David Jones (footballer, born 1955)

David Jones
Personal information
Date of birth (1955-04-01) 1 April 1955
Place of birth Fremantle, Western Australia
, Australia
Youth career
Kwinana
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970-1975 Kwinana
1976 Tricolore
1977-1978 West Adelaide
1980 Adelaide City
Preston Makedonia
1984 Perth Azzurri
National team
1977-1978 Australia 5 (0)
Teams managed
1994 Croydon City

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

David Jones (born 1 April 1955 in Fremantle, Western Australia) is an Australian former soccer player and coach.

Playing career

Club career

Jones played his junior soccer for Kwinana before graduating to the senior team in 1970. He remained at Kwinana until the end of the 1975 season. In 1976 Jones played for East Fremantle Tricolore. For the first year of the National Soccer League in 1977 he played for West Adelaide, playing three seasons in South Australia including a season for Adelaide City. He later had playing stints for Preston Makedonia and Perth Azzurri.[1]

State career

Jones represented Western Australia 24 times, winning two Marah Halim Cup championships.[2][3][4]

International career

In 1975 Jones made his debut for Australia against Singapore in Singapore. He played a total of five full international matches for the Socceroos, the last being a match against Greece in Adelaide in July 1978.[5]

Coaching career

In 1994 Jones was head coach at Croydon City in the Victorian State League.[1]

Honours

Individual

State

Western Australia

Club

East Fremantle Tricolore

References

  1. 1 2 "Jones, David". Australian Player Database. OzFootball. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  2. "Hall of Champions". FootballWA.net. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  3. "Marah Halim Cup (Medan, Indonesia) - 1975". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  4. "Marah Halim Cup (Medan, Indonesia) - 1976". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  5. The Australian National Men’s Football Team: Caps And Captains. Football Federation Australia.
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