Colin Clarke

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Colin Clarke
Colin Clarke coaching FC Dallas.
Personal information
Full name	Colin John Clarke
Date of birth	October 30, 1962
Place of birth	Newry, Northern Ireland
Position	Forward
Youth clubs
-1980	Ipswich Town
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
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	0 (0) 82 (18) 8 (1) 45 (22) 46 (26) 82 (36) 4 (2) 46 (11) 85 (18)
National team**
1986-1993	Northern Ireland	38 (13)
Teams managed
1998-1999 2000 2003-2006	Richmond Kickers San Diego Flash FC Dallas
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 7, 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of May 31, 2006.

Colin Clarke (born October 30, 1962 in Newry) is a former Northern Irish football (soccer) player, who was most recently the head coach for FC Dallas of Major League Soccer.

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.

	Northern Ireland squad - 1986 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