Jack Sparkes

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Jack Sparkes
Personal information
Full name Jack Sparkes[1]
Date of birth (2000-09-29) 29 September 2000 (age 25)[2]
Place of birth Exmouth, England[2]
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.77 m)[3]
Position(s)
Team information
Current team
 Bristol Rovers
Number 3
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)
2023–2024 Portsmouth 38 (0)
2024–2025 Peterborough United 21 (0)
2025 → Chesterfield (loan) 10 (0)
2025– Bristol Rovers 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12:28, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

Jack Sparkes (born 29 September 2000) is an English footballer who plays as a left-back or left wing-back for EFL League Two club Bristol Rovers.

Career

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Exeter City and loans

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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]

Portsmouth

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Sparkes signed a two-year contract with League One side Portsmouth in June 2023.[12]

Peterborough United

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On 26 July 2024, Sparkes joined Peterborough United for an undisclosed fee on a three-year contract.[13]

On 20 January 2025, he joined League Two side Chesterfield on loan for the remainder of the season.[14]

On 6 May 2025, Peterborough announced the player had been transfer listed.[15]

Bristol Rovers

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On 23 June 2025, Sparkes joined League Two side Bristol Rovers on a free transfer with performance-related contingency fees, signing a two-year deal with the Gas.[16]

Career statistics

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As of end of 2024–25 season
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Exeter City 2017–18[17] EFL League Two 3 0 0 0 0 0 3[a] 1 6 1
2018–19[18] 0 0 0 0 2 0 3[a] 0 5 0
2019–20[19] 17 0 3 0 1 0 4[b] 0 25 0
2020–21[20] 42 3 3 0 1 0 4[a] 1 50 4
2021–22[21] 21 2 1 0 1 0 1[a] 0 24 2
2022–23[22] EFL League One 35 1 2 0 1 1 2[a] 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[c] 0 4 0
Salisbury (loan) 2018–19[23] Southern Premier South 21 2 0 0 — 3[d] 0 24 2
Torquay United (loan) 2020–21[3] National League 3 1 — — 1[e] 0 4 1
Portsmouth 2023–24[24] League One 38 0 0 0 2 0 2[a] 0 42 0
Peterborough United 2024–25[25] League One 21 0 2 0 1 0 4[a] 1 28 1
Chesterfield (loan) 2024–25[25] League Two 10 0 0 0 0 0 2[f] 0 12 0
Career total 214 9 11 0 9 1 30 3 264 13
  1. ^ a b c d e f g Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  2. ^ Two appearances in EFL Trophy, two appearances in League Two play-offs
  3. ^ Appearance in Wiltshire County FA Senior Cup
  4. ^ One appearance in Southern League Cup, one appearance in FA Trophy, one appearance in Southern League Premier Division South play-offs
  5. ^ Appearance in FA Trophy
  6. ^ Appearance(s) in EFL League Two play-offs

Honours

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Exeter City

Portsmouth

References

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  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
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  • Jack Sparkes[permanent dead link] at the Exeter City official website
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