Brad Jones (footballer)

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Brad Jones
Personal information
Full name	Bradley Jones
Date of birth	19 March 1982 (1982-03-19) (age 27)
Place of birth	Perth, Australia
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Middlesbrough
Number	22
Youth career
1997–1999	Bayswater City SC
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000–present 2001 2002–2003 2003 2003–2005 2006	Middlesbrough → Shelbourne (loan) → Stockport County (loan) → Rotherham United (loan) → Blackpool (loan) → Sheffield Wednesday (loan)	34 (0) 02 (0) 01 (0) 00 (0) 17 (0) 15 (0)
National team2
2001 2003–2004 2007	Australia U20 Australia U23 Australia	01 (0) 06 (0) 01 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:34, 12 May 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of May 6, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Bradley "Brad" Jones (born 19 March 1982 in Armadale) is an Australian football player. He is a goalkeeper who currently plays for Middlesbrough, having previously played for Bayswater City SC, in his native Australia.

[edit] Club career

Jones was signed from Bayswater City SC in Western Australia in 2000 by Middlesbrough. He made his first-team debut in the FA Cup third round against Notts County in 2004 and later that season won a League Cup winners medal.

He has had loan spells at several clubs; in the 2001/2002 season he played two games for Irish club side Shelbourne, He made his début against local rivals Bohemian at Dalymount Park and conceded 4 goals in a 6–4 victory. Later he had loan spells at Stockport County and Blackpool. In the 2005–06 season, playing for Middlesbrough, Jones saved a Ruud van Nistelrooy penalty which left the match against Manchester United level at 0–0.

In August 2006, Jones was loaned out to Sheffield Wednesday for a period of 3 months. He made a somewhat up-and-down start to his loan spell, making some vital saves as well as conceding penalties in successive games against Plymouth Argyle and Leeds United and seeing red for his part in the latter. On 21 October, his own fans turned on him and attacked him by throwing coins and other missiles during the home game against Queens Park Rangers.^[1]

With his mentor in Mark Schwarzer moving to Fulham, Jones became first choice goalkeeper at Middlesbrough. He picked up an injury in the second game of the 2008–09 season, and subsequently missed the next two games. Jones regained his place in the Middlesbrough first team in January 2009 and has since established himself as regular first choice goalkeeper.

[edit] International career

Jones received his first senior international call up on 5 February 2007 to replace Mark Schwarzer for a friendly game.^[2]

Jones earned his first senior international start on 2 June against Uruguay. Uruguay went on to claim a 2–1 win after Jones went to catch a cross, the ball going through his hands and landing in the path of Álvaro Recoba to head into an empty, unguarded goal.

Jones was part of the Australia's début campaign in the 2007 Asian Cup, but he did got a start in any of their games.

[edit] Honours

Middlesbrough

• UEFA Cup: 2006 (Runners-Up)
• Football League Cup: 2004

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Middlesbrough profile
• FFA - Socceroo profile
• Bradley Jones career stats at Soccerbase

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