Jarrett Rivers
English footballer (born 1993)
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Jarrett Anthony Rivers (born 10 September 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Whitby Town.[3] He previously played in the Football League for Blackpool.
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Rivers in October 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jarrett Anthony Rivers[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 10 September 1993[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Spennymoor, England | ||
| Position | Right winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Whitby Town | ||
| 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 | ||
| 2019–2025 | Darlington | 156 | (9) |
| 2025– | Whitby Town | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 07:45, 30 April 2025 (UTC) | |||
Career
Rivers played youth football for Middlesbrough; after he was released he began working in a factory but "quit after one day because it made me realise I did not want to do that for the rest of my life, so I have worked hard in football ever since."[4] After spending the 2013–14 season with Whitley Bay, Rivers joined Blyth Spartans.[5][6] He combined his non-league football career with a job in his mother's newsagents shop.[7] After impressing in Blyth Spartans' FA Cup run, including scoring the winner in the second-round victory against Hartlepool United, he went on trial with Oldham Athletic in January 2015.[7] He was named Northern Premier League Young Player of the Season for 2014–15, and in May 2015 he signed a one-year professional contract with an option for a second year with Blackpool, newly relegated to League One.[8] He made 10 League One appearances for Blackpool, mainly as a substitute,[3] but the option for a further year was not taken up and he rejoined Blyth Spartans in August 2016.[9]
He signed for Darlington in May 2019.[10] He moved to Whitby Town in May 2025.[11]
