Jayden Clarke (born 8 May 2001) is an English professional

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who plays as a

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for

Forest Green Rovers Forest Green Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system. Formed in October 188 ...

Career

Early career

Clarke played for

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's academy. After playing for Bedfont Sports, he joined

Hendon Hendon is an urban area in the London Borough of Barnet, northwest London northwest of Charing Cross. Hendon was an ancient Manorialism, manor and parish in the county of Middlesex and a former borough, the Municipal Borough of Hendon; it has ...

in August 2020. He made his debut on 25 August, in a

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match against Wingate & Finchley, which finished 3–1 to Hendon. In his first season with Hendon, he made 14 appearances and scored 3 times, and signed a contract extension the following season. He won the Hendon Young Player of the Year award in the 2021–22 season. Across his 2 seasons with the club, he made 63 appearances and scored 11 goals. The following summer, he went on trial with

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side

Dulwich Hamlet Dulwich Hamlet Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in East Dulwich in south-east London, England. They are currently members of and play at Champion Hill. History The club was formed in 1893, by Lorraine 'Pa' Wilson. The ...

, playing in 7 pre-season friendlies before securing a move to the club in August 2022. He made his National League South debut on 7 August, the first game of the season; he came on for Kreshnic Krasniqi in the 64th minute, and scored the winner to win the match 2–1. He won the August and December Dulwich Hamlet Player of the Month awards, and also the National League South Player of the Month in December.

Gillingham

Clarke signed for Gillingham in January 2023. By March he had played one game for the club in the Kent Senior Cup, and was linked with a loan move away, but the club decided to retain him. He made his Football League debut on 22 April 2023, in a 2–2 draw against

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. On 8 May 2023, he made his first start in a 2–0 victory against

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. His first goals for the club came on 14 September 2024, where he got a brace in a 3–0 win against

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. On 14 May 2025 it was announced that Clarke had been released from his contract at Gillingham.

Forest Green Rovers

On 10 July 2025, Clarke signed for

of the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Clarke, Jayden 2001 births Living people English men's footballers Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players Bedfont Sports F.C. players Hendon F.C. players Dulwich Hamlet F.C. players Gillingham F.C. players Forest Green Rovers F.C. players Isthmian League players Southern Football League players National League (English football) players English Football League players Men's association football midfielders Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century English sportsmen