Jarrett Rivers
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jarrett Anthony Rivers[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 10 September 1993[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Spennymoor, England | ||
| Playing position | Right winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Blyth Spartans | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Middlesbrough | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Whitley Bay | |||
| 2014–2015 | Blyth Spartans | ||
| 2015–2016 | Blackpool | 10 | (0) |
| 2016– | Blyth Spartans | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:47, 29 August 2016 (UTC). | |||
Jarrett Anthony Rivers (born 10 September 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays for Blyth Spartans as a right winger.
Career
Rivers played youth football for Middlesbrough; after he was released he began working in a factory but quit after only one day in order to concentrate on his football career.[3] After spending time with Whitley Bay, Rivers spent the 2014–15 season with Blyth Spartans, scoring 12 goals in 51 appearances.[4] During his time with the club he won the Northumberland Senior Cup, and was voted the club's Players' Player of the Year as well as the EvoStik Premier Division Young Player of the Season.[4] Rivers combined his non-league football career with a part-time job working in his mother's newsagents shop.[5] After impressing in the FA Cup for Blyth, including scoring the winner in a second round victory against Hartlepool United, he went on trial with Oldham Athletic in January 2015.[5] He was the 2014–15 Evo-Stik Young Player of the Year,[4] and signed a one-year professional contract with Blackpool in May 2015.[6][7] After his contract with Blackpool ended, Rivers returned to Blyth Spartans in August 2016.[8]
Career statistics
- As of 21 February 2016
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Blackpool | 2015–16[9] | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| Career total | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 1 | |
References
- ↑ "EFL: Free Transfers: 2015/16" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ↑ "Jarrett Rivers". 11v11. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ↑ Gary Rose (29 May 2015). "FA Cup final: What happened next to this season's giantkillers?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Profile". Blyth Spartans A.F.C. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- 1 2 "Oldham: Blyth Spartans winger Jarrett Rivers on trial". BBC Sport. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ↑ "Blackpool sign Blyth Spartans FA Cup hero Jarrett Rivers". BBC Sport. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ↑ Steve Brown (7 May 2015). "Blyth Spartans starlet Jarrett Rivers joins Lee Clark's Blackpool FC". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ↑ "RIVERS RETURNS TO SPARTANS". Pitchero Non-League. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ↑ "Games played by Jarrett Rivers in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2015.