Andrew Clark (soccer)

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

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

Playing career

Early years

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

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

Club

Central Coast Mariners:

See also

References

  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.