David Jones (footballer born 1984)
David Jones ( 2011)
David Frank Llwyd Jones (born 4 November 1984 relating to Southport ) is an English footballer. The formed in the youth academy of Manchester United midfielder was not possible the leap into the professional team of the "Red Devils "; Instead, he hired three rental phases at the then second division club Derby County. Since the beginning of the 2013/14 season of the unique English U-21 national team is the second division club FC Burnley under contract.
Sports career
Training at Manchester United (1995-2005)
At the age of only ten years, the young David Jones of youth department of Manchester United followed. During the season 2000 /01 he came to eight missions in the U-17 of " Man United ", after which he signed a formal training contract on July 2, 2001. In the spring of 2002 he was also reflected in the U-19 selection a name and led the team in the season 2002/ 03 as captain on the pitch. In a total of 18 games, he scored a goal and also moved into the final of the FA Youth Cup. There he secured a 2-0 victory in the final against the juniors of Middlesbrough FC, the first national cup trophy in his career - teammate was here way Sylvan Ebanks -Blake, whom he would later meet again at Wolverhampton Wanderers.
The next step was the permanent establishment in the midfield center of the reserve team. However, hopes for another promotion to the first team not yet fulfilled and also in the League Cup he sat in December 2003, while the first time on the bench but did not play. In the season 2004/ 05 Manchester United tactics in addition to the regular reserve team in the Premier Reserve League a second replacement team in the Pontins ' Holiday League play, in turn, Jones was made the team captain. In this league, he won the title and he also played in some parts of the former reserve team, he came to a kind of " reserve team - Double", as they also won the championship. His debut in the first team as a substitute gave Jones on December 1, 2004 on the occasion of the 1-0 League Cup victory against Arsenal. His first mission from the start was on January 8, 2005 at the surprising 0-0 home draw in the third round of the FA Cup against Exeter City.
However, the final access to the first team was denied him, despite these sporadic applications. Regular players like Roy Keane and Paul Scholes were in defensive midfield is too competitive, the Jones now increasingly went on loan transactions with less prestigious clubs out of the way.
Loan phases (2005-2007)
Jones ' first road led in the season 2005/ 06 for second division side Preston North End, with whom he came to his first professional league game against Watford (2-1) on 6 August 2005. After good performances as " Joker" from the bench he developed in " PNE " team regular in midfield. On 29 August 2005 he scored in a 4-0 away win at Ipswich Town his first competitive goal and completed by the end of 24 appearances. Shortly after the turn of the year followed the next rental period.
When Dutch Ehrendivisionär NEC Nijmegen he helped out three months and left him with his tool changes against Ajax Amsterdam, Sparta Rotterdam and ADO Den Haag at first a good impression. Despite his brief guest appearance, Jones established in half of the left side of midfield practiced in Nijmegen 4-3 -3- system and in the internal association choice as the best player of the past season, he was elected behind the striker Romano Denneboom to second place. He said goodbye to NEC in tenth place in the table completion and returned to Manchester, where he had signed a new three-year contract. The outlook deteriorated yet continues, especially with Michael Carrick for £ 14 million, another " high-caliber " on his position of Tottenham Hotspur had been committed. After just two games in the League Cup, the club's management of United took on 15 November 2006 an offer from the second division Derby County, the first providing for an alternative loan, with the possible option of a permanent commitment at the next opportunity for a transfer fee in the amount of one million pounds. In the winter transfer window in January 2007, Jones finally moved permanently to the " Rams", trained by Billy Davies, whom the midfielder already knew from his time in Preston.
About Derby to Wolverhampton (2007-2011)
During the ascent season Derby County Jones was instrumental in the success of the midfield. He scored against Crystal Palace, Sheffield Wednesday and Norwich City decisive goals, but then moved into the decisive phase into second place back - in a 1-0 victory against West Bromwich Albion in the play-off final, he was only in the 87th minute loaded. Although Derby County difficult enough in the English top flight league and firmly sat bottom of the table, were Jones ' inserts irregular and also the coaching change to Paul Jewell helped little, though twelve of his 15 competitive play games in the season 2007 /08 were under the new athletic director.
Following the descent Jones signed on 27 June 2008 at second division Wolverhampton Wanderers a new three-year contract with the transfer fee to have amounted to £ 1.2 million according to media reports. The " Wolves ", he was from the first matchday a fixed size, but became evident during the 2008/09 season, the one re- promotion to the Premier League gave him prone to injury and missed by twelve league games.
Wigan Athletic ( since 2011 )
On August 2, 2011 David Jones moved to Wigan Athletic.
Achievements
- FA Youth Cup winner: 2003
- Premier Reserve League winner: 2005