Dan Jones

Hartlepool United

Dan Jones was born on 14 December 1994 in Bishop Auckland, County Durham. He spent four years in the academy at Sunderland, before he started his career in Hartlepool United's youth system and established himself in the youth team in the 2012–13 season. He was offered his first professional contract in April 2013. Jones's progress was hampered after a knee injury in October 2013 which saw him ruled out for two months with a meniscus tear. He made his first-team debut at Hartlepool's Victoria Park on 25 March 2014, coming on as a 65th-minute substitute in a 4–2 defeat to Mansfield Town. He signed a new contract of undisclosed length with Hartlepool two months later. Having failed to play again under Colin Cooper's stewardship, Jones came into first-team contention during Sam Collins's caretaker spell. On 7 October 2014, he made his first start in a 2–1 home defeat to Sheffield United in the Football League Trophy. He was initially dropped to the bench by new permanent manager Paul Murray, who lasted six weeks in the role, before Jones established himself in defence following the appointment of Ronnie Moore in December. He went on to start 23 League Two games primarily as a left-sided centre-half in the 2014–15 campaign, helping United to avoid relegation out of the Football League, and signed another new contract of undisclosed length in the summer. He made 12 appearances in the 2015–16 season. On 10 May 2016, Jones was released by Hartlepool;…

Jones was called up to an England C training camp in September 2017. He made his debut on 20 March 2018 when starting a 3–2 away win over Wales in a friendly. On 20 March 2019, Jones played in the reverse fixture for England, which ended in a 2–2 draw.

Jones is a defender who plays primarily at centre-back, though can play at left-back. He can play out from the back and make diagonal passes to switch the play by passing the ball into a different zone of the pitch. He is also an accomplished throw-in taker, having been a javelin thrower at school.

His son, Theo John Jones, was born to his partner, Scarlett, in December 2022.