Lee Jones (footballer, born 1973)

Philip Lee Jones (born 29 May 1973[4]) is a Welsh football coach and former player who played as a forward.

For other people named Lee Jones, see Lee Jones (disambiguation).
Lee Jones
Personal information
Full name Philip Lee Jones[1]
Date of birth (1973-05-29) 29 May 1973[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
*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)

Career

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]

References
  1. "Lee Jones". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  2. "Lee Jones Profile". TranmereRovers.co.uk. Tranmere Rovers Football Club. Archived from the original on 29 April 2001. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  3. "Lee Jones: From Lex to Liverpool FC via Wrexham AFC".
  4. Lee Jones at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
  5. "Duo Released". TranmereRovers.co.uk. Tranmere Rovers Football Club. 8 May 2000. Archived from the original on 9 March 2001. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  6. "Double Signing Confirmed". BarnsleyFC.co.uk. Barnsley Football Club. 3 July 2000. Archived from the original on 19 September 2000. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  7. "Player profile: Lee Jones". LFCHistory.net. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  8. Jones, Dave (30 March 2011). "Lee Jones is new Prestatyn Town FC manager". North Wales Live. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  9. Williams, Richard (14 April 2015). "Jones open to talk to Wrexham about manager role". The Leader. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  10. "Former Tranmere Rovers player appointed new manager of club's Academy". Wirral Globe. 3 June 2016.
  11. "Welsh Premier career details for Lee Jones". welsh-premier.com. Retrieved 28 May 2011.

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