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	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Luton Town
Number	16
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 team
2006–	England U19	0 8 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:00 2 November 2009 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

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

Contents 1 Career 2 Honours 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Career

Jarvis was born in Fakenham and 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]. He progressed to become a trainee with Norwich and made his debut for Norwich, while still a trainee, as a second-half substitute for Dean Marney in a League Cup 2-1 defeat away to Birmingham City on 26 October 2005. His league debut came on November 5, 2005, as second-half substitute for Jim Brennan in a 2-0 defeat away to Wolverhampton Wanderers. He made a further appearances in the league as a substitute, in the game away to Millwall before being offered his first full professional contract by then Norwich manager Nigel Worthington ^[1].

He appeared as a substitute in the league game away to Leicester City on December 31, 2005 before signing his professional contract on January 5, 2006 ^[2]. His first start for Norwich came in the 3rd round FA Cup defeat at home to West Ham United on January 7, 2006. He played the whole game, but failed to appear in the Norwich first team again that season.

He is the younger brother of fellow former-Norwich player Ryan Jarvis. The two brothers played together in Norwich first team on only one occasion, in a Football League Cup tie against Rotherham United on September 19, 2006. That was Jarvis' only appearance for Norwich in the 2006-07 season. He was later loaned out to Torquay on loan on January 25, 2007^[3]. He played four times for the Gulls before an injury ended his loan spell. He played out the remainder of the season on loan at Rotherham.

It would be almost a year on from the Carling Cup game at Rotherham until Jarvis next played a competitive game for the Norwich first team. With suspensions to Dion Dublin, Jason Shackell, and Julien Brellier, Jarvis started the Carling Cup 3rd Round tie away to then Premier League high-flyers Manchester City along with fellow academy scholar Michael Spillane. Both boys' performances drew praise from the local radio commentators and also the media reports. Jarvis started his first ever league game for Norwich against Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday September 29, 2007.

Jarvis was released by Norwich in May 2008 and signed for Luton Town in August 2008^[4]. He found some familiar faces in the dressing room, as the Hatters' squad included ex-Norwich team-mates Michael Spillane and Chris Martin, who both joined Luton on a season-long loan for the 2008-09 season, and Paul McVeigh.

[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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