Jarrett Rivers

Jarrett Anthony Rivers (born 10 September 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right winger for National League North club Darlington. He previously played in the Football League for Blackpool.

Jarrett Rivers
Personal information
Full name Jarrett Anthony Rivers[1]
Date of birth (1993-09-10) 10 September 1993[2]
Place of birth Spennymoor, England
Playing position(s) Right winger
Club information
Current team
 Darlington
Youth career
Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Whitley Bay
2014–2015 Blyth Spartans
2015–2016 Blackpool 10 (0)
2016–2019 Blyth Spartans
2019– Darlington 33 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:38, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

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 joined Blyth Spartans from the 2014–15 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 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]

He signed for Darlington in May 2019.[9]

Career statistics
As of 21 February 2016
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Blackpool 2015–16[10] 100100021131
Career total 100100021131

References
  1. "EFL: Free Transfers: 2015/16" (PDF). English Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. "Jarrett Rivers". 11v11. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. Gary Rose (29 May 2015). "FA Cup final: What happened next to this season's giantkillers?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  4. "Profile". Blyth Spartans A.F.C. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  5. "Oldham: Blyth Spartans winger Jarrett Rivers on trial". BBC Sport. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  6. "Blackpool sign Blyth Spartans FA Cup hero Jarrett Rivers". BBC Sport. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  7. Steve Brown (7 May 2015). "Blyth Spartans starlet Jarrett Rivers joins Lee Clark's Blackpool FC". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  8. "RIVERS RETURNS TO SPARTANS". Pitchero Non-League. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  9. "Darlington sign winger Jarrett Rivers - News". darlingtonfc.co.uk.
  10. "Games played by Jarrett Rivers in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2015.


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