Clark Robertson (born 5 September 1993) is a

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professional

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who plays as a

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for

MS Ashdod Moadon Sport Ashdod ( he, מועדון ספורט אשדוד, ''Sport Club Ashdod''), commonly referred to as MS Ashdod (, ''Mem Samekh Ashdod''), is an Israeli professional football club, playing in the port city of Ashdod. The unusual name o ...

Career

He signed a full-time contract with

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in June 2009, and made his debut for the club in a 3–1 defeat to Hamilton Academical on 1 May 2010. Robertson was selected for the Scotland national under-21 football team in April 2012, but was forced to withdraw due to a knee injury. In May 2012, Robertson signed a new three-year deal with

, tying him to the club until 2015. He was released by

in June 2015 and subsequently signed for

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. In July 2018, Robertson signed a three-year deal with Championship side Rotherham United. He scored his first Rotherham United goal on 27 November 2018, in a 2–2 home draw against Queens Park Rangers. On 17 May 2021, Rotherham United published their retained list, and confirmed Robertson would be leaving the club at the end of his contract. On 22 June 2021, it was announced that Robertson had signed a two-year contract with

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, and would join them on 1 July. He would suffer an injury in September that ended in December but didn’t play a game back until January. He went on to score his first goal for the club against former team Rotherham United in a 3-0 Pompey win. Robertson left Portsmouth at the end of the 2022–23 season and then signed for Israeli club

. He left the country in October 2023, along with the club's other foreign players, following the start of the

Israel–Hamas war An armed conflict between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian militant groups has been taking place chiefly in and around the Gaza Strip since 7 October 2023. On that day, Palestinian militant groups launched 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, a surp ...

Career statistics

Honours

Blackpool * EFL League Two play-offs:

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References

External links

Guardian Stats Centre
(archived 2 October 2012) 1993 births Living people Scottish men's footballers Footballers from Aberdeen Aberdeen F.C. players Blackpool F.C. players Rotherham United F.C. players Portsmouth F.C. players F.C. Ashdod players Scottish Premier League players Scottish Professional Football League players English Football League players Israeli Premier League players Scottish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Israel Scotland men's youth international footballers Scotland men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football defenders {{Scotland-footy-defender-1990s-stub