Rossi Jarvis
Personal information
Full name	Ross Izale "Rossi" Jarvis
Date of birth	March 11, 1988 (1988-03-11) (age 21)
Place of birth	Fakenham, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Defender, midfielder
Club information
Current club	Luton Town
Number	16
Youth career
1996–2005	Norwich City
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005–2008 2007 2007 2008–	Norwich City → Torquay United (loan) → Rotherham United (loan) Luton Town	07 (0) 04 (0) 10 (0) 51 (2)
National team2
2006–2007 2009–	England U-19 England C	0 8 (0) 0 2 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:00 2 November 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 15:14 20 November 2009 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Ross Izale "Rossi" Jarvis (born 11 March 1988 in Fakenham, Norfolk) is an English professional footballer who plays for Luton Town. He can play in central and right sided roles in both defence and midfield.

Contents 1 Club career 1.1 Norwich City 1.2 Luton Town 2 International career 3 Honours 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Club career

[edit] Norwich City

Jarvis began his career as a junior with Norwich City, making history as the youngest player to appear in their reserve side when aged only 14.^[1] The younger brother of fellow Norwich academy product Ryan Jarvis, he progressed to become a trainee with the Canaries and made his senior debut as a second-half substitute for Dean Marney in a 2–1 League Cup defeat away to Birmingham City on 26 October 2005. His league debut came on 5 November 2005, as a substitute in a 2–0 defeat away to Wolverhampton Wanderers. He made one further appearance in the league as a substitute, away to Millwall, before signing a professional contract in January 2006.^[2]

His first start for Norwich came in an FA Cup Third Round defeat at home to West Ham United on 7 January 2006. He played the whole game, but failed to appear in the Norwich first-team again that season.

The two Jarvis brothers played together for Norwich on only one occasion – a League Cup tie against Rotherham United on 19 September 2006.^[3] That proved to be Jarvis' only appearance for Norwich in the 2006–07 season, as he was loaned out to League Two side Torquay on 25 January 2007.^[4] He played four times for the Gulls before a back injury ended his loan spell.^[5] After recovering, Jarvis played out the remainder of the season on loan at League One Rotherham United, making ten appearances.^[6]

It would be almost a year on from the League Cup game at Rotherham until Jarvis next played a competitive game for Norwich. With suspensions to Dion Dublin, Jason Shackell, and Julien Brellier, Jarvis started in a League Cup Third Round tie on 25 September 2007 away to then Premier League high-flyers Manchester City, along with fellow academy graduate Michael Spillane. Both boys' performances drew high praise from the media, as Norwich lost the game 1–0.^[7] Jarvis started his first ever league game for Norwich against Sheffield Wednesday four days later, and went on to start in three further games. However, he did not play a minute of football under new Canaries manager Glenn Roeder, who was appointed on 30 October 2007, and was released by the club in May 2008.^[8]

[edit] Luton Town

Jarvis signed for League Two side Luton Town, who had been hit with a 30 point deduction, on 7 August 2008.^[9] He found some familiar faces in the dressing room, as the Hatters' squad included ex-Norwich team-mates Michael Spillane, Chris Martin and Paul McVeigh. Jarvis played a total of 46 games for Luton in 2008–09, including in every round of the club's Football League Trophy success, scoring the winning goal in the quarter-final against Walsall.^[10]

[edit] International career

In 2006 and 2007, Jarvis played in eight games for the England under-19 team in their unsuccessful European Under-19 Championship qualification campaigns, as well as in two friendly matches.

Now in non-league football with Luton, Jarvis was eligible to be called into the England C squad for friendlies against both Hungary under-23's and Poland under-23's in September and November 2009. He played in both, including captaining the side to a 2–1 victory in Poland.^[11][12]

[edit] Honours

Luton Town

• Football League Trophy winner: 2008–09

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Rossi Jarvis' career stats at Soccerbase

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