Ricky-Jade Jones (born 8 November 2002) is an English professional

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who plays as a striker for

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club

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Career

Jones came from the

Peterborough United Peterborough United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third level of the English football league system. Peterborough United formed in ...

academy. He made his first-team debut, aged 16, against Arsenal U21s in an

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match in October 2019, signing his first professional contract on his 17th birthday. Manager

Darren Ferguson Darren Ferguson (born 9 February 1972) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player, who is the manager of League One club Peterborough United, in his fourth stint as manager of the club. In between his stints with Peterborou ...

stated that Jones "must be the quickest player I've ever managed and I've managed some quick ones. He's a talent, there's no doubt about that." In his second appearance and first start he scored his first goal for the club in an

tie against

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on 12 November 2019. The striker went on to score his second goal in as many games, scoring against

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in an

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replay on 19 November 2019. He went on to make his league debut on 23 November 2019 against

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. On 6 May 2025, Peterborough announced the player would leave the club in June when his contract expired. On 14 June 2025, Jones joined

side

Career statistics

Honours

Peterborough United *

: 2023–24, 2024–25

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Ricky-Jade 2002 births Living people Black British sportsmen 21st-century English sportsmen English men's footballers Footballers from Peterborough Men's association football midfielders Men's association football forwards English Football League players Peterborough United F.C. players FC St. Pauli players English expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany English expatriate sportspeople in Germany