Adam Clayton (footballer)

Adam Clayton
Clayton with Bradford City in 2023
Personal information
Full name Adam Stephen Clayton[1]
Date of birth (1989-01-14) 14 January 1989 (age 35)[2]
Place of birth Manchester, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Liversedge FC
Number 8
Youth career
1996–2008 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Manchester City 0 (0)
2009–2010Carlisle United (loan) 28 (1)
2010Leeds United (loan) 2 (0)
2010–2012 Leeds United 45 (6)
2010–2011Peterborough United (loan) 7 (0)
2011Milton Keynes Dons (loan) 6 (1)
2012–2014 Huddersfield Town 85 (11)
2014–2020 Middlesbrough 213 (1)
2020–2021 Birmingham City 14 (0)
2022–2023 Doncaster Rovers 33 (0)
2023 Bradford City 14 (0)
2023–2024 Rochdale 27 (0)
2024– Liversedge FC 1 (0)
International career
2009 England U20 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:43, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Adam Stephen Clayton (born 14 January 1989) is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Northern Premier League side Liversedge FC.

His professional career started at Manchester City. While a City player, he enjoyed loan spells at Carlisle United, with whom he reached the 2010 Football League Trophy Final, and Leeds United, where his loan spell was made permanent basis in 2010. Clayton then had further loan spells at Peterborough United and Milton Keynes Dons before becoming a regular in Leeds' team in the 2011–12 season. He then spent two years with Huddersfield Town, and signed for Middlesbrough in 2014. While at the club, he was promoted to and relegated from the Premier League and formed a midfield partnership with Grant Leadbitter. He spent six seasons at Middlesbrough before leaving the club in 2020 when his contract expired, and then joined another Championship club, Birmingham City, where he stayed until November 2021. Clayton signed for Doncaster Rovers in January 2022, and Bradford City took over his contract a year later.

He was a member of England's under-20 team at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Birmingham City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 7. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hugman was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Adam Clayton". Premier League. Retrieved 4 September 2020.