Colin Clarke
Personal information
Date of birth (1946-04-04) 4 April 1946
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Central defender
Youth career
0000–1963 Arthurlie
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1965 Arsenal 0 (0)
1965–1978 Oxford United 444 (23)
1978 Los Angeles Aztecs 17 (0)
1978–1979 Plymouth Argyle 35 (3)
1979–1982 Kettering Town 0 (0)
Total 496 (26)
Managerial career
1979–1982 Kettering Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Colin Clarke (born 4 April 1946) is a Scottish former professional football player and manager. Clarke, who played as a central defender, spent the majority of his career in England – minus a one-season stint in the North American Soccer League – and made nearly 500 career league appearances.

Career

Born in Glasgow, Clarke began his career in his native Scotland with Arthurlie, before moving to English giants Arsenal in 1963. Clarke never made a league appearance for Arsenal, and later played for Oxford United, the Los Angeles Aztecs, and Plymouth Argyle before becoming player-manager of Kettering Town.

Coaching career

Clarke spent three years in charge of Kettering Town. In July 1991, Clarke became assistant manager at Lincoln City.[1] After six months in the role, the club activated a contractual clause to cancel his two-year contract following his failure to relocate his home to Lincoln as agreed.[2] In July 1992 he became youth development officer at Reading but lasted just four months before departing with the Royals youth team bottom of the South East Counties League Division Two.[3] He was then appointed youth team coach at Aston Villa in February 1993.[4]

In 2003 he was appointed assistant head men's soccer coach at the University of Tulsa.[5] He was named both the 2009 NSCAA Midwest Region Assistant Coach of the Year,[6] and the 2009 National Soccer Coaches Association of America Assistant Coach of the Year.[7] After nine seasons at Tulsa, the conclusion of the 2011 season saw Clarke announce his retirement from coaching.[8]

Honours

Oxford United

References

  1. ↑ David Garlant (25 July 1991). "Aspiring City bank on Colin". Lincolnshire Echo.
  2. ↑ Chris Hutchings (18 January 1992). "Clarke out at the Bank". Lincolnshire Echo.
  3. ↑ Clive Baskerville (24 November 1992). "Clarke loses youth post". Reading Evening Post. p. 32.
  4. ↑ "Villa name new coach". Sandwell Evening Mail. 23 February 1993. p. 42.
  5. ↑ "The Official Tulsa Golden Hurricane Soccer Media Guide 2011" (PDF). TulsaHurricane.com. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Colin Clarke Named 2009 NSCAA Midwest Region Assistant Coach of the Year". TulsaHurricane.com. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "Colin Clarke Named 2009 NSCAA Assistant Coach of the Year". TulsaHurricane.com. 18 January 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "Tulsa Men's Soccer Appoints Alumnus Terry Boss to Coaching Staff". TulsaHurricane.com. 16 February 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  9. ↑ "Colin Clarke-Tulsa Soccer Club Hurricanes". TSC Hurricane.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.