# Khair Jones

Khair bin Muhammad Jefri Jones (born 29 September 1989) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Malaysia M3 League club BR Damansara and the Malaysia national team.

## Club career
### Melaka United

In February 2016, Jones joined the professional Malaysian Premier League club, Melaka United. 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.

## International career

In May 2016, Jones was called up to the Malaysian national team for the matches against Myanmar and Timor-Leste. 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. 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. In that match, he featured in the starting eleven and played as a left winger.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of 11 October 2022.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition. :
| Club performance | Club performance | Club performance | League | League | Cup | Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Continental | Continental | Total | 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 |
| Melaka United | 2017 | Malaysia Super League | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 1 |
| Melaka United | 2018 | Malaysia Super League | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 1 |
| Melaka United | Total | 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 | Career total | Career total | 86 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 4 |

### International

    As of 22 March 2017.
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Malaysia | 2016 | 3 | 1 |
| Malaysia | 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 4 | 1 |

### International goals

    As of match played 6 June 2016. Malaysia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Khair Jones goal.
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition :
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 6 June 2016 | Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium, Larkin, Malaysia | 2 | Timor-Leste | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification |

## Personal life

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.

## Honours

Club
Melaka United
* Malaysia Premier League: 2016