Steve Clarke
Clarke as assistant manager of Chelsea in 2007
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Stephen Clarke | ||
| Date of birth | 29 August 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Saltcoats, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Aston Villa (caretaker manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1982–1987 | St Mirren | 200 | (7) |
| 1987–1998 | Chelsea | 330 | (7) |
| Total | 530 | (14) | |
| National team | |||
| 1983–1985 | Scotland U21 | 8 | (0) |
| 1987–1994 | Scotland | 6 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1998–99 | Newcastle United (assistant) | ||
| 1999 | Newcastle United (caretaker) | ||
| 2004–2008 | Chelsea (assistant) | ||
| 2008–2011 | West Ham United (assistant) | ||
| 2011–2012 | Liverpool (assistant) | ||
| 2012–2013 | West Bromwich Albion | ||
| 2014–2015 | Reading | ||
| 2016 | Aston Villa (assistant) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Stephen "Steve" Clarke (born 29 August 1963) is a Scottish former football player and manager, he was most recently the assistant manager of Aston Villa.
Clarke played for St Mirren, Chelsea and Scotland, winning three major trophies with Chelsea towards the end of his career. After retiring as a player he moved into coaching and worked at Newcastle United, Chelsea, West Ham United and Liverpool. He has since managed West Bromwich Albion and Reading.
Spotted whilst playing for Beith Juniors, Clarke started his professional football career with St Mirren. Clarke was initially on a part-time contract with St Mirren, while he completed an apprenticeship as an instrument engineer. He was transferred to Chelsea for £422,000 in February 1987. He stayed at Chelsea until 1998, making 421 appearances. He was a part of the Chelsea sides which won the 1997 FA Cup Final, 1998 Football League Cup Final and 1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final. The latter game, against VfB Stuttgart in Stockholm, was Clarke's final appearance for the club. In 2005 he was voted into Chelsea's centenary XI, occupying the right-back berth. He made 6 appearances for the Scotland national squad.
In 1998 Clarke joined Newcastle United as assistant manager to Ruud Gullit, his former boss at Chelsea. Clarke was part of the coaching team with Gullit, which helped Newcastle reach the 1998-99 FA Cup final on 22 May 1999, where Newcastle finished runners up to Manchester United after goals from Teddy Sheringham and Paul Scholes in a 2-0 defeat.
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