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Andrew Clark (soccer)

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Andrew Clark
Clark playing for Central Coast Mariners Youth in 2008
Personal information
Full name Andrew Charles Clark[1]
Date of birth (1974-08-24) 24 August 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Gosford, Australia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
1980–1982 Wyoming
1983–1985 PMK
1985–1991 Central Coast
1986 Umina
1992 Highfields Azzuri
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1997 Central Coast
1997–1998 Five-One-Seven 26 (3)
1998–2000 Canberra Cosmos 21 (5)
2000–2001 Parramatta Power 17 (0)
2001–2002 Central Coast 21 (2)
2002 Manly-Warringah
2002–2003 APIA Leichhardt 18 (1)
2003 Kedah FA 31 (1)
2003–2004 APIA Leichhardt 17 (1)
2004 Northern Tigers FC 9 (0)
2004–2005 APIA Leichhardt
2005–2010 Central Coast Mariners 84 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrew Charles Clark (born 24 August 1974) is an Australian former soccer player who played as a defender. As a player, had stints in the Australian National Soccer League (NSL) and A-League, most notably for Canberra Cosmos, Parramatta Power and the Central Coast Mariners. Since the later part of his playing career, he has worked as a fitness coach, including stints with the Central Coast Mariners, Vegalta Sendai, Sydney FC and the Australia men's national soccer team.

Early life

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Clark was born in Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales.[2]

Playing career

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Early years

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Clark played youth football for a number of clubs on the Central Coast, including Central Coast FC, where he played several seasons in the first team in the 1990s.[2] In 1997, he was one of four Australians signed by Five-One-Seven to play in the Hong Kong First Division League in 1997–98.[3] He spent the subsequent twelve years playing for a number of clubs in New South Wales, with the exception of a season in Malaysia with Kedah FA in the 2003 Liga Perdana 1.[2]

Clark announced that he would be retiring as a player in February 2010, at the end of the 2009–10 Central Coast Mariners season.[4]

Coaching career

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Clark took up a position as the strength and conditioning coach at Central Coast Mariners while still a player for the club.[5]

In late 2013, it was announced that Clark would be leaving the Mariners, following former Central Coast head coach Graham Arnold for a position with Vegalta Sendai in the J.League.[6] He left Vegalta shortly after Arnold was sacked by the club in April 2014.[7]

Clark signed on to be Sydney FC's head of strength and conditioning in May 2014, again linking up with Arnold.[8] He then moved to the Socceroos to become the head of high performance, once again following Gram Arnold. Andrew has been with the Socceroos for four years.[citation needed]

Honours

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Club

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Central Coast Mariners:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Squad List: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: Australia (AUS)" (PDF). FIFA. 18 December 2022. p. 2. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Andrew Clark" (PDF). Central Coast Football. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 March 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Ban rules Bullen out of Caroliners league opener". South China Morning Post. 27 July 1997. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Magic Mariners break winless duck". Central Coast Mariners FC. 9 February 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  5. ^ "New deals for Clark, Petrie". The World Game. 5 June 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Clark to join Arnold at Vegalta". The World Game. 1 December 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  7. ^ Bennett, Amanda (15 April 2014). "Fallout continues as former Mariners fitness coach leaves J-League". NBN Television. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Clark joins Sydney FC". The World Game. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
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