Steven Clark (English footballer)

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Steven Clark
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-02-02) 2 February 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth London, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Sporting Bengal United
(manager)
Youth career
West Ham United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2002 West Ham United 0 (0)
2002–2004 Southend United 50 (1)
2004 Macclesfield Town (loan) 4 (0)
2004 Hornchurch
2004–2005 Dagenham & Redbridge 12 (1)
2005–2006 Fisher Athletic
Weymouth
Wingate & Finchley
Managerial career
2019 Wingate & Finchley
2021– Sporting Bengal United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:46, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Steven Clark (born 2 February 1982) is a football manager who played as a midfielder. He is currently manager at Sporting Bengal United.

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Club career

Clark started as a trainee with West Ham United before moving to Southend United in 2002 for £50,000. [1] After a season at the club he signed on for another year in June 2003. [2] He was released in May 2004. [3]

He had several clubs over a short period of time starting with the demise of what was Hornchurch. After Hornchurch folded, he moved to Dagenham & Redbridge then to Weymouth with various loan spells along the way. Clark then played for Fisher Athletic. [4]

Managerial career

Following his retirement, Clark joined Sporting Bengal United as a coach under Anwar Uddin. In May 2019, Clark returned to former club Wingate & Finchley as manager, before leaving in September 2019 after three wins from ten games. [5] On 24 December 2021, Clark returned to Sporting Bengal as manager, succeeding Shipon Miah. [6]

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References

  1. "Southend sign Clark". BBC Sport. 25 January 2002. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  2. "Clark boost for Southend". BBC Sport. 18 June 2003. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  3. "Shrimpers release five". BBC Sport. 14 May 2004. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  4. "Player search". English National Player Archive. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  5. "Wingate And Finchley Start Another Manager Search". Isthmian League. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  6. Sporting Bengal united F.C. [@SportingBengal] (24 December 2021). "ANNOUNCEMENT Steve Clark appointed as the new Sporting Bengal Utd Manager" (Tweet) via Twitter.