Clive Linton Platt (born 27 October 1977) is an English former professional

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. A forward, he has made 618 appearances in

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, including 164 for

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. In his 19-year-long playing career, Platt had played for

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, Northampton Town and Bury.

Club career

Walsall

Platt was born in Wolverhampton and began his playing career with

as an apprentice in 1995. A spell of just 32 games over four years saw him loaned to

in 1999

Rochdale

A loan that secured him a permanent deal to

for a fee of £100,000 – then a club record. Platt went on to make 163 appearances and score 27 goals for the club.

Notts County

In 2003, Platt signed a monthly deal with

, where he scored just three times despite being a first team regular. An indifferent year at

followed, where Platt scored six times.

Milton Keynes Dons

Platt joined relegation-threatened

in January 2005 and scored vital goals to help save the Dons from relegation under the guidance of Danny Wilson. However, the 2005–06 season was not much better for MK Dons, as they fought relegation again. Platt had a relatively fruitless campaign, but a good run of form towards the end of the season saw him finish second in the League One Player of the Month award for May and almost save the Dons from relegation. The 2006–07 season saw MK Dons fighting for promotion from

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. This turned out to be Platt's best season in terms of strike-rate, with him finding the net 18 times before suffering an injury that caused him to miss the first leg of a play-off tie against

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and have an indifferent second leg.

Colchester United

In July 2007, Platt was sold to

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side

for £300,000 – six times Colchester's previous transfer record. Before the transfer, Colchester had recently lost star goal-scorers

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and

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and

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respectively. In the 2007–08 season, Platt was paired up front with

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and scored eight goals. In the 2008–09 season, however, he had many different strike partners, including Steven Gillespie, Mark Yeates,

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and Jermaine Easter, and he notched 10 goals. In the 2009–10 season, he was once again paired up front with Kevin Lisbie, and he scored two goals on the opening day of the season.

Coventry City

Platt joined

on 29 July 2010. He made his first league appearance in a 2–0 victory against Portsmouth on 7 August. He also scored against Leicester City, Bristol City and Ipswich Town. On 5 November 2011, Platt scored his 100th professional league goal, aged 34, against

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. The match ended in a 4–2 win for Southampton.

Northampton Town

On 25 May 2012, Platt signed for. Northampton Town, where he rejoined former manager

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. He scored his first goal for the club in the league cup second round match against Wolverhampton Wanderers. On 9 Jan 2014, it was announced that his contract had been terminated my mutual consent. This came just three weeks after Boothroyd's dismissal as manager.

Bury

On 24 January 2014, he signed a contract with Bury until the end of the 2013–14 season. Shakers manager

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had recruited Platt on the same day that he managed to bring in Rochdale's

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and Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro of

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Retirement

Platt retired from football in October 2014 due to persistent injury problems.

Career statistics

As of 2014/2015 season.

Honours

Player of the Year: 2006–07

References

External links

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