Colin Clarke

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Colin Clarke
Full name	Colin John Clarke
Date of birth	October 30, 1962 (age 44)
Place of birth	Newry, Northern Ireland
Playing position	Forward
Youth clubs
-1980	Ipswich Town
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1980-1981 1981-1984 1984 1984-1985 1985-1986 1986-1989 1988 1989-1990 1990-1993	Ipswich Town Peterborough United Gillingham (loan) Tranmere Rovers Bournemouth Southampton Bournemouth (loan) Queens Park Rangers Portsmouth	00 0(0) 82 (18) 08 0(1) 45 (22) 46 (26) 82 (36) 04 0(2) 46 (11) 85 (18)
National team²
1986-1993	Northern Ireland	38 (13)
Teams managed
1998-1999 2000 2003-2006 2007-	Richmond Kickers San Diego Flash FC Dallas Virginia Beach Mariners
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 31, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of May 31, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Colin Clarke (born October 30, 1962 in Newry) is a former Northern Irish football (soccer) player, is the head coach for the Virginia Beach Mariners of USL-1.

During his club career, Clarke was a hugely important player for the Northern Ireland national team, for whom he scored 13 goals (second behind David Healy) in 38 appearances and played in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. During his club career, Clarke played in 361 English league games, scoring 146 goals, for teams including Bournemouth, Portsmouth, Southampton, and Queens Park Rangers.

Clarke was appointed interim coach during the latter half of the 2003 MLS season as a replacement for Mike Jeffries, and was appointed full-time to the position for the 2004 season. Clarke went on to manage both the 2005 and 2006 seasons with great regular season form, but was eliminated in the first round of the play-offs in both years. This lead to his sacking on November 7, 2006. Before being appointed head coach, Clarke was an assistant coach for the Burn, and the head coach of the Richmond Kickers of the United States' A-League from 1998-99, as well as one year as head coach of the San Diego Flash.

He was appointed head coach at Virginia Beach Mariners in January 2007[1].

	Northern Ireland squad - 1986 FIFA World Cup
1 Jennings \| 2 Nicholl \| 3 Donaghy \| 4 O'Neill \| 5 McDonald \| 6 McCreery \| 7 Penney \| 8 McIlroy \| 9 Quinn \| 10 Whiteside \| 11 Stewart \| 12 Platt \| 13 Hughes \| 14 Armstrong \| 15 Worthington \| 16 Ramsey \| 17 Clarke \| 18 McClelland \| 19 Hamilton \| 20 McNally \| 21 Campbell \| 22 Caughey \| Coach: Bingham