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Jack Sparkes
Personal information
Full name Jack Sparkes[1]
Date of birth (2000-09-29) 29 September 2000 (age 23)[2]
Place of birth Exmouth, England[2]
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.77 m)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Exeter City
Number 3
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Exeter City 20 (0)
2018 → Chippenham Town (loan) 3 (0)
2018–2019 → Salisbury (loan) 21 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 December 2019

Jack Sparkes (born 29 September 2000) is an English footballer who plays for Exeter City as a midfielder.

Career

Sparkes began his career with Exeter City and made his professional debut for the Grecians on 12 August 2017 in a 1–1 away draw at Swindon Town.[4] He then made his first appearance at Exeter's home ground St James Park the following week in a 1–0 win over Lincoln City.[5] He scored his first goal for Exeter in an EFL Trophy tie against Yeovil Town on 29 August 2017.[6]

In October 2018, Sparkes joined National League South side Chippenham Town on a one-month loan deal.[7] On 21 December, he was loaned out again, this time to Salisbury FC for one month.[8] The deal was later extended until the end of the season.[9]

Sparkes broke into the Exeter City first team in the first half of the 2019–20 season, making 17 first-team appearances in League Two before being ruled out for the rest of the campaign with a knee injury sustained against Newport County.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Exeter City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 26. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b "First team – Midfielder – Jack Sparkes". Exeter City FC official site. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  3. ^ Jack Sparkes at Soccerway. Retrieved 12 March 2020. Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ Strange, Ben (12 August 2017). "Swindon Town 1 City 1". Exeter City FC official site. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  5. ^ "City 1 Lincoln City 0". Exeter City FC official website. 19 August 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Yeovil Town beat Exeter City 3-1 in Checkatrade Trophy but injury to Southampton youngster clouds win". somersetlive.co.uk. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Loan deals for Jack Sparkes, Ben Seymour and Max Smallcombe". Exeter City F.C. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  8. ^ Jack Sparkes joins Salisbury on loan deal, evostikleaguesouthern.co.uk, 21 December 2018
  9. ^ Jack Sparkes extends loan deal with Salisbury, exetercityfc.co.uk, 23 January 2019
  10. ^ "Jack Sparkes: Exeter City midfielder out for the season with knee injury". BBC Sport. 30 December 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
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