.jpg) Jones with the United States in 2013 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jermaine Junior Jones[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | November 3, 1981 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Frankfurt, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.84 m)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1994 | SV Bonames | ||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | FV Bad Vilbel | ||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1999 | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2004 | Eintracht Frankfurt II | 31 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2004 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 46 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Bayer Leverkusen II | 15 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Bayer Leverkusen | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | → Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) | 14 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 24 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2014 | Schalke 04 | 129 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | → Blackburn Rovers (loan) | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Beşiktaş | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | New England Revolution | 28 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Colorado Rapids | 9 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | LA Galaxy | 20 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Ventura County Fusion | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Ontario Fury (indoor) | 5 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 347 | (39) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Germany U20 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Germany U21 | 8 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Germany Team 2006 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Germany | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2017 | United States | 69 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | United States arena | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Central Valley Fuego | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 25, 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
Jermaine Junior Jones (born November 3, 1981) is a former professional soccer player who played as a defensive midfielder. Jones is currently the head coach of Central Valley Fuego FC in USL League One.
Born in Germany to an American father and German mother, he came up through the German club system and represented Germany at the U21 and senior level. However, he was not a regular in the team. He later filed for a switch to the United States. He made his debut for them in 2010 and played at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, scoring a notable goal against Portugal.
- ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. June 11, 2014. p. 32. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 4, 2019. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
- ^ "#13 – Jones: FC Schalke 04". FC Schalke 04. Archived from the original on June 23, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2012.