Lloyd Jones (English footballer)
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.jpg) Jones in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lloyd Richard Jones[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 October 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Southend, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[2] | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Charlton Athletic | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| 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) |
| 2021–2023 | Cambridge United | 61 | (4) |
| 2023– | Charlton Athletic | 113 | (6) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011–2012 | Wales U17 | 11 | (1) |
| 2012 | Wales U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2014 | England U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2014 | England U20 | 4 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:10, 25 April 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15:10, 11 September 2025 (UTC) | |||
Lloyd Richard Jones (born 7 October 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL Championship club Charlton Athletic.
Liverpool
Liverpool signed Lloyd Jones in May 2011 from Plymouth Argyle for a sum of £20,000 [3]
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.[4] In July 2013, he signed a three-year professional deal with the club.[5]
Jones captained the Reserve team for the latter part of the 2013–14 campaign and throughout the 2014–15 season.
Various loan spells
On 1 January 2015, Lloyd Jones signed a six-week loan deal with Cheltenham Town along with fellow reserve teammates Kevin Stewart and Jack Dunn.[6] He made his Cheltenham, and senior debut, on 3 January in a League Two match against Oxford United which saw Cheltenham win 2–1.[7][8][9]
On 12 March 2015, Jones joined Accrington Stanley on a six weeks loan.[10]
On 3 August 2015, Jones signed a season long loan with Blackpool.[11] On 30 September 2015, he suffered a serious injury, injuring both his knee and ankle in the same tackle, and was out for 6 months.[12]
On 6 August 2016, Jones signed new 2-year contract with Liverpool and on the same day, he was loaned to Swindon Town.[13]
Luton Town
On 31 January 2018, Jones joined Luton Town for an undisclosed fee.[14] He returned to Luton's League One rivals Plymouth Argyle on 31 January 2019 on loan until the end of 2018–19.[15]
Northampton Town
Jones was loaned to League Two club Northampton Town on 31 January 2020 until the end of the 2019–20 season.[16] His debut came a day later in a 1–0 win away to Macclesfield Town,[17] which manager Keith Curle described as "a very solid performance".[18] He made seven appearances by the time the season was suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic in England.[19][20] Northampton finished in seventh place on points per game,[21] 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.[20][22][23] However, the proposed move fell through and Jones failed to find a club in the summer transfer window.[20]
Northampton were promoted to League One with victory in the 2020 League Two play-off final,[24] and Jones returned to the club in October to train with them.[20] 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.[22] He re-signed for the club on 29 December on a contract until the end of the season.[19] 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.[20][25] After making six successive league starts and helping the team keep three clean sheets, manager Curle praised Jones' efforts to win back his trust.[23] However, Northampton lost their next match 1–0 at home to Wigan Athletic,[26] resulting in Curle being dismissed a day later with the club in 23rd place, and was replaced by caretaker manager Jon Brady.[27] 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.[28][29]
Cambridge United
On 8 June 2021 Jones signed for newly promoted Cambridge United.[30]
Charlton Athletic
On 30 June 2023, Jones signed for Charlton Athletic on a two-year deal.[31]
On 28 January 2025, Jones signed a new two-and-a-half year contract, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2027. He currently serves as Charlton's vice-captain.[32]
Jones helped Charlton keep a club record 23 clean sheets in their promotion winning 2024–25 season, and was awarded Charlton's Player of the Year.[33]
Jones picked up the award for a second consecutive season having helped the club to survival in their first season back in the Championship.[34]
International career
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.[35] 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.
Personal life
Jones featured as a contestant on the 2024 Peacock reality dating show, Love Undercover.[36] In 2025 he started dating Love Island’s Ella Thomas.[37]
