Matthew Jones (born 1 September 1980 in Llanelli, Wales) is a Welsh former international footballer.
Jones was born in Llanelli, Wales and joined the Leeds United Youth Academy in 1994 at the age of fourteen.
He spent a year out with a knee ligament injury[3] received when tackling Gary McAllister in Liverpool's 1–0 win against Leicester in January 2002.
In August 2003 he trained with Nottingham Forest, but on his return to Leicester three weeks later was ruled out, initially for four further months, with a back injury.
[6][7] In September 2007, Jones announced he would come out of retirement to play for Llanelli in the Welsh Premier League.