| Khair Jones | |
| Fullname: | Khair bin Muhammad Jefri Jones |
| Birth Date: | 1989 9, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia |
| Height: | 1.91 m |
| Currentclub: | Kuala Lumpur City |
| Clubnumber: | 15 |
| Position: | Left-back |
| Youthyears1: | –2010 |
| Youthclubs1: | Palmerston North Marist |
| Youthyears2: | 2010–2011 |
| Youthclubs2: | Youngheart Manawatu |
| Youthyears3: | 2011–2012 |
| Youthclubs3: | Palmerston North Marist |
| Years1: | 2012–2015 |
| Caps1: | 4 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2015 |
| Caps2: | 9 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2016–2018 |
| Caps3: | 53 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Years4: | 2019 |
| Caps4: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2020 |
| Caps5: | 4 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2021 |
| Caps6: | 15 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Years7: | 2022 |
| Clubs7: | Negeri Sembilan |
| Caps7: | 14 |
| Goals7: | 1 |
| Years8: | 2023– |
| Caps8: | 3 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2016– |
| Nationalteam1: | Malaysia |
| Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 11 October 2022 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 22 March 2017 |
Khair bin Muhammad Jefri Jones (born 29 September 1989)[1] [2] is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Malaysia Super League club Kuala Lumpur City and the Malaysia national team.[3]
In February 2016, Jones joined the professional Malaysian Premier League club, Melaka United.[4] [5] [6] In his first three matches playing for Melaka United, he was employed in his familiar position on the left. Thereafter, he was played as a centre-back due to his 1.91 metre height which gives him an advantage at winning aerial challenges.[7]
In May 2016, Jones was called up to the Malaysian national team for the matches against Myanmar and Timor-Leste.[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] On 28 May 2016, he earned his first international cap for Malaysia in the friendly match against Myanmar, coming on as a substitute for Fazly Mazlan in the 72nd minute at left back.[15] [16] [17] [18] [19] In just his second appearance for Malaysia, Jones scored his first international goal in the Asian Cup Qualification play-off match against Timor-Leste on 6 June 2016.[20] [21] [22] [23] In that match, he featured in the starting eleven and played as a left winger.[24] [25]
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | Season | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Melaka United | 2016 | Malaysia Premier League | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| 2017 | Malaysia Super League | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 26 | 1 | |||
| 2018 | Malaysia Super League | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 19 | 1 | |||
| Total | 53 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 2 | |||
| Kuala Lumpur | 2019 | Malaysia Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Melaka United | 2020 | Malaysia Super League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Sarawak United | 2021 | Malaysia Premier League | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | |
| Negeri Sembilan | 2022 | Malaysia Super League | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |
| Kuala Lumpur City | 2023 | Malaysia Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 86 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 4 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 2016 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 4 | 1 | ||
As of match played 6 June 2016. Malaysia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Khair Jones goal.
| scope=col | No. | scope=col data-sort-type=date | Date | scope=col | Venue | scope=col | Cap | scope=col | Opponent | scope=col | Score | scope=col | Result | scope=col | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | 1 | 6 June 2016 | Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium, Larkin, Malaysia | 2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
Jones was born to Geoff Jones, a New Zealand father of Welsh descent and Norzam Mahmood, a Malaysian mother, in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. He left Malaysia when he was a child with his parents and settled in Palmerston North, New Zealand which he considers as his hometown.[27] [28] [29]
Club
Melaka United