Daniel Clark (basketball)

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Daniel Clark
No. 10

Power forward
Personal information
Born	(1988-09-16) 16 September 1988 Greenwich, London
Nationality	British
Listed height	6 ft 10 ³⁄₄ in (210 cm)
Listed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	2010 / Undrafted
Pro playing career	2006–present
Career history
2006–2013	CB Estudiantes
2007–2008	→CB Breogán
2013	Laboral Kutxa Vitoria

Daniel Clark (born 16 September 1988), is a British basketball player currently with CB Estudiantes of the Spanish Basketball League. Clark is also a member of the British national team.

Early life

Clark is from a well-known British basketball family, his father Mark coached the GB national women’s team from 2006–09 and his mother played for the National team.^[1] Clark decided to reject the chance to play college basketball in the United States and instead opted to accept an invitation to play at the academy of Spanish ACB club, CB Estudiantes. Before this, he attended Chingford Foundation School.

Professional career

Coming through the Spanish club's junior ranks, Clark made his full debut in the ACB in December 2006 before spending loan spells in the Spanish second division with the Estudiantes farm team CB Breogan in the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons. Since the start of the 2009-10 Clark established himself into the regular rotation for CB Estudiantes and then into the starting five.

International career

Clark has represented England and Britain at junior and under-20 levels, He earned his first cap for the British senior team in the summer of 2009 and was part of the team that competed at the 2009 Eurobasket in Poland. Clark also represented Team GB at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

References

↑ "England’s Dan Clark One To Watch | U18 European Championship Men 2006". FIBA Europe.

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v t e Great Britain squad – EuroBasket 2009 – 13th place

4 Hart 5 Achara 6 Lenzly 7 Mensah-Bonsu 8 Sullivan 9 George 10 Archibald 11 Freeland 12 Reinking 13 Clark 14 Boyd 15 Betts Coach: Finch

v t e Great Britain squad – EuroBasket 2011 – 13th place

4 Adegboye 5 Lawrence 6 Lenzly 7 van Oostrum 8 Sullivan 9 Deng 10 Archibald 11 Freeland 12 Reinking 13 Clark 14 Boateng 15 Johnson Coach: Finch

v t e Great Britain squad – 2012 Summer Olympics – 9th place

4 Achara 5 Lawrence 6 Lenzly 7 Mensah-Bonsu 8 Sullivan 9 Deng 10 Archibald 11 Freeland 12 Reinking 13 Clark 14 Johnson 15 Boateng Coach: Finch

v t e Great Britain squad – EuroBasket 2013 – 13th place

4 Achara 5 Lawrence 6 Robinson 7 van Oostrum 8 Sullivan 9 Murray 10 Hesson 11 Fraser 12 Clark 13 Adegboye 14 Boateng 15 Johnson Coach: Prunty

Persondata
Name	Clark, Daniel
Alternative names
Short description	Basketball player
Date of birth	16 September 1988
Place of birth	Greenwich, London
Date of death
Place of death

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