Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jack Sparkes [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 29 September 2000||
Place of birth | Exmouth, England [2] | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.77 m) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Portsmouth | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2017 | Exeter City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2023 | Exeter City | 118 | (6) |
2018 | → Chippenham Town (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Salisbury (loan) | 21 | (2) |
2021–2022 | → Torquay United (loan) | 3 | (1) |
2023– | Portsmouth | 33 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:36, 28 October 2023 (UTC) |
Jack Sparkes (born 29 September 2000) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for EFL League One club Portsmouth.
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 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]
Following his recovery from a shoulder injury suffered early on in the 2021–22 season, Sparkes joined National League side Torquay United on loan on 9 December 2021, with the deal lasting until 8 January 2022. [11]
Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Exeter City | 2017–18 [12] | EFL League Two | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 6 | 1 |
2018–19 [13] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
2019–20 [14] | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
2020–21 [15] | 42 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 [lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 50 | 4 | ||
2021–22 [16] | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 24 | 2 | ||
2022–23 [17] | EFL League One | 35 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 40 | 2 | |
Total | 118 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 150 | 9 | ||
Chippenham Town (loan) | 2018–19 [3] | National League South | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
Salisbury (loan) | 2018–19 [18] | Southern Premier South | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 24 | 2 | |
Torquay United (loan) | 2020–21 [3] | National League | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 [lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
Portsmouth | 2023–24 | EFL League One | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 19 | 0 |
Career total | 160 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 201 | 12 |
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