Nathan Clarke

For the former AFL player, see Nathan Clarke (Australian footballer).

Nathan Clarke

Personal information
Full name	Nathan Clarke
Date of birth	(1983-07-30) 30 July 1983
Place of birth	Halifax, England
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Bradford City
Number	5
Youth career
0000–2001	Huddersfield Town
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2012	Huddersfield Town	265	(8)
2011	→ Colchester United (loan)	18	(0)
2011–2012	→ Oldham Athletic (loan)	16	(1)
2012	→ Bury (loan)	11	(0)
2012–2015	Leyton Orient	113	(2)
2015–	Bradford City	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:21, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

Nathan Clarke (born 30 July 1983) is a professional footballer who plays for Bradford City as a defender.

Playing career

Clarke is a product of the Huddersfield Town Academy, he began his first team career at the age of just 17 his debut came in a 1–1 draw away to Stoke City on 8 September 2001. He scored his first goal for his home club on his home debut in the game in which ended in a 4–2 loss against Blackpool. He made a total of 37 starts in all competitions during the 2001/02 season his first as a professional with the first team with 36 of them coming in the league scoring once.

Clarke was runner-up in the Huddersfield Town 'Player of the Year' 2005–06 and is vice-captain of the team going on to win the title the following year along with winning the 'players player award'. Clarke played under eight different managers at the Galpharm and was in the starting 11 for each one.

Clarke has been selected in FourFourTwo's Top 50 Football League Players at 43 in March 2006, down from 40 in the list in March 2005.

On 27 January 2011, after failing to break into Lee Clark's team, Clarke joined Colchester United on loan until the end of the season. He made 18 appearances for the U's.

On 19 August 2011, he joined Oldham Athletic on a five-month loan deal, making his debut the following day, where he also scored the first goal. Clarke returned to his parent club Huddersfield Town after making 16 appearances for Oldham Athletic F.C. and scored one goal against Rochdale in the league. He then on 9 March, joined Bury on loan for the remainder of the season, where he played a huge part in the clubs league survival in the league, with them finishing mid table.

He left Huddersfield Town in June 2012 after playing over 300 games for his home town club (and almost 20 years at the club he has supported since he was a boy), 11 of those as pro, and signed for Leyton Orient F.C. on 18 July 2012.

On 14 February 2014, Club Captain Clarke signed a contract extension at Leyton Orient.

On 24 July 2015, Clarke left the club in order to be closer to his family and shortly after he joined Bradford City on 28 July 2015.

Personal life

His brother Tom Clarke is currently playing for Preston North End.

External links

• Nathan Clarke career statistics at Soccerbase