James Clarke (born 21 January 2001) is an Irish
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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for
League of Ireland Premier Division
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club
Bohemians.
Career
Early career
A native of Ballivor,
County Meath
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, Clarke began his schoolboy playing career with
Belvedere and
Cherry Orchard before moving up to play at Under 19 level for
Shamrock Rovers
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and
Drogheda United.
Drogheda United
On 1 July 2019, Clarke signed his first professional contract with
Drogheda United, graduating from the Under 19 set up. The midfielder would nail down a starting place under boss
Tim Clancy and later
Kevin Doherty.
Bohemians
In July 2022, Clarke joined
Bohemians for an undisclosed fee. He made his full league debut against
Sligo Rovers
Sligo Rovers Football Club is an Irish professional association football, football club playing in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland. The club is based in Sligo in the west of Ireland.
The club was founded in 1928 and have been in ...
at
The Showgrounds. Clarke would net his first goal for Bohs in September against
UCD.
Personal life
Clarke holds a degree in law from
Maynooth University
Maynooth University (MU) (), is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland. Maynooth University was formerly known as National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM; ). It was Ireland ...
.
Career statistics
Honours
Individual
*
League of Ireland Premier Division
The League of Ireland Men's Premier Division (), also known as the SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in the Republic of Ireland and the highest level of the Republic of I ...
Player of the Month:
August 2023
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PFAI Team of the Year: 2023
References
External links
2001 births
Living people
Alumni of Maynooth University
Republic of Ireland men's association footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Bohemian F.C. players
League of Ireland players
21st-century Irish sportsmen
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