Adrian Clarke

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Adrian Clarke
Personal information
Full name	Adrian James Clarke
Date of birth	28 September 1974 (1974-09-28) (age 33)
Place of birth	Cambridge, England
Height	5 ft 10 in
Playing position	Striker
Youth clubs
	Arsenal
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993–1997 1996 1997 1997–2000 1999 2000–2002 2002 2002–2004	Arsenal → Rotherham United (loan) → Southend United (loan) Southend United → Carlisle United (loan) Stevenage Borough → Hendon (loan) Margate Welling United	0007 0(0) 0002 0(0) 0007 0(0) 0075 0(8) 0007 0(0) 0070 (13) 0004 0(0) 0057 0(5) 000? 0(?)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Adrian James Clarke (born 28 September 1974 in Cambridge, England) is a former English footballer, who last played for Welling United. He was a midfielder who played seven Premier League games at Arsenal.

After he retired he became a journalist.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Post-football 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Playing career

Clarke started his career at Arsenal where he played a total of nine games. He made his league debut on New Year's Eve 1994 as a substitute in a 3–1 defeat to Queens Park Rangers at Highbury. He had loan spells at Rotherham United and Southend United in 1996–97 before he signed for the Shrimpers on a free transfer in August 1997.

He played 75 league games for Southend scoring his first career goal in a 3–1 victory over Brentford on 5 September 1997.

Clarke joined Cumbrian side Carlisle United on loan in September 1999 before returning to Essex. He left Southend at the end of the 1999–2000 season and joined Stevenage Borough on a free transfer. In less than two seasons he played 70 games, scoring 13 goals, before another loan spell at Hendon. He spent just a month at Hendon but was snapped up by Margate on a free transfer at the end of his loan spell.

Clarke played 57 games for Margate scoring five goals before joining Welling United.

[edit] Post-football

After he hung up his boots, Clarke re-trained as a journalist, landing a job at the Southend Evening Echo. He is now a news editor of a football website.^[1]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Adrian Clarke career stats at Soccerbase

Persondata
NAME	Clarke, Adrian James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Clarke, Adrian
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Football (soccer) player, journalist, news editior
DATE OF BIRTH	September 28, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH