Kenwyne Jones
Kenwyne Jones, the Trinidad and Tobago forward, made 101 appearances for Sunderland. He found the net 28 times, averaging 0.28 goals per game. His most prolific season in our data was 2008-09, with 12 goals.
Kenwyne Joel Jones CM (born 5 October 1984) is a Trinidadian professional football manager and former player who played as a forward . He was most recently manager of the Trinidad and Tobago women's national team . He began his football career with Joe Public in his native Trinidad and Tobago . He moved to W Connection in 2002. [ 3 ] In 2004, he joined Southampton , where he was converted to a striker. [ 4 ] He was later loaned to Sheffield Wednesday and Stoke City during the 2004–05 season . In 2007, he joined Sunderland for £6 million where he spent three seasons before he signed for Stoke City in August 2010. In his first season at Stoke, Jones scored 12 goals and played in the 2011 FA Cup final . Following the arrival of Peter Crouch in August 2011, Jones struggled to hold down a regular place in the side, and scored just four more league goals in the next three seasons. In January 2014 he joined Cardiff City in a player-exchange with Peter Odemwingie . While with Cardiff he spent time out on loan at AFC Bournemouth and Al Jazira before moving to Atlanta United in the summer of 2016. Jones retired from football in November 2017. Jones has been capped at under-18, under-20, under-23 olympic team and the Trinidad and Tobago national team . [ 3 ] — Wikipedia
- Position
- FW
- Nationality
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Birthplace
- Point Fortin
- Born
- 5 Oct 1984
- Height
- 188 cm
On 29 August 2007, it was confirmed that he had joined Sunderland in a deal valued at £6 million with fellow Trinidadian Stern John moving to Southampton. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] Jones made his debut for Sunderland on 1 September in a 1–0 defeat to Manchester United and scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 home win over Reading on 15 September. [ 23 ] Jones was linked with a £12 million player move to Liverpool in November 2007, with Peter Crouch moving to Sunderland. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] Jones was again linked with high-profile clubs on 21 December 2007, including Chelsea and Liverpool , but Sunderland manager Roy Keane insisted that he would be going nowhere. [ 26 ] Jones scored his fifth goal at the Stadium of Light , with a header from the near post from a corner kick, in Sunderland's 3–1 win over Bolton Wanderers on 29 December. [ 27 ] Chelsea captain John Terry praised Jones, saying he was probably the "best in the air in the Premier League" after Chelsea had won the match 1–0 on 15 March 2008. [ 28 ] On 1 June 2008, Jones suffered a knee ligament injury in a collision with goalkeeper David James in the seventh minute of Trinidad & Tobago 's 3–0 defeat against England . [ 29 ] He made his first appearance of the 2008–09 season playing for 60 minutes in Sunderland reserve team's 2–0 victory against Wigan Athletic ., [ 30 ] followed by a return to Sunderland's first team in the Tyne–Wear derby on 25 October 2008 as a second-half substitute, when he helped Sunderland to secure a 2–1 victory over their local rivals. [ 31 ] His first goal following his return came on 12 November in a 2–1 League Cup defeat against Blackburn Rovers . [ 32 ] He continued his recovery from injury with a goal, again against Blackburn, on 15 November 2008 as Sunderland won 2–1. [ 33 ] Jones put an end to speculation linking him with a move to Tottenham Hotspur by signing a 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 -year contract at the Stadium of Light on 27 January 2009. [ 34 ] After a spell of six games without a goal, Jones s — Wikipedia
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