| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adrian James Clarke | ||
| Date of birth | 28 September 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Cambridge, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Arsenal | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1997 | Arsenal | 9 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | → Rotherham United (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 1997 | → Southend United (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 1997–2000 | Southend United | 86 | (9) |
| 1999 | → Carlisle United (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2000–2002 | Stevenage Borough | 85 | (19) |
| 2002 | → Hendon (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2002–2005 | Margate | 97 | (11) |
| 2005–2006 | Welling United | 38 | (6) |
| Total | 335 | (45) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Adrian James Clarke (born 28 September 1974) is an English former footballer. Clarke played at every level of English football from the Premier League to the Conference South.
A winger, Clarke made nine first team appearances for Arsenal including five starts and also represented Southend United, Stevenage, Margate and, Welling United. He also played for England Schoolboys and the England Under-18s.
After retiring in 2005 he became a sports journalist and broadcaster. He is a presenter, match analyst and co-commentator for Arsenal Player, a pundit for BT Sport and Premier League Productions, and can also be heard regularly on Talksport and BBC Radio Essex. He is a tactics expert for the Premier League website, and writes a weekly column for the Today newspaper in Singapore.