Matt Jarvis

Matthew Thomas Jarvis (born 22 May 1986) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. Jarvis began his professional career with Gillingham, making his Football League debut for the Kent-based club at the age of 17. He made more than 100 appearances for Gillingham and became a target for a number of larger clubs, eventually signing for Football League Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2007. He became a first-team regular for the club, helping them win promotion to the top flight in 2009. In 2012, he joined West Ham United for an undisclosed club record fee. In September 2015, he joined Norwich City on loan until the end of the season, and made that move permanent in January 2016. Jarvis spent three more years at the Canaries, including a brief loan spell with Walsall in 2019 before joining Woking and retiring in May 2021. He received his first call-up to the England squad in 2011 and earned his only cap as a substitute against Ghana in a friendly at Wembley Stadium.