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)

Flynn Clarke (born 19 December 2002) is a 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.

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. 1 2 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. 1 2 "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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