Place of birth Hackney, England 1974–1976 Mansfield Town 1973–1974 Swindon Town | 1972–1973 Tottenham Hotspur Role Footballer Years Team Name Ray Clarke | |
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Date of birth (1952-09-25) 25 September 1952 (age 63) | ||
Current team Blackburn Rovers F.C. | ||
Ray Clarke (born 25 September 1952 in Hackney) is an English retired professional footballer who played in England for Tottenham Hotspur, Swindon Town, Mansfield Town, Brighton and Newcastle United, in the Netherlands for Sparta Rotterdam and Ajax, and in Belgium for Club Brugge.
Clarke was chief international scout for Scottish side Celtic. Clarke left the position in June 2009.
Clarke was appointed chief scout of Portsmouth in September 2009.
By September 2010, Clarke was working as a scout at Middlesbrough, renewing his ties with Gordon Strachan who was his boss during his time at Celtic.
On 7 September 2012, he was appointed Head Scout at Blackburn Rovers
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