Lee Clark (footballer)
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Lee Robert Clark | |
| Date of birth | October 27, 1972 | |
| Place of birth | Wallsend, England | |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder (retired) | |
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| Current club | Norwich City (Assistant Manager) | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1988–1990 | Newcastle United | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1990–1997 1997–1999 1999–2005 2005–2007 |
Newcastle United Sunderland Fulham Newcastle United Total |
195 (23) 74 (16) 149 (20) 22 (1) 440 (60) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1992–1993 | England U21 | 11 (0) |
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Lee Robert Clark (born October 27, 1972 in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear), is an English former professional footballer and coach. He is presently the assistant manager at Norwich City.
As a player, Clark had two spells at Newcastle United, and was their reserve team manager and coach after he retired. He also played for Sunderland and Fulham.
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[edit] Career
Clark started his career at the club he supports, Newcastle United. He scored a hatrick for England schoolboys at Wembley Stadium in 1988. In 1993 he was part of the Newcastle side promoted to the Premiership and helped them finish runners-up two seasons in a row.
He moved to Sunderland in 1997, and was part of the side promoted to the Premiership in 1999. However, at the 1999 FA Cup Final he was spotted with the Newcastle fans wearing a t-shirt with the slogan "Sad Mackem Bastards". He never played for Sunderland again, and moved to Fulham that year. He was promoted to the Premiership with Fulham in 2001.
Clark was allowed to leave Fulham after his contract expired in the summer of 2005 despite being club captain during the 2004-05 season. At the time of his departure, he was Fulham's longest-serving player. He subsequently returned to Newcastle, coaching and playing on a month-by-month contract.
Clark scored one goal for Newcastle in the 2005-06 season, an equaliser in a 2-2 draw with Middlesbrough. He played his final professional game on May 7, 2006, coming on as a substitute at home to Chelsea. In total he played 265 times for Newcastle, scoring 28 goals.
On June 1, 2006, the newly appointed Newcastle manager Glenn Roeder appointed Clark as a first team coach and as reserve team manager following Tommy Craig's departure. In November 2007 left his post at Newcastle to rejoin Roeder at Championship side Norwich City. Roeder, who had left Newcastle earlier that year and had recently been appointed Norwich manager, made Clark his assistant.[1]
[edit] Trivia
In the summer of 2008, Clark announced that he was soon to quit football management to sponsor the setting up of a vetinary surgery near his parents house in Newcastle. Clark was raised on a farm, and his love of animals is legendary amongst Newcastle fans; whenever he is not working Clark enjoys nothing better than going back to his parents farm and assisting in the farm chores. In a famous quote several years ago, Clark once said that the best friends he ever made were the pigs and chickens at his parents farm.
