Carlos Edwards. His uncle, Philibert Jones was also a footballer as a prolific forward for Strike Squad that came within a point of qualifying for the 1990 World Cup and was a similar player to Kenwyne; both in style and celebration. His athleticism and pace, which Sunderland considered attractive, was not established until he joined Sheffield Wednesday in September and began to show his potential.
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