Nia Jones
![]() Nia Jones 2015 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 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) |
Cardiff City | |||
2015–2016 | Reading | ||
2017 | Yeovil Town | 8 | (0) |
International career | |||
Wales U21 | |||
Wales | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:37, 15 August 2017 (UTC) |
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]
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
Personal information | |||
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Born |
Wrexham, Wales | 6 April 1992||
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 | |
Celtic Dragons | |||
Years | National team(s) | Caps | |
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.[2]
Jones plays for the Celtic Dragons and the Welsh national team, and she was a squad member at the 2013 Netball Europe Open Championship.[3] She was also a squad member at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, but she was dropped for the 2015 Netball World Cup.[4] She has been selected in the Welsh squad to play in the two match series against New Zealand in 2017. [5]
Football career
Jones began her career at Northop Hall Girls, and played for Wales at under-21 level.[2]
She played club football for Cardiff City, before moving to Reading in July 2015.[4] She has also played at senior international level for Wales, and was a squad member at the 2015 Istria Cup.[6]
References
- ^ a b c "Profile". England Netball. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Netball: Nia Jones shortlisted for national award". Daily Post. 11 April 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ^ "Uncapped Nia Jones named in Wales squad for Euro championship". BBC Sport. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Nia Jones: World Cup netball omission leads to Reading move". BBC Sport. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ^ "Wales Long Squad Announced Ahead of Silver Ferns Test Series". Welsh Netball. 30 January 2017.
- ^ "WALES WOMEN'S SENIOR SQUAD ANNOUNCED". Football Association of Wales. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- Welsh netball players
- Welsh women's footballers
- Wales women's international footballers
- Cardiff City Ladies F.C. players
- Reading F.C. Women players
- Yeovil Town L.F.C. players
- FA Women's Super League players
- Women's association football defenders
- Netball players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Severn Stars players
- Celtic Dragons players
- Welsh women's football biography stubs