- Steve Clarke
Infobox Football biography
playername = Steve Clarke
fullname = Stephen Clarke
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1963|8|29
cityofbirth =Saltcoats
countryofbirth =Scotland
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height = 6ft
nickname =clarkie
position = Right-back
currentclub = West Ham United
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1982-1987
1987-1998
clubs = St Mirren
Chelsea
caps(goals) = 152 (6)
330 (7)
nationalyears =
1987-1994
nationalteam = Scotland U21
Scotland
nationalcaps(goals) = 008 (?)
006 (0)
manageryears = 1999
2004-2008
2008-
managerclubs = Newcastle United (caretaker manager)
Chelsea (assisant manager)
West Ham United (assistant manager)Stephen "Steve" Clarke (born
August 29 ,1963 inSaltcoats ,Scotland ) is a retired Scottish international footballer and the current assistant First Team Coach of West Ham United.Playing career
Clarke started his professional football career with
St Mirren F.C. before transferring to Chelsea for £422,000 in February 1987. He stayed at Chelsea until 1998, making 421 appearances (the fifth highest total in the club's history) and winning the club's Player of the Year award in 1994. He was a part of the Chelsea sides which won the FA Cup, League Cup and European Cup Winners Cup in the late 1990s. The Cup Winners' Cup final, againstVfB Stuttgart inStockholm , was Clarke's final appearance for the club. In 2005 he was voted into Chelsea's centenary XI, occupying the right-back berth.Coaching career
Newcastle United
In 1998 Clarke joined Newcastle United as assistant manager to
Ruud Gullit , his former boss at Chelsea, and was briefly caretaker manager for one match following Gullit's resignation. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/news/432333.stm]Chelsea
After a stint in charge of the youth teams at Chelsea, Clarke became assistant to new manager
José Mourinho in the summer of 2004 and was a part of the coaching set-up which saw Chelsea win twoPremier League titles, anFA Cup and two League Cups over three seasons. When Mourinho departed from Chelsea in September 2007, Clarke's services were retained by new managerAvram Grant , althoughHenk ten Cate was brought in as co-assistant.Following Avram Grant's departure in May 2008 there was increasing speculation where Clarke's future lay. There have been rumours that Clarke could be installed as assistant manager to
David Moyes atEverton FC . Further speculation arose when co-assistant,Henk ten Cate had his contract terminated on the29 May , five days after Grant was sacked. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7426225.stm Ten Cate sacked as Chelsea coach] On May 31st 2008, he was linked to the Leicester job vacated by Ian Holloway, who was sacked after guiding the club to relegation to League 1 for the first time in their history.Fact|date=September 2008 He was also linked with the job after Gary Megson left to join Chelsea's Premiership rivals Bolton.Fact|date=September 2008 However new Chelsea managerLuiz Felipe Scolari decided to retain Clarke citing his 'importance to the club's history'.Fact|date=September 2008West Ham
On 12 September 2008 Clarke handed in his resignation to
Chelsea , hoping to move to West Ham to be assistant toGianfranco Zola . [http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/steve-clarke-hands-in-resignation-to-chelsea-927625.html] Chelsea initially rejected his resignation, and said that negotiations were ongoing. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7612103.stm] After a deal was agreed between the clubs, Clarke became West Ham's first-team coach on 15 September. [ [http://www.whufc.com/page/News/0,,12562~1393570,00.html Clarke takes coaching role] ]Managerial stats
References
External links
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