Matt Sparrow

Matt Sparrow
Sparrow playing for Brighton & Hove Albion in 2011
Personal information
Full name Matthew Ronald Sparrow
Date of birth (1981-10-03) 3 October 1981
Place of birth Wembley, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
–1999 Scunthorpe United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2010 Scunthorpe United 336 (36)
2010–2013 Brighton & Hove Albion 47 (6)
2013 Crawley Town 17 (3)
2013–2015 Scunthorpe United 35 (4)
2015Cheltenham Town (loan) 11 (1)
2015–2016 Lincoln City 31 (0)
2016 Sorrento 9 (0)
2016 Gainsborough Trinity 4 (0)
2017–2019 Joondalup United 22 (3)
2020 Bayswater City
2021 Fremantle City
Total 512 (53)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 June 2020

Matthew Ronald Sparrow (born 3 October 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder

Sparrow made 440 appearances in the Football League across his 17-year-long playing career, notably 369 over two spells with Scunthorpe United, also appearing professionally for Brighton & Hove Albion, Crawley Town, Cheltenham Town and Lincoln City. He went on to play at non-league level for Gainsborough Trinity, before emigrating to Australia going on to feature semi-professionally for Sorrento, Joondalup United, Bayswater City and Fremantle City.