Michael Clark (English footballer)

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

Michael Clark
Personal information
Full name Michael Albert Clark
Date of birth (1997-09-05) 5 September 1997
Place of birth Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Braintree Town
Youth career
2005–2016 Leyton Orient
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Leyton Orient 10 (0)
2016–2017 → East Thurrock United (loan) 25 (2)
2017–2018 → East Thurrock United (loan) 17 (0)
2018 Braintree Town 9 (0)
2018 Concord Rangers 4 (0)
2018–2019 St Albans City 23 (2)
2019– Braintree Town 18 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:31, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

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 7 December 2019.
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Leyton Orient 2016–17[7] League Two 9000000090
2017–18[7] National League 1020—0030
Total 100200000120
East Thurrock United (loan) 2016–17[7][8] National League South 25210—4[lower-alpha 1]0302
2017–18[7] National League South 17000—4[lower-alpha 1]0210
Total 42210—80512
Braintree Town 2018–19[7] National League 9000—0090
Concord Rangers 2018–19[7] National League South 4010—0050
St Albans City 2018–19[7] National League South 232———232
Braintree Town 2019–20[7][9] National League South 18100—1[lower-alpha 1]0191
Career total 10654000901195
  1. Appearance(s) in FA Trophy

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. "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.
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