Lee_Jones_(footballer,_born_1973)
Lee Jones (footballer, born 1973)
Welsh footballer and coach
Philip Lee Jones (born 29 May 1973[4]) is a Welsh football coach and former player who played as a forward.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Philip Lee Jones[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1973-05-29) 29 May 1973 (age 50)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Wrexham, Wales[1] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Tranmere Rovers (Academy Manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| -1990 | Lex XI[3] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1992 | Wrexham | 39 | (10) |
| 1992–1997 | Liverpool | 3 | (0) |
| 1993 | → Crewe Alexandra (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 1996 | → Wrexham (loan) | 20 | (8) |
| 1997 | → Wrexham (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1997 | → Tranmere Rovers (loan) | 8 | (5) |
| 1997–2000 | Tranmere Rovers | 77 | (11) |
| 2000–2002 | Barnsley | 40 | (5) |
| 2002–2004 | Wrexham | 49 | (14) |
| 2004–2006 | Caernarfon Town | 63 | (24) |
| 2012–2013 | Prestatyn Town | 35 | (9) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1992–1996 | Wales Under-21 | 14 | (?) |
| Wales B | 1 | (?) | |
| 1997 | Wales | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006 | Caernarfon Town (Joint Caretaker) | ||
| 2011–2012 | Prestatyn Town | ||
| 2015 | Wrexham (Joint Caretaker) | ||
| 2016– | Tranmere Rovers Academy | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:00, 28 November 2008 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:00, 30 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
Born in Wrexham, he began his career with his hometown club. In March 1992, he moved to Liverpool, aged 18. However, he only managed four appearances in five years, in part due to suffering two broken legs. He was loaned out to Crewe Alexandra, twice back to Wrexham, and finally to Tranmere Rovers where he scored five goals in eight games. Tranmere signed Jones for £100,000 in June 1997.[2] He spent three years with Tranmere before being released in May 2000.[5] In July, he moved to First Division club Barnsley on a free transfer,[6] but in 2002 he returned to Wrexham for a fourth spell.[7]
In the summer of 2004 he was released, subsequently joining League of Wales side Caernarfon Town. After a brief spell as joint-caretaker manager at Caernarfon (with Kenny Irons), he signed for the NEWI Cefn Druids in November 2006.
He joined Prestatyn Town for a spell that included both playing and as the team's manager from March 2011.[8]
He had a brief spell as joint caretaker manager at Wrexham at the tail-end of the 2014–15 season alongside Carl Darlington following Kevin Wilkin's sacking.[9]
He coached the Glyndŵr University Football Academy at Wrexham F.C before rejoining Tranmere Rovers in June 2016 as Academy Manager.[10]
Jones has represented Wales at Youth, Under-21 and B level,[11] and he also won two caps for the senior side.[4]
- "Lee Jones". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- "Lee Jones Profile". TranmereRovers.co.uk. Tranmere Rovers Football Club. Archived from the original on 29 April 2001. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- "Duo Released". TranmereRovers.co.uk. Tranmere Rovers Football Club. 8 May 2000. Archived from the original on 9 March 2001. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- "Double Signing Confirmed". BarnsleyFC.co.uk. Barnsley Football Club. 3 July 2000. Archived from the original on 19 September 2000. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- "Player profile: Lee Jones". LFCHistory.net. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
- Jones, Dave (30 March 2011). "Lee Jones is new Prestatyn Town FC manager". North Wales Live. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- Williams, Richard (14 April 2015). "Jones open to talk to Wrexham about manager role". The Leader. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- "Former Tranmere Rovers player appointed new manager of club's Academy". Wirral Globe. 3 June 2016.
- "Welsh Premier career details for Lee Jones". welsh-premier.com. Retrieved 28 May 2011.