Chris Óg Jones (born 1998) is an Irish
Gaelic football
Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score ...
er who plays at club level with
Iveleary and at inter-county level with the
Cork senior football team
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. He usually lines out as a forward.
Career
Jones first played competitive
Gaelic football
Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score ...
with the
Iveleary club in
Inchigeelagh
Inchigeelagh () is a small village, townland and civil parish in County Cork, Ireland. The village is just outside a Gaeltacht area. Inchigeelagh is part of the Dáil constituency of Cork North-West.
The River Lee passes through the village. T ...
and, after progressing through the juvenile and underage ranks, he soon joined the club's top adult team. He enjoyed his first major success when the club won the
Cork JAFC title in 2020, with Jones ending the campaign as
top scorer. This success was followed by claiming the
Cork IAFC title in 2021. Jones first appeared on the inter-county scene with the
Cork minor football team in 2016 before later linking up with the under-20 side. He was first selected for the
Cork senior football team
The Cork county football team represents Cork in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Cork GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Sen ...
for the pre-season
McGrath Cup
The McGrath Cup is a Gaelic football competition played each January in Munster
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competition in 2022 and later earned inclusion on the team's
National League
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panel.
Career statistics
Club
Inter-county
Honours
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Cork Intermediate A Football Championship
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2021
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Cork Junior A Football Championship
The Cork Junior A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bon Secours Cork Junior A Football Championship and abbreviated to the Cork JAFC) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Cork GAA, Cork County Board ...
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2020
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Mid Cork Junior A Football Championship
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: 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020
References
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1998 births
Living people
Iveleary Gaelic footballers
Muskerry Gaelic footballers
Cork inter-county Gaelic footballers