Zyen Jones

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Zyen Jones
Personal information
Full name Zyen Jones
Date of birth (2000-08-25) August 25, 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Clarkston, Georgia, United States
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
FC Košice
Youth career
2013–2015 Alpharetta Ambush
2015–2016 Georgia United
2016–2018 Atlanta United
2018–2019 Schalke 04
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Charlotte Independence 12 (0)
2020–2023 Ferencváros II 24 (7)
2021Spartak Trnava (loan) 7 (0)
2022Tromsø (loan) 0 (0)
2023 Nõmme Kalju 14 (3)
2024– FC Košice 5 (0)
International career
United States U17 14 (5)
2018 United States U19 1 (0)
2018 United States U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of March 15, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of April 23, 2019

Zyen Jones (born August 25, 2000) is an American soccer player who plays as a winger for Slovak Niké Liga club FC Košice.[1]

Career[edit]

Club[edit]

After spending time in the Atlanta United FC academy, Jones moved to German side Schalke 04 in 2018.[2] After playing with their under-19 team, Jones returned to the United States and joined USL Championship side Charlotte Independence on April 19, 2019.[3] He was released by Charlotte on January 20, 2020.[4]

After several months without club, he joined Hungarian side Ferencváros in October 2020, playing for their reserve team.[5]

International[edit]

Jones has been capped at the U-17 and U-20 levels for the USA youth national team. He is also eligible to play for Jamaica via his Jamaican father.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Zyen Jones at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Schalke to sign USA teenager Zyen Jones from Atlanta United". bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website.
  3. ^ Thomas, James (April 19, 2019). "Independence Sign U-20 U.S. National Team Forward". Charlotte Independence.
  4. ^ "Independence announce eight returning players for 2020 campaign". www.thecharlottepost.com.
  5. ^ "JONES ZYEN THY'FEARIOUS - - MLSZ adatbank".
  6. ^ "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer.