- Adrian Clarke
Infobox Football biography
playername = Adrian Clarke
fullname = Adrian James Clarke
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1974|9|28|df=yes
cityofbirth =Cambridge
countryofbirth =England
height = 5 ft 10 in
position =Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs = Arsenal
years = 1993–1997
1996
1997
1997–2000
1999
2000–2002
2002
2002–2004
clubs = Arsenal
→ Rotherham United (loan)
→ Southend United (loan)
Southend United
→ Carlisle United (loan)
Stevenage Borough
→ Hendon (loan)
Margate
Welling United
caps(goals) = 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(?)Adrian James Clarke (born
28 September 1974 inCambridge ,England ) is a former English footballer, who last played for Welling United. He was amidfielder who played sevenPremier League games at Arsenal.After he retired he became a journalist.
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.
Post-football
After he hung up his boots, Clarke re-trained as a journalist, landing a job at the "
Southend Evening Echo ". He worked as a news editor of a football website, [cite web
publisher=Edge College
url=http://www.edge.co.uk/docs/loves/loves/?id=70:0:0
title=Adrian Clarke Journalist and Footballer
accessdate=2008-01-24] and co-commentator on Arsenal's official online television channel. [cite news
url=http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/adrian-clarke-q-a
title=Meet our new co-commentator, Adrian Clarke
date=2008-09-16
accessdate=2008-09-17
publisher=Arsenal Football Club]References
External links
*soccerbase|1487|Adrian Clarke
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=
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