John Brown Clark (born 22 September 1964) is a Scottish former

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. He is best known for his achievements in a lengthy playing career with Dundee United. He top scored for them in the run to the

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in which he scored in the defeat in the final. Among his four goals in that run was one against

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in the quarter-final. He also played for

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, Dunfermline Athletic, Ross County, Ayr United and

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Career

Dundee United

Clark was born in

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and joined Dundee United in 1976 and began to play for the reserves as a forward where he scored over 100 goals. He made his debut in the 1982–83. His best season was 1986–87 where he featured prominently at centre half. He was their top scorer on the way to the

with a goal against each of Universitatea Craiova,

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and

at the

. He also scored in the second leg of the final at Tannadice Park as United lost 2–1 to IFK Göteborg. That same season United also lost the 1987 Scottish Cup Final to St Mirren as they also did the season after to Celtic. Clark remained a regular in the Tannadice defence for the late 1980s and early 1990s making 330 appearances scoring 37 goals.

Stoke City

He moved to English club

in January 1994. Clark started his Stoke against

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in a 3–0 defeat. He ended the 1993–94 season with 12 appearances. In 1994–95 Clark played in six matches and scored his only goal for Stoke which came in a 2–0 victory over

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in the

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. When

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replaced

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as manager in September 1994 Clark returned to Scotland.

Later career

Clark next joined

before transferring part way through his second season to

Dunfermline Dunfermline (; sco, Dunfaurlin, gd, Dùn Phàrlain) is a city, parish and former Royal Burgh, in Fife, Scotland, on high ground from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth. The city currently has an estimated population of 58,508. Accord ...

. He had short spells also playing for Ayr United, Ross County and

. He became Assistant Manager at Berwick. Clark then dropped out of senior football with

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where he became player-manager. He became manager of Whitehill Welfare in 2004.

Career statistics

*Sourced from :A. The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the

and

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Honours

; Dundee United *

Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,1986–87, 1987–88, 1990–91 *

runner-up: 1986–87

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Clark, John 1964 births Living people Footballers from Edinburgh Scottish men's footballers Scottish Football League players English Football League players Dundee United F.C. players Stoke City F.C. players Falkirk F.C. players Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players Ross County F.C. players Berwick Rangers F.C. players Gala Fairydean Rovers F.C. players Ayr United F.C. players Scottish football managers Men's association football central defenders Gala Fairydean Rovers F.C. managers