Bobby Clark (footballer, born 2005)

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Bobby Clark
FC Salzburg vs. Stade Brest (2024-10-01 Champions League) 45.jpg
Clark with Red Bull Salzburg in 2024
Personal information
Full name Bobby Lamont Clark [1]
Date of birth (2005-02-07) 7 February 2005 (age 20)
Place of birth Epsom, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2]
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Derby County
(on loan from Red Bull Salzburg)
Number 42
Youth career
2012–2014 Birmingham City
2014–2021 Newcastle United
2021–2022 Liverpool
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2024 Liverpool 6 (0)
2024– Red Bull Salzburg 17 (1)
2025– → Derby County (loan) 2 (0)
International career‡
2021 England U16 1 (0)
2022–2023 England U18 6 (1)
2023 England U19 2 (0)
2024– England U20 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:18, 22 August 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 00:24, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

Bobby Lamont Clark (born 7 February 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays on loan as a central midfielder for EFL Championship club Derby County, on loan from Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg.

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Early life

Clark trained with the academy at Birmingham City when his father, Lee Clark, was the manager there. The family moved back to the northeast of England in 2014. After visiting all the clubs in the area Clark chose to join the academy at Newcastle United. [3]

Club career

Liverpool

Clark moved to the academy of Liverpool from Newcastle United in August 2021. [4] The fee was thought to be for a total including add-ons of £1.5 million. [5] He agreed a professional contract with the club shortly after his seventeenth birthday in February 2022. [6] The contract was for five years and came with a personal guarantee from Liverpool's first team manager Jürgen Klopp that there would be a pathway to the first team available to him. [7]

Featuring for the Liverpool under-18 side in the 2021–22 season Clark scored 13 goals in 23 matches. He also made his debut for the Liverpool side that competes in the Premier League 2. [8] In the summer of 2022, Clark went with the Liverpool first-team squad on their trip to Asia for matches in Thailand and Singapore. [9] Clark has featured as part of BBC Sport website Wonderkids feature, [10] and was identified in August 2022 as one of the "Five Young English Footballers to Watch Out for" on their website. [11]

Clark was an unused substitute for Liverpool's first home game of the 2022–23 Premier League season, against Crystal Palace at Anfield. On 27 August 2022, Clark made his professional debut appearing as a substitute for Liverpool against AFC Bournemouth in a 9–0 win at Anfield. [12] Later that year, on 9 November, he started his first game for Liverpool as they scraped past Derby County in the third round of the EFL Cup on penalties at Anfield. [13]

On 25 February 2024, he featured in the EFL Cup final as Liverpool defeated Chelsea 1–0 after extra time. [14] A few weeks later, on 14 March, he scored his first goal for the club in a 6–1 Europa League win over Sparta Prague during the round of 16, in which he became the youngest player to score for Liverpool in European competitions, breaking the previous record set by Trent Alexander-Arnold in 2017. [15]

Red Bull Salzburg

On 22 August 2024, Clark signed for Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg on a five-year contract. [16] [17] The transfer, worth an estimated £10 million plus a 17.5% sell-on fee, saw him reunite with former Liverpool assistant manager Pepijn Lijnders. [18] He made his debut for Salzburg in a 3–0 loss to Sparta Prague in the Champions League. [19]

Loan to Derby County

On 6 August 2025, Clark returned to England and signed for EFL Championship club Derby County, on a one-year loan for the 2025–26 season. [20] On 12 August 2025, Clark made his debut for Derby in their first round EFL Cup tie at West Bromwich Albion. [21] On 26 August 2025, Clark scored first Derby goal in the second round of the EFL Cup in a 2–1 defeat at Burnley. [22]

International career

Clark made his debut for the England national under-16 football team against Wales U16 in April 2021. [23]

On 21 September 2022, Clark made his England U18 debut during a 1–0 win over the Netherlands in Pinatar. [24] On 6 September 2023, Clark made his England U19 debut during a 1–0 defeat to Germany in Oliva. [25]

On 22 March 2024, Clark made his debut for the England Elite League squad during a 5–1 win over Poland at the Bialystok City Stadium. [26]

Career statistics

As of match played 26 August 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liverpool U21 2021–22 [27] ————1 [c] 010
2022–23 [28] ————1 [c] 010
2023–24 [29] ————1 [c] 111
Total————3131
Liverpool 2022–23 [28] Premier League 100010000020
2023–24 [29] Premier League5030202 [d] 1—121
Total6030302100141
Red Bull Salzburg 2024–25 [30] Austrian Bundesliga 17120—6 [e] 0—251
Derby County (loan) 2025–26 [31] Championship 200021——41
Career total25150518131464
  1. ↑ Includes FA Cup, Austrian Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup
  3. 1 2 3 Appearance in EFL Trophy
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Liverpool

References

  1. ↑ "2023/24 Premier League squad lists". Premier League. 13 September 2023. Archived from the original on 1 October 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Bobby Clark". worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 28 August 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  3. ↑ O'Neill, Caoimhe (17 September 2021). "Bobby Clark: The Liverpool u18s recruit who scored on his debut and has been in demand since the age of nine". The Athletic. Archived from the original on 26 November 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "Liverpool set to sign Newcastle teenager Bobby Clark". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "LIVERPOOL USED £1.5M SALE TO SIGN BOBBY CLARK; KLOPP 'BIG ADMIRER' ALREADY". hitc.com. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "Bobby Clark". Liverpool F.C. Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Jurgen Klopp has big plans for ex-Newcastle United kid Bobby Clark and hands him five-year contract". Chroniclelive.co.uk. 2 March 2022. Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  8. ↑ "Liverpool new signings and promotions set to be unleashed as Bobby Clark takes next step". Liverpoolecho.co.uk. 13 August 2022. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  9. ↑ "Former Newcastle United youngster Bobby Clark wins Liverpool first-team call-up". Chroniclelive.co.uk. 7 July 2022. Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  10. ↑ "Newcastle academy star Clark hits top bins in Wonderkids". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  11. ↑ "Five young English footballers to watch out for". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 21 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  12. ↑ "B.Clark". Soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  13. ↑ "Kelleher's shootout saves see Liverpool scrape past Derby in Carabao Cup". The Guardian. 9 November 2022. Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  14. ↑ Hytner, David (25 February 2024). "Liverpool win Carabao Cup as Van Dijk's extra-time header sinks Chelsea". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 25 February 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  15. ↑ Jones, Andy (14 March 2024). "Liverpool 6 Sparta Prague 1 (11–2 on agg): Fast start finishes tie, Salah stat attack". The Athletic.
  16. ↑ "New signing from Liverpool". FC Red Bull Salzburg. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  17. ↑ "Bobby Clark completes permanent transfer to Red Bull Salzburg". Liverpool F.C. 22 August 2024. Archived from the original on 22 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  18. ↑ Hunter, Andy (22 August 2024). "Bobby Clark reunited with Lijnders at RB Salzburg as Liverpool sell for £10m". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  19. ↑ Corless, Liam (18 September 2024). "Stefan Bajcetic and Bobby Clark endure nightmare debuts for RB Salzburg". Yahoo Sports. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  20. ↑ Curtis, Leigh (5 August 2025). "Derby County complete ninth transfer as exciting signing confirmed". Derby Telegraph. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  21. ↑ "West Bromwich Albion 1–1 Derby County". BBC Sport. 12 August 2025. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  22. ↑ "Burnley 2–1 Derby County". BBC Sport. 26 August 2025. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  23. ↑ "ENGLAND U16 VS. WALES U16 2–3". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  24. ↑ Veevers, Nicholas (21 September 2022). "Late winner seals victory for MU18s over Netherlands". England Football. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  25. ↑ "Report: England MU19s 0–1 Germany". England Football. 6 September 2023. Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  26. ↑ "Report: Poland 1–5 England Elite League Squad". England Football. Archived from the original on 25 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  27. ↑ "Games played by Bobby Clark in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  28. 1 2 "Games played by Bobby Clark in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  29. 1 2 "Games played by Bobby Clark in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  30. ↑ "Games played by Bobby Clark in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  31. ↑ "Games played by Bobby Clark in 2025/2026". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  32. ↑ McNulty, Phil (25 February 2024). "Chelsea 0–1 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 6 March 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
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