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English footballer and manager For the Gaelic football player, see Paul Clarke (Irish footballer). For the Scottish association football player, see Paul Clarke (Scottish footballer).

Paul Clark
Personal information
Full name Paul Peterson Clark
Date of birth (1958-09-14) 14 September 1958 (age 66)
Place of birth Benfleet, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1977 Southend United 33 (1)
1977–1982 Brighton & Hove Albion 79 (9)
1981Reading (loan) 2 (0)
1982–1991 Southend United 278 (3)
1991–1994 Gillingham 90 (1)
1994–1995 Chelmsford City
1995–1996 Cambridge United 2 (0)
1996–???? Leyton Orient 0 (0)
Billericay Town
International career
1974 England Schoolboys 7 (0)
1977 England Youth 6 (0)
Managerial career
1987–1988 Southend United
1992 Gillingham (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Peterson Clark (born 14 September 1958) is an English former professional footballer. His clubs included Southend United, Brighton & Hove Albion and Gillingham.

Career

While at Southend United, he was made player-manager during the 1986–87 season. When Paul Lambert left Colchester United three games into the 2009–10 season, Clark was brought in by caretaker manager Joe Dunne as assistant manager until Aidy Boothroyd's appointment as manager.

References

  1. Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 340. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  2. Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 89. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
Gillingham F.C. Player of the Year
Southend United F.C.managers
(c) = caretaker manager
Gillingham F.C.managers
(c) = caretaker manager
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