 Jervis warming up forBirmingham City in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jake Mario Jervis[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1991-09-17)17 September 1991 (age 34)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Wolverhampton, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger,striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hednesford Town | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2003 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
| 2003–2006 | Shrewsbury Town | ||
| 2006–2010 | Birmingham City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2013 | Birmingham City | 2 | (0) |
| 2010 | →Hereford United (loan) | 7 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | →Notts County (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2011 | →Hereford United (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2011 | →Swindon Town (loan) | 12 | (3) |
| 2012 | →Preston North End (loan) | 5 | (2) |
| 2012 | →Carlisle United (loan) | 5 | (3) |
| 2012 | →Tranmere Rovers (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| 2012 | →Portsmouth (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| 2013 | Elazığspor | 4 | (1) |
| 2014 | Portsmouth | 15 | (4) |
| 2014–2015 | Ross County | 27 | (4) |
| 2015–2018 | Plymouth Argyle | 108 | (27) |
| 2018–2020 | Luton Town | 12 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | →AFC Wimbledon (loan) | 23 | (2) |
| 2019–2020 | →Salford City (loan) | 20 | (4) |
| 2020–2022 | SJK | 54 | (17) |
| 2023 | East Bengal | 5 | (1) |
| 2023 | KuPS | 10 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | Brackley Town | 4 | (0) |
| 2024– | Hednesford Town | 31 | (5) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:09, 17 March 2025 (UTC) | |||
Jake Mario Jervis (born 17 September 1991) is an English professionalfootballer who plays as awinger orstriker forNorthern Premier League Premier Division clubHednesford Town.
Jervis made his first-team debut forBirmingham City in theFA Cup in January 2010, first appeared inthe Football League while on loan toHereford United in March 2010, and has also played on loan atNotts County,Swindon Town,Preston North End,Carlisle United,Tranmere Rovers andPortsmouth. He spent six months with TurkishSüper Lig clubElazığspor in 2013, rejoined Portsmouth in 2014, and then spent a season in Scotland withRoss County. He spent the longest spell of his senior career, of two-and-a-half seasons, withPlymouth Argyle before signing forLuton Town in January 2018. After spells on loan atAFC Wimbledon andSalford City, he signed for Finnish clubSJK in 2020. After two-and-a-half seasons, he joined Indian clubEast Bengal in 2023, finished the summer season back in Finland withKuPS, and after a month withBrackley Town, signed for Hednesford Town in February 2024.
Jervis began his football career as a youngster withWolverhampton Wanderers, moving on toShrewsbury Town as a 12-year-old. After three years with Shrewsbury, Jervis joinedBirmingham City's Academy.[2] In 2008, he was a second-halfsubstitute as a mixture of senior and reserve players won theBirmingham Senior Cup,[3] and in 2009 he helped the academy team reach the semi-final of theFA Youth Cup.[2]
Following three goals in three matches for the reserves, Jervis made his first-team debut on 23 January 2010, coming on as a substitute forChristian Benítez in theFA Cup againstEverton atGoodison Park. He played the last 11 minutes as Birmingham protected a 2–1 lead.[4] He later described his debut as "the best experience I've had so far in football".[5]
In March 2010, Jervis signed his first professional contract, of two and a half years.[6] The following week, Jervis joinedLeague Two clubHereford United on a one-month youth loan, to gain experience of first-team football.[7] Despite signing too late to train with his new teammates before the League match againstBradford City on 20 March,[8] he was included among the substitutes. He came into the match in the 70th minute, and scored the second goal of a 2–0 win; according to the club's website, "his first touch controlled the ball well and the second saw him lift the ball over the onrushing [goalkeeper]".[9] He scored with apenalty kick in his second appearance, a 2–1 victory atChesterfield,[10] and returned to Birmingham at the end of his one-month loan having started five matches and appeared twice as a substitute.[11][12]
Prior to the start of the2010–11 season, Jervis joinedNotts County, newly promoted toLeague One, on loan until January 2011.[13] Jervis played regularly at the beginning of his loan spell, though usually as substitute, but made only one brief first-team appearance afterPaul Ince took over as manager at the end of October.[14] In January 2011, Jervis returned to Hereford United on a one-month youth loan but he returned after the loan was not extended.[15]
In the absence through injury of strikersCameron Jerome,Marlon King andNikola Žigić, Jervis was named in the 20-man squad for Birmingham'sEuropa League match againstNacional inMadeira in August.[16] An unused substitute in the first leg,[17] he made a brief appearance in the second leg, replacingChris Wood in the 89th minute as Birmingham won 3–0 to qualify for thegroup stage.[18]
On 29 September, Jervis joinedSwindon Town of League Two on loan for a month.[19] He made his debut the following day, replacingMehdi Kerrouche after an hour as Swindon lost 2–0 away atMacclesfield Town.[20] Jervis scored two goals, one from close range and the second after dispossessing goalkeeperArtur Krysiak – a former teammate at Birmingham – as Swindon beatExeter City 2–1 to progress to the area quarter-finals of theFootball League Trophy.[21] The loan was extended until 30 December,[22] and Jervis returned to Birmingham having made 14 appearances and scored 5 goals in all competitions.[23]
On 1 January 2012, Jervis joinedPreston North End of League One on a 28-day youth loan.[24] He went straight into the starting eleven for their match the following day, and scored the opening goal as Preston drew 1–1 away toRochdale.[25] He returned to Birmingham at the end of the month having scored twice from five appearances.[26]
Jervis was a 71st-minute substitute, replacingAdam Rooney, as Birmingham drew 1–1 away toChelsea in the fifth round of the FA Cup.[27] He signed a one-year contract extension at the end of the season.[28]
On 22 August, Jervis joinedCarlisle United of League One on loan for a month.[29] He made his debut three days later and scored as Carlisle beatPortsmouth 4–2.[30] He missed his penalty in the shootout against Preston North End as Carlisle were eliminated from the Football League Trophy,[31] and the next weekend he missed an open goal againstHartlepool United, although Carlisle still won the match.[32] Two first-half goals against Swindon Town meant he returned to Birmingham having scored three times in five league matches.[11]
With their top scorerJean-Louis Akpa Akpro out injured for three months,[33] League One leadersTranmere Rovers signed Jervis on loan in time for him to make another goal-scoring debut as his new club lost 3–1 atAFC Bournemouth on 20 October. He damaged an ankle during the match,[34] so missed two weeks of his loan spell, making four more appearances without scoring.[35] Within days of his return to Birmingham, he moved to another League One club, Portsmouth, on a one-month loan.[36] He scored once in three appearances before the loan was extended until 4 January 2013, but two days later he was recalled after injuries to Marlon King andPeter Løvenkrands left Birmingham with Nikola Žigić as their only fit senior striker.[37] He made his first league appearance for Birmingham on 29 December, replacingCallum Reilly shortly afterBolton Wanderers took a 3–1 lead.[38][39]
Jervis moved abroad for the first time, joiningElazığspor, near the bottom of the TurkishSüper Lig, in January 2013 for a fee reported as €50,000. He signed a three-and-a-half-year contract.[40] Included in the starting eleven for the away match againstFenerbahçe on 20 January, Jervis opened the scoring with an 11th-minute header; the match finished 2–2, as Fenerbahçe equalised in the third minute of stoppage time.[41] After three matches he broke his foot,[42] played only one more league match,[38] and the club defaulted on his wages.[42][43]
He trained withSheffield United,Coventry City, and with his former club Portsmouth. They and Sheffield United wanted to sign him, but his age meant that any new club would be liable for training and development compensation unless this were waived by his previous club.[42][43] Furthermore, although his contract with Elazıgspor was eventually cancelled in September 2013,[44] a FIFA investigation concluded he had still been registered with that club when the transfer window closed, so could not sign for another until the next window opened in January 2014.[45] On 9 January, he signed for Portsmouth until the end of the season.[46]
On 7 June 2014, Jervis signed forScottish Premiership clubRoss County.[47] He scored on his debut againstSt Johnstone in a 2–1 defeat,[48] and finished the season with four goals from 27 league matches.[49]
On 29 June 2015, Jervis agreed a one-year contract with League Two clubPlymouth Argyle, linking up again with managerDerek Adams who had signed him for Ross County.[50] He scored his first goal for Plymouth in a 4–1 win over Carlisle United on 18 August 2015.[51] Jervis scored 13 goals in 49 appearances[51] as Plymouth were promoted to League One after finishing second in League Two in2016–17.[52]
Jervis signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with another League Two club,Luton Town, on 31 January 2018; the fee was undisclosed.[53] He joined Luton's League One rivalsAFC Wimbledon on 31 August 2018 on a season-long loan.[54] Jervis was loaned out again on 2 September 2019, joining League Two clubSalford City until the end of the2019–20 season.[55]
On 19 August 2020, Jervis joinedVeikkausliiga sideSJK on a deal until the end of the season.[56] In November 2020, he extended his contract with the Finnish club until the end of the 2022 season.[57]
In July 2023, after a short spell withIndian Super League clubEast Bengal,[38] Jervis returned to Finland, signing withKuPS until the end of the season.[58] He helped the team finish as runners-up in the Veikkausliga, and left when his contract expired.[59]
Jervis signed forBrackley Town of theNational League North on 5 December 2023, and made his debut the same day in the starting eleven for a 1–0 defeat away toChester.[60][38] He made five appearances before leaving the club a month later when his contract expired.[61] Jervis joinedNorthern Premier League Division One West clubHednesford Town on 16 February.[62] He scored his first league goal for the club on 1 April in a 4–3 defeat toNantwich Town, and five days later in a 1–1 draw withPrescot Cables.[63] Hednesford finished the season in the relegation places, but received a reprieve,[64] and Jervis signed on for a further year.[65]
Jervis was born inWolverhampton and brought up inTelford.[2]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Birmingham City | 2009–10[66] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11[14] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2011–12[23] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13[11] | Championship | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Hereford United (loan) | 2009–10[66] | League Two | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 2 | ||||
| Notts County (loan) | 2010–11[14] | League One | 10 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 1[d] | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Hereford United (loan) | 2010–11[14] | League Two | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Swindon Town (loan) | 2011–12[23] | League Two | 12 | 3 | — | — | — | 2[d] | 2 | 14 | 5 | |||
| Preston North End (loan) | 2011–12[23] | League One | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | ||||
| Carlisle United (loan) | 2012–13[11] | League One | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1[d] | 0 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Tranmere Rovers (loan) | 2012–13[11] | League One | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | |||
| Portsmouth (loan) | 2012–13[11] | League One | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Elazığspor | 2012–13[38] | Süper Lig | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Portsmouth | 2013–14[67] | League Two | 15 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 15 | 4 | ||||
| Ross County | 2014–15[49] | Scottish Premiership | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 5 | ||
| Plymouth Argyle | 2015–16[51] | League Two | 42 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6[e] | 3 | 50 | 14 | |
| 2016–17[68] | League Two | 42 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[f] | 1 | 49 | 13 | ||
| 2017–18[69] | League One | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[f] | 0 | 28 | 4 | ||
| Total | 108 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 127 | 31 | ||
| Luton Town | 2017–18[69] | League Two | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19[70] | League One | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20[71] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 14 | 1 | ||||
| AFC Wimbledon (loan) | 2018–19[70] | League One | 23 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 3[f] | 0 | 30 | 2 | ||
| Salford City (loan) | 2019–20[71] | League Two | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4[f] | 1 | 24 | 5 | ||
| SJK | 2020[38] | Veikkausliiga | 10 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 3 | ||||
| 2021[38] | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 8 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 30 | 8 | ||||
| 2022[38] | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4[g] | 3 | — | 27 | 10 | ||
| Total | 54 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 21 | ||
| East Bengal | 2022–23[38][72] | Indian Super League | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | |||
| KuPS | 2023[38] | Veikkausliiga | 10 | 1 | — | — | 2[g] | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | |||
| Brackley Town | 2023–24[38] | National League North | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 1[h] | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Hednesford Town | 2023–24[63] | Northern Premier League (NPL) Division One West | 10 | 3 | — | — | — | 2[i] | 1 | 12 | 4 | |||
| 2024–25[73] | NPL Division One West | 21 | 2 | 7 | 1 | — | — | 4[j] | 2 | 32 | 5 | |||
| Total | 31 | 5 | 7 | 1 | — | — | 6 | 3 | 44 | 9 | ||||
| Career total | 365 | 78 | 30 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 10 | 442 | 95 | ||
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