Philibert Jones

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| name = Philibert Jones

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| fullname = Philibert Theodore Jones

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|11|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago

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| position = Striker

| currentclub = United Petrotrin (Assistant)

| years1 = 1990–1993

| clubs1 = United Petrotrin

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| years2 = 1994–1996

| clubs2 = Charlotte Eagles

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| years3 = 1997–1998

| clubs3 = United Petrotrin

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| years4 = 2000

| clubs4 = Charlotte Eagles

| caps4 = 4

| goals4 = 0

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| nationalteam1 = Trinidad and Tobago

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| manageryears1 = 2008–

| managerclubs1 = United Petrotrin (Assistant)

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Philibert Jones (born 12 November 1964) is a former international footballer from Trinidad and Tobago who played as a striker. He is the Assistant Coach at United Petrotrin in the TT Pro League.{{cite web|url=http://www.socawarriors.net/league.html?func=showTeamstaff&p=1&pid=293&tsid=3|title=Philbert Jones|accessdate=22 August 2009|publisher=Soca Warriors}}

Career

Amongst his professional clubs was the Charlotte Eagles in the United States, where he scored 18 goals in the 1996 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1996.html|title=The Year in American Soccer, 1996|accessdate=22 August 2009|publisher=US Soccer Archives|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805090457/http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1996.html|archive-date=5 August 2009|url-status=dead}} Jones also played for United Petrotrin in Trinidad.

Jones also played at international level, and participated at a number of tournaments including the 1989 Caribbean Championship,{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/caribe89.html|title=Caribbean Championship 1989|website=RSSSF|accessdate=22 August 2009}} and the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/intldetails/1991nca.html|title=1991 MATCHES - NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN|website=RSSSF|accessdate=22 August 2009}} He also appeared in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.{{FIFA player|169351}}

Personal life

His nephew is current player Kenwyne Jones.{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/article3776166.ece|title=Grateful Kenwyne Jones climbs towards goal|date=19 April 2008|author=George Caulkin|newspaper=The Times}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/sunderland/2008/04/19/kenwyne-football-saved-me-a-call-up-115875-20387563/|title=Kenwyne: Football saved me a call-up|accessdate=22 August 2009|date=19 April 2008|author=Simon Bird|newspaper=The Daily Mirror}}

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