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Colin Clarke

1962 - Today

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Colin John Clarke (born 30 October 1962) is a Northern Irish retired footballer who played as a forward, and a former head coach. He played for seven English clubs between 1981 and 1993 before retiring through a knee injury, and scored 13 goals in 38 matches for the Northern Ireland national football team from 1986 to 1993. A member of their squad at the 1986 FIFA World Cup, he was joint with Billy Gillespie as Northern Ireland's top scorer of all before their record was surpassed by David Healy. After retiring as a player, Clarke went into management in the United States, coaching teams including Major League Soccer franchise FC Dallas and the Puerto Rico national football team. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Colin Clarke is the 303rd most popular coach (up from 431st in 2024), the 5,094th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 6,920th in 2019) and the 18th most popular British Coach.

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Among COACHES

Among coaches, Colin Clarke ranks 303 out of 471. Before him are Michał Probierz, René Simões, Bill Belichick, Willi Multhaup, Matthias Jaissle, and Thomas Frank. After him are Kjetil Rekdal, Wolfgang Sidka, Robert Moreno, Kent Nielsen, Valero Rivera López, and Martin Reim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Colin Clarke ranks 437. Before him are Sergio Casal, Steve Albini, Ali Smith, Donato Gama da Silva, Anne Le Ny, and Arnaud Montebourg. After him are Janine Turner, José M. Hernández, David Koechner, Tomoyasu Hotei, Volker Weidler, and Nicholas Lea.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Colin Clarke ranks 5,096 out of 8,785. Before him are Tony Rolt (1918), Ethel Muckelt (1885), Moira Shearer (1926), Donald Campbell (1921), Peter Wright (1970), and Eileen Hiscock (1909). After him are Jaime Murray (1976), Andrew Ainslie Common (1841), Thomas Ravenscroft (1592), Robert Webb (1972), Orlando Figes (1959), and John M. Allegro (1923).

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Among COACHES In United Kingdom

Among coaches born in United Kingdom, Colin Clarke ranks 18. Before him are Steve McClaren (1961), Steve Cooper (1979), Ernest Mangnall (1866), Jill Ellis (1966), Martin O'Neill (1952), and Stuart Baxter (1953). After him are Sean Dyche (1971), Tony Pulis (1958), Alan Pardew (1961), Paul Clement (1972), Stuart Pearce (1962), and Peter Doherty (1913).

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