Jennie Clark (soccer)

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Jennie Clark
Personal information
Full name Jenista Elaine Clark [1]
Date of birth (1988-10-31) October 31, 1988 (age 34)
Place of birth Norwalk, Iowa, United States
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Defender
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2010 Minnesota Golden Gophers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011 Sky Blue FC 2 (0)
2011 New York Fury 4 (0)
2012 Lokomotive Leipzig 11 (1)
2012–2015 SC Freiburg 58 (1)
2015 1. FFC Frankfurt 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jenista Elaine Clark (born October 31, 1988) is an American professional soccer defender who played for 1. FFC Frankfurt of the German Frauen Bundesliga and was named an assistant coach for Minnesota Aurora FC in 2021.

Clark signed for European champions Frankfurt in 2015, after three seasons with Bundesliga rivals SC Freiburg. [2] She had arrived in Germany during the 2011–12 winter transfer window and played the remainder of that season with Lokomotive Leipzig. Delaying her graduation, she spent the 2011 campaign with Sky Blue FC of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS). [3] Clark was named an assistant coach for the Minnesota Aurora, a USL W League team that began play in 2022. [4] [5]

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References

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  3. Ryan, Megan (April 11, 2012). "The Transition: Bethke and Clark playing in the pros". Minnesota Daily . Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  4. Williams, Nick (December 29, 2021). "New second-division Minnesota women's soccer team raises over $1M through crowdsourcing". Star Tribune. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  5. "Coaching Staff Announced". MN Women's Soccer. Retrieved January 5, 2022.