Southampton Born in
Oravais,
Ostrobothnia, Sparv spent three years in the
youth academy of Southampton. He was a member of Southampton's youth team that reached the final of the
FA Youth Cup in 2005, where he played alongside
Theo Walcott, losing on aggregate to
Ipswich Town. He was named in the
first team squad for
2006–07 season and made numerous reserve team appearances but, as Southampton had a plethora of midfielders from which to choose, he was unable to break through into the first team itself.
Halmstad On 7 January 2007, he moved to
Halmstads BK to play in
Allsvenskan, on the advice of both his father and former Halmstads BK player
Michael Svensson. He made his Allsvenskan debut on 9 April 2007 in a match against
Helsingborg when he replaced
Andreas Johansson as a substitute for the second period. On 1 May 2008, he was
loaned out to
Vaasan Palloseura after suffering illness as well as a lack of playing time with Halmstads.
Groningen In August 2009, he was close to a move to
Groningen, but Halmstad refused to let him go at that point. On 14 August, FC Groningen announced that Sparv would join them as of 1 January 2010. He made his
Eredivisie debut on 7 March 2010 in a 1–0 victory over
VVV-Venlo, coming on for
Fredrik Stenman in the 78th minute. He scored his first goal for Groningen in the opening match of the
2010–11 season, a 1–1 draw against
AZ. His goal came in the 76th minute.
Greuther Fürth In May 2013 Sparv signed a three-year contract with
Greuther Fürth. He made his
2. Bundesliga debut on 21 July 2013 in a match against
Arminia Bielefeld. He scored his first and only league goal for the club on 30 September 2013 in a 4–0 victory over
Dynamo Dresden. The goal was the last of the game and came in the 86th minute.
FC Midtjylland On 3 July 2014, Tim Sparv signed a four-year contract with
Danish Superliga side
FC Midtjylland. On 20 August 2015, he scored against former club Southampton in the
2015–16 Europa League play-off first leg, which ended in a 1–1 draw. He also started the second leg in Denmark which Midtjylland won, to secure the Danish club a place in the group stage and send Southampton out of the competition.
AEL On 26 August 2020, Sparv signed a two-year contract with
Greek Super League club
AEL. On 14 May 2021, there was an official announcement about the termination of the player's contract by mutual agreement.
HJK On 22 July 2021, Sparv joined
HJK. He made his debut on 12 August when he came in as a substitute for
Filip Valenčič on 82nd minute in a
UEFA Europa League match against
Neftçi Baku. ==International career==