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

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

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.