Flynn Clarke

Flynn Clarke (born 19 December 2002) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for National League club Dagenham & Redbridge, on loan from EFL Championship club Norwich City, and the Scotland U21 national team.

Flynn Clarke
Personal information
Full name Flynn Clarke[1]
Date of birth (2002-12-19) 19 December 2002
Place of birth Peterborough, England
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Dagenham & Redbridge
(on loan from Norwich City)
Number 14
Youth career
2011–2019 Peterborough United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Peterborough United 4 (0)
2021– Norwich City 0 (0)
2022 → Walsall (loan) 0 (0)
2023– → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 2 (0)
International career
2022– Scotland U21 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:08, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

Career

Clarke joined the Peterborough United academy at the age of 9.[2] The midfielder featured for a Posh XI in a pre-season friendly against Deeping Rangers in July 2019,[3] before making the bench in EFL Cup ties against both Northampton Town[4] and Arsenal U21s.[5] He went on to sign his first professional contract on his seventeenth birthday, with manager Darren Ferguson stating Clarke "was someone that [he] really liked. He plays as a 10 predominantly, is a good size, an athlete and can get you a goal."[6] He made his first team debut in a 1-0 loss to Cheltenham Town in the first round of the EFL Cup in September 2020.[7] In his second appearance for Peterborough, an EFL Trophy tie against Burton Albion, he scored his first goal for the club.[8] His league debut came in Peterborough's opening game against Accrington Stanley in September 2020.[9]

He was selected for the Scotland under-19 squad in October 2020.[10]

On 24 June 2021, Clarke signed for Norwich City for an undisclosed fee.[11] Clarke went into the Norwich City under-23s team for the 2021/22 season and impressed in the Premier League 2 scoring twice in the opening 10 games from central midfield. He also netted twice in a 3-1 win over Reading in the Premier League Cup in January 2022.[12]

Personal life

On 15 September 2023, Clarke was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment for dangerous driving after injuring three people in a car crash in Thorney, Cambridgeshire in April 2022.[13]

Career statistics
As of match played 9 September 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Peterborough United 2019–20[14] League One 0000000000
2020–21[14] League One 4010105[lower-alpha 1]3113
Total 40101053113
Walsall (loan) 2022–23[15] League Two 00—201[lower-alpha 1]030
Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 2023–24[16] National League 2000—0020
Career total 60103063163
  1. appearances in the EFL Trophy

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Peterborough United" (PDF). English Football League. p. 52. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  2. "Clarke Pens Professional Contract". Peterborough United. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  3. "Deeping Rangers (Posh XI) vs Peterborough United". Peterborough United. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  4. "Northampton Town vs Peterborough United on 03 Sep 19". Peterborough United. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  5. "vs Arsenal U21 on 01 Oct 19". Peterborough United. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  6. "Clarke Pens Professional Contract". Peterborough United. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  7. "Peterborough United vs Cheltenham Town". 5 September 2020.
  8. "Penalty Success For Posh After Entertaining Encounter". theposh.com. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  9. "Accrington Stanley v Posh". theposh.com. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  10. @ScotlandNT (30 September 2020). "#SCO19s: Billy Stark has named his squad for two friendly matches against England at St George's Park. Thursday, 8 October – 2pm and Sunday, 11 October – 2pm. #YoungTeam" (Tweet). Retrieved 30 September 2020 – via Twitter.
  11. "City sign Clarke from Peterborough". Norwich City. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  12. "Flynn Clarke nets double to keep Norwich City's hopes of PL Cup progression alive".
  13. "Norwich City's Flynn Clarke jailed for dangerous driving". BBC News. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  14. "Games played by Flynn Clarke in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  15. "Games played by Flynn Clarke in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  16. "Games played by Flynn Clarke in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
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