Daniel Jones

Daniel Jeffrey Jones (born 23 December 1986) is an English former footballer.

He played as a left-back or on the left side of midfield.

He began his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers, turning professional in January 2005 after a long association as a youth team prospect.

He was loaned out to Northampton Town, Oldham Athletic, Notts County and Bristol Rovers, but never won a regular first team place at Wolves.

Born in Rowley Regis, West Midlands, Jones joined the Wolverhampton Wanderers academy at the age of ten, and moved up through the ranks to sign his first professional contract at Molineux under Glenn Hoddle in January 2005.

He made his first team debut on 1 April 2006, in a 2–0 defeat to Plymouth Argyle at Home Park; he was replaced by Rob Edwards on 62 minutes.

He played eight Championship games in the 2006–07 season, though only played one of these games from December onwards.

In August 2007, he joined League One club Northampton Town on loan, with manager Stuart Gray already aware of Jones from his time as a coach at Wolves.

He scored his first goal in the English Football League on 15 December, in a 2–2 draw with Nottingham Forest at the City Ground.

He claimed another goal six days later, in a 4–1 win over AFC Bournemouth.

He had his loan deal extended until 25 January.

Wolves boss Mick McCarthy agreed to the loan extension despite being keen to see the youngster's progress for himself.

He scored his third career goal on 19 January, converting a 25 yd direct free kick in a 1–0 win over Gillingham at the Priestfield Stadium.

He returned to his parent club after this spell but after managing just one substitute appearance for Wolves, he was allowed to return on loan to Sixfields in March 2008 until the end of the 2007–08 season.

He made a total of 39 league and cup appearances for the "Cobblers".

Jones joined League One side Oldham Athletic on a one-month loan in October 2008 after signing a new two-year contract with Wolves.

He scored on his debut to help John Sheridan's "Latics" to a 4–0 victory over Hereford United at Boundary Park.

His loan was subsequently extended to run until 3 January, but he returned to Wolves with a knee injury a week early.

Once recovered, he again returned to Oldham on loan in February.

Including both spells in the 2008–09 season, Jones played 25 games for Oldham.

Jones joined League Two club Notts County on loan in September 2009 with a view to a permanent move when the transfer window reopened in January.

In December, confirmation came that the deal would be made permanent, however, he left Meadow Lane and returned to Wolves the following month, having played just eight games for Steve Cotterill's "Magpies".

The loan deal was subsequently extended until the end of the 2009–10 season.

After it was announced that he would not be offered a new deal at Wolves, Jones said that he was considering a return to the Memorial Stadium though wanted to keep his options open.

Trollope was quoted as being "very much hopeful" of signing Jones after "detailed discussions" were held.

He made a permanent move to Sheffield Wednesday in June 2010, and was a squad member as the "Owls" were promoted out of League One in 2011–12.

In February 2010, he signed for Bristol Rovers on an initial one-month loan, as "Pirates" manager Paul Trollope needed cover for the left-back spot.

Jones signed a three-year deal with League One side Sheffield Wednesday in June 2010.

He played 34 games in the 2010–11 campaign, as a poor season meant that manager Alan Irvine was replaced by Gary Megson at the half-way stage.

Jones struggled with an ankle injury at the start of the 2011–12 season, and was then sidelined with a calf injury in February.

Promotion out of League One was secure largely in his absence, and a first team place at Hillsborough proved to be out of reach as Wednesday struggled to survive in the Championship in the 2012–13 season under the stewardship of new boss Dave Jones.

Only hours after his release by Sheffield Wednesday was announced, Jones agreed to join League Two leaders Port Vale on a short-term deal until the end of the 2012–13 season.

He scored on his debut with "a stunning long-range effort" in a 2–2 draw with AFC Wimbledon at Kingsmeadow on 24 January.

He joined Port Vale in January 2013, and helped the club to secure promotion out of League Two in 2012–13.

Searching for first team football elsewhere, he left Wednesday by mutual consent on 17 January 2013.

He left the club in April 2014 after a training ground bust-up, and signed with Chesterfield the following month.

After three years with Chesterfield, he joined Notts County in July 2017.

He left County after the club were relegated out of the Football League and went on to sign for Cambridge United in July 2019.

He was loaned out to Solihull Moors in March 2020 and signed with Hereford four months later.

He moved to the League of Ireland First Division after signing for Bray Wanderers in July 2021, before moving to Longford Town in December 2021.