Rhonda Jones
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 30 March 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Bellshill, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Celtic | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Motherwell Rovers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–2000 | Ayr United Ladies | ||
| 2000–2004 | Florida Atlantic Owls | ||
| 2005 | Central Florida Krush | ||
| 2006 | Cocoa Expos | ||
| 2008 | Tampa Bay Hellenic | ||
| 2008–2011 | Hibernian Ladies | ||
| 2011 | Doncaster Rovers Belles | 6 | (0) |
| 2011– | Celtic | 38 | (6) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1998– | Scotland | 117 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:50, 7 November 2013 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10:50, 7 November 2013 (UTC) |
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Rhonda Jones (Born 30 March 1979) is a Scottish association football defender who plays for Celtic women's team. Previously Jones captained Hibernian Ladies in Edinburgh and featured for English FA WSL club Doncaster Rovers Belles. She has amassed a century of caps for the Scotland national team. A right–back or central defender, Jones also played for Tampa Bay Hellenic in the United States.
Jones played youth football with Motherwell Rovers then joined Ayr United Ladies at 16. In five years at Ayr, Jones won various Player of the Year awards, including SWPL Player of the Year, as well as the Scottish Cup in 1999. At the age of 21 Jones won a scholarship to Florida Atlantic University and competed for the Division 1 soccer team while completing a degree in graphic design. She became the most decorated athlete in the history of FAU's women's soccer program and won a place in the University Athlete Hall of Fame in 2009.
At the culmination of her studies Jones remained in America and played for semi-professional W-League clubs Central Florida Krush, Cocoa Expos and Tampa Bay Hellenic. She returned home to sign for Hibernian Ladies in September 2008, and captained the club to their 2010 Scottish Cup final win at Recreation Park. In May 2011 Jones appeared as a second–half substitute in Hibernian's 5–2 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup final win over Spartans.
Scottish coach John Buckley signed Jones for Doncaster Rovers Belles in July 2011, for the second half of the 2011 FA WSL season.
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