Jarvis Cleal

Jarvis Cleal
Personal information
Full name Jarvis Jai Cleal[1]
Place of birth Yeovil, England[2]
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[3]
Position(s) Wing-back / midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Plymouth Argyle
Number 42
Youth career
2015–2018 West Brom
2018–2020 Plymouth Argyle
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– NC State Wolfpack 19 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2021 Plymouth Argyle 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 January 2023 (UTC)

Jarvis Jai Cleal is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder and wing-back for North Carolina State University.[4] He had previously played in the English Football League for Plymouth Argyle.

Career

Cleal was born in Yeovil, and left home aged 14 to join the West Bromwich Albion academy set-up. He left West Brom in the summer of 2018 and signed for Plymouth Argyle in October later that year.[2]

On 28 January 2020 he first made an appearance in a match day squad, as an unused substitute in an EFL League Two match between Plymouth Argyle and Crawley Town, the game finished 2–2. Afterwards, manager Ryan Lowe praised Cleal as having done "great in the youth system," and challenged him to make the step up and "thrive and push on now."[3]

Cleal made his professional debut on 7 March 2020 in an EFL League Two match between Argyle and Macclesfield Town, coming on as a substitute at right wing-back with just a few minutes left to play. Argyle won the match 3–0.[5]

Cleal was released by The Pilgrims at the end of the 2020–21 season.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Plymouth Argyle" (PDF). English Football League. p. 53. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b "The Cleal Deal". Plymouth Argyle. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b Errington, Chris (4 February 2020). "Why Ryan Lowe believes apprentice Jarvis Cleal could be a 'big asset' for Plymouth Argyle". The Herald (Plymouth). Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Jarvis Cleal". Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Argyle 3 Macclesfield Town 0". Plymouth Argyle FC. 7 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Retained List". www.pafc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2021.


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