Nia Jones

Nia Jones (born 6 April 1992) is an athlete who represents Wales internationally at both netball and football. She won the FAW Young Player of the Year Award in 2011. She was nominated for the SportingWales Magazine and UWIC Rising Star Award in 2013.[2]

Nia Jones
Nia Jones 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-04-06) 6 April 1992
Place of birth Wrexham, Wales
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Northop Hall Girls
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2015 Cardiff City
2015–2017 Reading
2017 Yeovil Town 8 (0)
International career
Wales U19
Wales 30 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:37, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Early and personal life

Jones was born in Wrexham.[2] After attending school at Ysgol Maes Garmon she later studied Sports and PE at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff.[2]

Netball career
Nia Jones
Personal information
Born (1992-04-06) 6 April 1992
Wrexham, Wales
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
School Ysgol Maes Garmon
University University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
Netball career
Playing position(s): GD, WD
Years Club team(s) Apps
Leeds Rhinos
Years National team(s) Caps
2012–2019 Wales

Jones plays netball as either goal defence or wing defence.[1] She began her career at Mold Netball Club, and she captained the Welsh national teams at under-17 and under-21 youth level. She is currently Co-Captain of the Wales Senior Team. [2]

Jones plays for the Leeds Rhinos and the Welsh national team, and she was a squad member at the 2013 Netball Europe Open Championship where they won Gold.[3] She was also part of Team Wales at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games. She has been selected in the Welsh squad to play in the two-match series against New Zealand in 2017. [4]

Football career

Jones began her career at Northop Hall Girls, and played for Wales at under-17, under-19 and under-21 level before scoring on her senior debut aged 18, as a substitute in an 8-1 victory over Bulgaria in 2010. [2]

She played club football for Cardiff City, before moving to Reading in the FAWSL in July 2015.[5] She has also played numerous times at senior international level for Wales.[6] Since 2018, Jones has been a regular pundit and co-commentator at Welsh International matches on behalf of BBC Sport Wales, having also attended the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

References
  1. "Profile". England Netball. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  2. "Netball: Nia Jones shortlisted for national award". Daily Post. 11 April 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  3. "Uncapped Nia Jones named in Wales squad for Euro championship". BBC Sport. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  4. "Wales Long Squad Announced Ahead of Silver Ferns Test Series". Welsh Netball. 30 January 2017.
  5. "Nia Jones: World Cup netball omission leads to Reading move". BBC Sport. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  6. "WALES WOMEN'S SENIOR SQUAD ANNOUNCED". Football Association of Wales. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
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