Nia Jones
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 Nia Jones 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 April 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Wrexham, Wales | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Swansea City | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Northop Hall Girls | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2015 | Cardiff City | ||
| 2015–2017 | Reading | ||
| 2017 | Yeovil Town | 8 | (0) |
| 2024– | Swansea City | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| Wales U19 | |||
| Wales | 30 | (2) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10:37, 15 August 2017 (UTC) | |||
Nia Jones (born 6 April 1992) is an athlete who has represented 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] She currently plays for Adran Premier club Swansea City.
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
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
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 | |
| Cardiff Dragons | |||
| 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 also played for Manchester Thunder Youth and Junior Dragons.[3] She was also Co-Captain of the Wales Senior Team.[2]
She was captain of the Celtic Dragons for their 2019 Super League season.[4]
During the 2021-2022 season she captained the Celtic Dragons, before moving to play for the Leeds Rhinos in the 2022-2023 season.[5] For the 2023-2024 season she returned to Cardiff Dragons[6] (renamed from the Celtic Dragons in August 2023).[7]
Jones played for the Welsh Feathers, and was a squad member at the 2013 Netball Europe Open Championship where they won Gold.[8] She was also part of Team Wales at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games. In 2015, she was not selected for the Netball World Cup team due to clashes between netball training and an international football fixture. In 2017, she was selected for the Celtic Flames, playing in an International Super Cup competition.[9]
She was captain of the Welsh Feathers during the 2023 Netball World Cup, hosted in South Africa.[10]
In 2024, after the Cardiff Dragons failed to renew her contract for the 2024-2025 season, she decided not to trial for the Welsh National Team, and subsequently announced her retirement from professional netball.[11]
