Jamie McClen

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Jamie McClen
Personal information
Full name James David McClen
Date of birth May 13, 1979 (1979-05-13) (age 29)
Place of birth    Cramlington, England
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Defender, Midfielder
Club information
Current club Newcastle Blue Star
(on loan from Gateshead)
Youth clubs
1989–1997 Newcastle United
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1997–2005
2000–2001
2005
2006
2006
2006–2007
2006–2007
2007
2007–
2008–		 Newcastle United
→ Motherwell (loan)
Carlisle United
Blyth Spartans
Shrewsbury Town
Kidderminster Harriers
→ Bedlington Terriers (loan)
Hamilton Academical
Gateshead
→ Newcastle Blue Star (loan)		 014 0(0)
003 0(0)
002 0(0)
001 0(1)
004 0(0)
005 0(0)
007 0(2)
003 0(0)
031 0(0)
00? 0(?)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 17:09, 25 September 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

James David "Jamie" McClen (b. May 13, 1979, Cramlington, Northumberland) is a professional English football player who plays as a defender or midfielder. He plays for Gateshead. He attended St. Benet Biscop Catholic High School in Bedlington, Northumberland. He honed his footballing skills at the youth academy of Newcastle United at the age of 10 after being spotted whilst playing for Cramlington Juniors.

McClen debuted for Newcastle in 1997 against Leeds United, but struggled to retain his place in the first team and had a short loan spell at Motherwell in 2000-2001 before eventually being released in 2005 to Carlisle United.

McClen's spell at Carlisle only lasted a few months before he was released. He then went to Blyth Spartans on a short term basis. He returned to the Football League to join Shrewsbury Town, but the manager expressed his concerns over McClen's fitness levels and he was once again released from his contract. In June 2006 he signed a 12-month contract with Kidderminster Harriers of the Football Conference. On the November 3, 2006 McClen returned to the North East to play for Bedlington Terriers on loan.

McClen was released by Kidderminster in January 2007[1] and signed for Hamilton Academical until the end of the season.[2] However, he was released in March 2007.[3]

On August 2007, McClen joined Northern Premier League outfit Gateshead ahead of the 2007-08 season.[4]. January 2008 saw McClen join Newcastle Blue Star on loan until the end of the season[5].

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[edit] References

  1. ^ "McClen and Harriers part company", BBC Sport, January 11, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-01-11. 
  2. ^ "Hamilton secure Harriers' McClen", BBC Sport, January 31, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-03-31. 
  3. ^ "Jag's can't count on staying up", The Daily Record, April 3, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-04-05. 
  4. ^ "Bogie quietly confident of success", icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk, August 12, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-02. 
  5. ^ "New signings for Newcastle Blue Star", Newcastle Evening Chronicle, February 1, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-02-01. 


Persondata
NAME McClen, James David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McClen, Jamie
SHORT DESCRIPTION Football (soccer) player
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Cramlington, Northumberland, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH