Jonson Clarke-Harris

Jonson Clarke-Harris
Personal information
Full name Jonson Scott Clarke-Harris[1]
Date of birth (1994-07-21) 21 July 1994
Place of birth Leicester, England
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Coventry City
Number 18
Youth career
0000–2010 Coventry City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Coventry City 0 (0)
2012–2013 Peterborough United 0 (0)
2012 → Southend United (loan) 3 (0)
2013 → Bury (loan) 12 (4)
2013–2014 Oldham Athletic 45 (7)
2014–2018 Rotherham United 71 (9)
2015 → Milton Keynes Dons (loan) 5 (0)
2015 → Doncaster Rovers (loan) 9 (1)
2018 → Coventry City (loan) 17 (3)
2018– Coventry City 9 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:34, 7 October 2018 (UTC)

Jonson Scott Clarke-Harris (born 21 July 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Coventry City. He set a new record during his first spell at Coventry City when, aged 16 years and 21 days, he made his debut becoming the youngest player ever to play for the Coventry first team.

Career

Coventry City

Clarke-Harris was playing park football in Leicester for Beaumont Town and Judgemeadow under 16s when Mick Elliott MBE, then Coventry Head of Recruitment, brought him to the club for a trial. With his strong physique and pace, he made an immediate impact playing a trial game for Judgemeadow against a good Coventry City U16 team and he was given a scholarship offer by Coventry City Academy. Clarke-Harris made his professional debut as a substitute on 10 August 2010 in a 2–0 League Cup loss to Morecambe, coming on to replace David Bell after 68 minutes. With this appearance he became the youngest player to ever appear for Coventry City. He was 16 years and 20 days old. It was confirmed on 30 April 2012 that Clarke-Harris had not been offered a professional contract with Coventry and had left the club. Andy Thorn refused to speculate on why Clarke-Harris had been released but alluded to disciplinary problems.[2]

On 8 May 2012, he played in a reserve match for Blackburn Rovers, scoring the only goal of the game.[3] On 23 July he signed a two-year contract with Peterborough United.[4] Without having made a first team appearance for Peterborough United and was loaned out on 12 October to Southend United for a month.[5]

Oldham Athletic

Clarke-Harris signed for Oldham Athletic from Peterborough United for an undisclosed fee, agreeing a one-year contract with the club and an option for a further year in the club's favour in May 2013 .[6] His first goal for the club was a 25-yard free-kick in a 3–2 defeat to Notts County.[7] On 7 February 2014, Clarke-Harris was rewarded for his continued improvement with an eighteen-month contract extension.[8]

Clarke-Harris ended his first season with the club with 8 goals in 49 appearances in all competitions. After many excellent performances throughout his first season, he won the Young Player of the Season award at the end of season awards. Upon receiving the award, Clarke-Harris thanked the fans and everyone at the club for support of his progression during his first season with the club, and he vowed to work even harder and to "continue scoring goals for Oldham Athletic".

Rotherham United

On 1 September 2014, Rotherham United announced that they had signed Clarke-Harris for a club record fee, rumored to be in the region of £350,000.[9] He scored his first goal for Rotherham with a 25-yard strike that gave them the lead in a 2–1 win over Leeds United.[10] Clarke-Harris then made it 2 in 2 games just a few days later, scoring Rotherham's second goal in a 3–3 draw with Fulham.[11] Inconsistent form within the Rotherham side that season led to him leaving the club on two different loan spells to get some game time. He finished the 2014–15 season for Rotherham with 3 goals in 15 appearances.

In the 2015–16 season, Clarke-Harris failed to make the matchday squad for the first three games of the season. Consequently, manager Steve Evans sanctioned a potential loan move to Colchester United, and in hindsight said that Clarke-Harris' Rotherham career was nearly over.[12] However, he made his first appearance of the season in a 0–0 draw with Preston North End, coming on as a substitute.[13] His impressive performance led to him starting the following game against Queens Park Rangers, where he scored Rotherham's first goal in a 4–2 defeat.[14] He also started the next league game against Fulham, scoring Rotherham's only goal in a 3–1 defeat.[15]

Clarke-Harris missed the majority of the 2016–17 season after suffering a cruciate ligament injury in his first pre-season friendly,[16] however he returned to the team to finish the season strongly and signed a new one-year contract with the club on 9 May 2017.[17]

Loan to MK Dons

On 16 January 2015, Clarke-Harris signed on loan for Milton Keynes Dons on a short one-month deal until 21 February 2015.[18] He made five appearances scoring no goals before returning to Rotherham for the remainder of the season.

Loan to Doncaster

On 12 March 2015, Clarke-Harris completed a loan move to Doncaster. He made 8 appearances scoring one goal against his old club Coventry City.

Return to Coventry City

On 31 January 2018, Clarke-Harris re-signed for Coventry City on loan to the end of the season with a view to a permanent transfer.[19]

After scoring three goals in 17 appearances in the league during his loan spell, aiding the club to promotion to League One via the play-offs, Jonson Clarke-Harris signed a two-year contract to join the Sky Blues on a permanent deal. [20]

Career statistics

As of match played on 6 October 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Coventry City 2010–11[21] Championship 0000100010
Peterborough United 2012–13[22] Championship 0000000000
Southend United (loan) 2012–13[22] League Two 3000000030
Bury (loan) 2012–13[22] League One 124000000124
Oldham Athletic 2013–14[23] League One 40651103[lower-alpha 1]1498
2014–15[24] League One 5100100061
Total 457512031557
Rotherham United 2014–15[24] Championship 153100000163
2015–16[25] Championship 356101000376
2016–17[26] Championship 7000000070
2017–18[27] League One 14000203[lower-alpha 2]1191
Total 7192030317910
Milton Keynes Dons (loan) 2014–15[24] League One 5000000050
Doncaster Rovers (loan) 2014–15[24] League One 9100000091
Coventry City (loan) 2017–18[27] League Two 17311003[lower-alpha 3]0213
Coventry City 2018–19[28] League One 92001000102
Career Total 1712682709219529
  1. ↑ Appearances in Football League Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearance in the EFL Trophy
  3. ↑ Appearances in the play-offs

Honours

Milton Keynes Dons

Coventry City

References

  1. ↑ "Jonson Clarke-Harris". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  2. ↑ Turner, Andy (1 May 2012). "Andy Thorn tight-lipped after Jonson Clarke-Harris departure". www.coventryteletraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 July 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  3. ↑ http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/ReserveNews/0,,10303~2764040,00.html%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  4. ↑ "Jonson Clarke-Harris joins Peterborough after Coventry exit". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "Southend United sign Jonson Clarke-Harris from Peterborough". BBC Sport. 12 October 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  6. ↑ "Latics Sign Striker R". Oldham Athletic AFC. 12 May 2013.
  7. ↑ "Notts County 3–2 Oldham" BBC Sport. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  8. ↑ "Striker's New Deal". Oldham Athletic AFC. 7 February 2014.
  9. ↑ "Rotherham sign Clarke-Harris and Becchio". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "Rotherham 2–1 Leeds". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "Rotherham 3–3 Fulham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  12. ↑ "Jonson Clarke-Harris' Rotherham career was nearly over, says boss Steve Evans". Eurosport. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  13. ↑ "Rotherham 0–0 Preston". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  14. ↑ "QPR 4–2 Rotherham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  15. ↑ "Rotherham 1–3 Fulham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  16. ↑ "Breaking: Rotherham United: Long absence for Clarke-Harris". The Star. Johnston Publishing Ltd. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  17. ↑ "BREAKING : Clarke-Harris pens new deal". Rotherham United Official Site. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  18. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30855230
  19. ↑ https://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/2018/january/transfer-jonson-clarke-harris-joins-the-sky-blues/
  20. ↑ https://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/2018/june/transfer-jonson-clarke-harris-agrees-to-join-coventry-city/
  21. ↑ "Games played by Jonson Clarke-Harris in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  22. 1 2 3 "Games played by Jonson Clarke-Harris in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  23. ↑ "Games played by Jonson Clarke-Harris in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  24. 1 2 3 4 "Games played by Jonson Clarke-Harris in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  25. ↑ "Games played by Jonson Clarke-Harris in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Jonson Clarke-Harris in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  27. 1 2 "Games played by Jonson Clarke-Harris in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  28. ↑ "Games played by Jonson Clarke-Harris in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  29. ↑ "2015: Dons clinch promotion in style". Milton Keynes Dons. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  30. ↑ Law, James (28 May 2018). "Coventry City 3–1 Exeter City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 May 2018.


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