Flynn Clarke

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Flynn Clarke
Personal information
Full name Flynn Clarke [1]
Date of birth (2002-12-19) 19 December 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth Peterborough, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Lowestoft Town
Youth career
2011–2019 Peterborough United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 Peterborough United 4 (0)
2021–2024 Norwich City 0 (0)
2022Walsall (loan) 0 (0)
2023–2024Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 2 (0)
2024Scunthorpe United (loan) 5 (1)
2024- Lowestoft Town 0 (0)
International career
2022– Scotland U21 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:26, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

Flynn Clarke (born 19 December 2002) is a semi-professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Lowestoft Town and the Scotland U21 national team.

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Career

Clarke joined the Peterborough United academy at the age of 9. [2] The midfielder featured for a Posh XI in a pre-season friendly against Deeping Rangers in July 2019, [3] before making the bench in EFL Cup ties against both Northampton Town [4] and Arsenal U21s. [5] He went on to sign his first professional contract on his seventeenth birthday, with manager Darren Ferguson stating Clarke "was someone that [he] really liked. He plays as a 10 predominantly, is a good size, an athlete and can get you a goal." [6] He made his first team debut in a 1-0 loss to Cheltenham Town in the first round of the EFL Cup in September 2020. [7] In his second appearance for Peterborough, an EFL Trophy tie against Burton Albion, he scored his first goal for the club. [8] His league debut came in Peterborough's opening game against Accrington Stanley in September 2020. [9]

He was selected for the Scotland under-19 squad in October 2020. [10]

On 24 June 2021, Clarke signed for Norwich City for an undisclosed fee. [11] Clarke went into the Norwich City under-23s team for the 2021/22 season and impressed in the Premier League 2 scoring twice in the opening 10 games from central midfield. He also netted twice in a 3–1 win over Reading in the Premier League Cup in January 2022. [12]

On 11 July 2022, Clarke joined EFL League Two club Walsall on a season-long loan. [13] He was recalled from his loan in September after making three appearances for Walsall. [14]

On 2 September 2023, Clarke joined National League club Dagenham & Redbridge on a season-long loan. [15]

On 13 February 2024, following his release from prison, Clarke joined National League North club Scunthorpe United on loan until the end of the season. [16]

Personal life

On 15 September 2023, Clarke was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment for dangerous driving after injuring three people in a car crash in Thorney, Cambridgeshire in April 2022. [17]

Clarke was disqualified from driving for 30 months. Clarke's barrister, Tommy Dominguez KC, said the crash had occurred due to a "momentary lapse of concentration" and added that Clarke had shown "significant remorse". [18]

Clarke was released from prison on an electronically monitored tag under a Home Detention Curfew in December 2023, having served three months of his sentence.

Career statistics

As of match played 9 March 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Peterborough United 2019–20 [19] League One 0000000000
2020–21 [19] League One4010105 [lower-alpha 1] 3113
Total40101053113
Walsall (loan) 2022–23 [20] League Two 00201 [lower-alpha 1] 030
Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 2023–24 [21] National League 20000020
Scunthorpe United (loan) 2023–24 [22] National League North 210021
Career total81103063184
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

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