Michael Clark (English footballer)

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Michael Clark
Personal information
Full name Michael Albert Clark
Date of birth (1997-09-05) 5 September 1997 (age 25)
Place of birth Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 St Albans City
Number 6
Youth career
2005–2016 Leyton Orient
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2018 Leyton Orient 13 (0)
2016–2017 → East Thurrock United (loan) 29 (2)
2017–2018 → East Thurrock United (loan) 34 (0)
2018 Braintree Town 9 (0)
2018 Concord Rangers 4 (0)
2018–2019 St Albans City 23 (2)
2019–2020 Braintree Town 18 (1)
2020– St Albans City 18 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:22, 2 December 2021 (UTC)

Michael Clark (born 5 September 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays for St Albans City, as a defender.

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Career

Clark captained the Leyton Orient youth team during the 2015–16 campaign, winning the South East and West Youth Merit League.

In his first season as a pro, Clark was sent on loan to East Thurrock United at the start of the 2016–17 season, [1] making 35 appearances in all competitions and scoring four goals. This included the second in the 2–0 win over Colchester United in their Essex Senior Cup quarter-final on 4 January 2017. [2]

Clark was recalled from his loan and drafted into the Leyton Orient first team squad in February 2017, [3] and made his debut as a second-half substitute for Tom Parkes in the 1–0 league defeat at home to Cheltenham Town on 25 February 2017. [4]

A second loan spell at East Thurrock was announced on 15 December 2017, initially to run for one month. [5]

On 29 June 2018, Clark agreed to join newly promoted National League side Braintree Town. [6]

Career statistics

As of match played 27 November 2021.
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Leyton Orient 2016–17 [7] League Two 9000000090
2017–18 [7] National League 1020—0030
Total100200000120
East Thurrock United (loan) 2016–17 [7] [8] National League South 25210—4 [lower-alpha 1] 0302
2017–18 [7] National League South17000—4 [lower-alpha 1] 0210
Total42210—80512
Braintree Town 2018–19 [7] National League9000—0090
Concord Rangers 2018–19 [7] National League South4010—0050
St Albans City 2018–19 [7] National League South232———232
Braintree Town 2019–20 [7] [9] National League South18100—1 [lower-alpha 1] 0191
St Albans City 2019–20 [7] National League South70———70
2020–21 [7] [10] National League South10000—2 [lower-alpha 1] 0120
2021–22 [7] National League South1000—1 [lower-alpha 1] 020
Total18000—30210
Career total124540001201405
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearance(s) in FA Trophy

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References

  1. ↑ "Alderson and Clark link up with non-league sides". Leyton Orient F.C. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "East Thurrock see off Colchester to march into Essex Senior Cup semi-finals". Basildon Canvey Southend Echo. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Coventry in the dark over Clark as Leyton Orient bosses run the rule over loan defender". Thurrock Gazette. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Leyton Orient 0–1 Cheltenham Town". BBC Sport. 25 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Clark agrees Rocks loan". Leyton Orient F.C. 15 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Michael Clark & Lyle Della-Verde: Braintree Town sign duo". BBC Sport. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "M. Clark". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  8. ↑ For FA Cup second qualifying round: "Emirates FA Cup Second Qualifying Round East Thurrock United 2 - 3 Whitehawk". Football Web Pages. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
    For FA Trophy third qualifying round: "FA Trophy East Thurrock United 2 - 0 Margate". Football Web Pages. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  9. ↑ For FA Trophy third qualifying round: "Braintree Town FC on Twitter". Braintree Town F.C. Twitter. 23 November 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  10. ↑ "Michael Clark Profile". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
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