Lloyd Richard Jones (born 7 October 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL league one club Cambridge United .
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lloyd Richard Jones[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1995-10-07) 7 October 1995 (age 27)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Plymouth, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Cambridge United | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2011 | Plymouth Argyle | ||
| 2011–2014 | Liverpool | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2018 | Liverpool | 0 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Cheltenham Town (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Accrington Stanley (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | → Blackpool (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Swindon Town (loan) | 24 | (2) |
| 2018–2020 | Luton Town | 6 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Plymouth Argyle (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2020 | → Northampton Town (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Northampton Town | 27 | (0) |
| 2021– | Cambridge United | 44 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 2011–2012 | Wales U17 | 11 | (1) |
| 2012 | Wales U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2014 | England U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2014 | England U20 | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 November 2022 (UTC) | |||
Liverpool signed Lloyd Jones in May 2011 from the Plymouth Argyle for a sum of £150,000.[4]
The large figure of Jones quickly became a regular starter for Liverpool's Under-21 squad during the 2012–13 season. He was rewarded with his good performances by earning a call up to the senior squad on 12 May 2013 for Liverpool's Premier League encounter against Fulham. He was an unused substitute in the 3–1 victory for Liverpool.[5] In July 2013, he signed a 3-year professional deal with the club.[6]
Jones captained the Reserve team for the latter part of the 2013–14 campaign & throughout the 2014–15 season.
On 1 January 2015, Lloyd Jones signed a 6 weeks loan deal with Cheltenham Town along with fellow reserve teammates Kevin Stewart and Jack Dunn.[7] He made his Cheltenham, and senior debut, on 3 January in a League Two match against Oxford United which saw Cheltenham win 2–1.[8][9][10]
On 12 March 2015, Jones joined Accrington Stanley on a 6 weeks loan.[11]
On 3 August 2015, Jones signed a season long loan with Blackpool.[12] On 30 September 2015, he suffered a serious injury being out for 6 months injuring both knee & ankle in the same tackle.[13]
On 6 August 2016, Jones signed new 2-year contract with Liverpool and on the same day, he was loaned to Swindon Town.[14]
On 31 January 2018, Jones joined Luton Town for an undisclosed fee.[15] He returned to Luton's League One rivals Plymouth Argyle on 31 January 2019 on loan until the end of 2018–19.[16]
Jones was loaned to League Two club Northampton Town on 31 January 2020 until the end of the 2019–20 season.[17] His debut came a day later in a 1–0 win away to Macclesfield Town,[18] which manager Keith Curle described as "a very solid performance".[19] He made seven appearances by the time the season was suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic in England.[20][21] Northampton finished in seventh place on points per game,[22] but with his Luton contract expiring at the end of June and another club showing an interest in signing him, Jones chose not to participate in the play-offs to avoid an injury.[21][23][24] However, the proposed move fell through and Jones failed to find a club in the summer transfer window.[21]
Northampton were promoted to League One with victory in the 2020 League Two play-off Final,[25] and Jones returned to the club in October to train with them.[21] As a result of English Football League rules restricting clubs in League One to 22-man squads, Northampton could only offer Jones a contract in December, after they were able to remove another player from their squad list.[23] He re-signed for the club on 29 December on a contract until the end of the season.[20] His first appearance after returning came later that day in a 3–1 home win over Gillingham, a result that ended a run of four consecutive defeats.[21][26] After making six successive league starts and helping the team keep three clean sheets, manager Curle praised Jones' efforts to win back his trust.[24] However, Northampton lost their next match 1–0 at home to Wigan Athletic,[27] resulting in Curle being dismissed a day later with the club in 23rd place, and was replaced by caretaker manager Jon Brady.[28] Jones had played every minute of Northampton's 16 league matches since rejoining the club by mid-March 2021, with the team keeping seven clean sheets, and was named as captain by Brady for the first time in a 2–1 away defeat to Charlton Athletic on 9 March.[29][30]
On 8 June 2021 Jones signed for newly promoted Cambridge United.[31]
Jones is eligible to represent his birth country England as well as Wales through his Welsh father. He made eleven appearances for the Welsh under-17s scoring once. He earned one cap for the Welsh U19s before switching allegiance to England in October 2013, having rejected a call-up to the Welsh U21s.[32] He got called up for the England U19s for their 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite qualification matches in May 2014. Jones featured in all three matches. Four months later he made his debut for the U20s in a friendly against Romania. He has played four times for the U20s.
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Liverpool | 2014–15[33] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015–16[34] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cheltenham Town (loan) | 2014–15[33] | League Two | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Accrington Stanley (loan) | 2014–15[33] | League Two | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | 11 | 1 | |||
| Blackpool (loan) | 2015–16[34] | League One | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Swindon Town (loan) | 2016–17[35] | League One | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 29 | 2 |
| Luton Town | 2017–18[36] | League Two | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19[37] | League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2019–20[38] | Championship | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 8 | 1 | ||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||
| Plymouth Argyle (loan) | 2018–19[37] | League One | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | |||
| Northampton Town (loan) | 2019–20[38] | League Two | 7 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Northampton Town | 2020–21[27] | League One | 27 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Total | 29 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||||
| Cambridge United | 2021–22[39] | League One | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 2022–23[40] | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 1 | ||
| Total | 44 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 144 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 160 | 6 | ||
Cambridge United F.C. – current squad | |
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