Jones with Brighton & Hove Albion in 2014
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nathan Jason Jones | ||
Date of birth | 28 May 1973 | ||
Place of birth | Rhondda, Wales | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Luton Town (manager) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1991–1995 | Merthyr Tydfil | 84 | (6) |
1995–1996 | Luton Town | 0 | (0) |
1996 | Numancia | 0 | (0) |
1996–1997 | Badajoz | 21 | (1) |
1997–2000 | Southend United | 99 | (2) |
1998 | → Exeter City | 6 | (1) |
1999 | → Scarborough (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2000–2005 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 159 | (7) |
2005–2012 | Yeovil Town | 185 | (2) |
Total | 563 | (18) | |
Teams managed | |||
2009–2012 | Yeovil Town (assistant) | ||
2012–2013 | Charlton Athletic (under-21) | ||
2013–2014 | Brighton & Hove Albion (assistant) | ||
2014 | Brighton & Hove Albion (caretaker) | ||
2014–2015 | Brighton & Hove Albion (assistant) | ||
2015–2016 | Brighton & Hove Albion (first-team coach) | ||
2016– | Luton Town | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Nathan Jason Jones (born 28 May 1973) is a retired Welsh professional footballer who played as a left-back. He is currently the manager of League Two club Luton Town.
Jones' first professional club was Luton Town which he joined, for £10,000, in the summer of 1995 after playing for the Welsh non-League team Merthyr Tydfil. Jones left Kenilworth Road to play in the Spanish leagues for a number of seasons. He played for Spanish club Numancia, and after a short spell moved on to CD Badajoz in the Segunda División.
Jones returned to the United Kingdom to play for Southend United in 1997. He spent three seasons at Southend, including two loans, at Scarborough in the 1998–99 season where he was part of the team relegated by Jimmy Glass' memorable goal for Carlisle United, and Exeter City in the 1997–98 season respectively. He moved to Brighton & Hove Albion where he made over 100 appearances during his five seasons at the club.
Jones moved to Yeovil Town in 2005 and established himself as a member of the first-team. His seven-year association with the club included captaining the team at Wembley Stadium for the 2007 Football League One play-off Final, resulting in a 2–0 defeat to Nottingham Forest.