Flynn Clarke

Flynn Clarke (born 19 December 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Norwich City.

Flynn Clarke
Personal information
Full name Flynn Clarke[1]
Date of birth (2002-12-19) 19 December 2002
Place of birth Peterborough, England
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Norwich City
Youth career
2011–2019 Peterborough United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Peterborough United 6 (0)
2021– Norwich City 0 (0)
National team‡
2020– Scotland U19 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:30, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:34, 1 October 2020

Career

Clarke joined the Peterborough United academy at the age of 9.[2] The midfielder featured for a Posh XI in a pre-season friendly against Deeping Rangers in July 2019,[3] before making the bench in EFL Cup ties against both Northampton Town[4] and Arsenal U21s.[5] He went on to sign his first professional contract on his seventeenth birthday, with manager Darren Ferguson stating Clarke "was someone that [he] really liked. He plays as a 10 predominantly, is a good size, an athlete and can get you a goal."[6] He made his first team debut in a 1-0 loss to Cheltenham Town in the first round of the EFL Cup in September 2020.[7] In his second appearance for Peterborough, an EFL Trophy tie against Burton Albion, he scored his first goal for the club.[8] His league debut came in Peterborough's opening game against Accrington Stanley in September 2020.[9]

He was selected for the Scotland under-19 squad in October 2020.[10]

On the 24th June 2021, Clarke signed for Norwich City for an undisclosed fee.[11] Clarke went into the Norwich City under-23s team for the 2021/22 season and impressed in the Premier League 2 scoring twice in the opening 10 games from central midfield. He also netted twice in a 3-1 win over Reading in the Premier League Cup in January 2022.[12]

Career statistics
As of match played 15 May 2021
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Peterborough United 2019–20[13] League One 0020103[lower-alpha 1]0100
2020–21[14] League One 6010105[lower-alpha 1]3113
Career total 60302083213

Notes
  1. appearances in the EFL Trophy

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Peterborough United" (PDF). English Football League. p. 52. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  2. "Clarke Pens Professional Contract". Peterborough United. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  3. "Deeping Rangers (Posh XI) vs Peterborough United". Peterborough United. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  4. "Northampton Town vs Peterborough United on 03 Sep 19". Peterborough United. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  5. "vs Arsenal U21 on 01 Oct 19". Peterborough United. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  6. "Clarke Pens Professional Contract". Peterborough United. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  7. "Peterborough United vs Cheltenham Town". 5 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. "Penalty Success For Posh After Entertaining Encounter". theposh.com. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  9. "Accrington Stanley v Posh". theposh.com. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  10. @ScotlandNT (30 September 2020). "#SCO19s: Billy Stark has named his squad for two friendly matches against England at St George's Park. Thursday, 8 October – 2pm and Sunday, 11 October – 2pm. #YoungTeam" (Tweet). Retrieved 30 September 2020 – via Twitter.
  11. "City sign Clarke from Peterborough". Norwich City. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. "Flynn Clarke nets double to keep Norwich City's hopes of PL Cup progression alive".
  13. "Games played by Flynn Clarke in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  14. "Games played by Flynn Clarke in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
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