Ryan Clark (born 1 August 1997) is a Scottish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

Cumbernauld United Cumbernauld United Football Club are a football club based in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. They play at Guy's Meadow in the Cumbernauld Village area of the town. Formed in 1964, they currently compete in the , having previously pla ...

Career

Clark began his career at

Dumbarton Dumbarton (; also sco, Dumbairton; ) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary. In 2006, it had an estimated population of 19,990. Dumbarton was the ca ...

. He was first called up for a

Scottish Championship The Scottish Championship, known as the cinch Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier of the Scottish Professional Football League, the league competition for men's professional football clubs in Scotland Scotland (, ...

game against Queen of the South on 25 April 2015, replacing Mitch Megginson for the final 14 minutes of a 2–1 away defeat. A week later, in the final game of the season, he played the final two minutes of a 2–2 home draw with

Raith Rovers Raith Rovers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the town of Kirkcaldy, Fife. The club was founded in 1883 and currently competes in the Scottish Championship as a member of the Scottish Professional Football Leag ...

in place of Mark Gilhaney. He suffered a leg break in a pre-season U20s match against Cumbernauld Colts in August 2015, and joined

Arthurlie Arthurlie is an area of the town of Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, Scotland. History of Arthurlie The lands of Arthurlie were held in medieval times by the Stewart family, a branch of the noble Stewarts of Darnley. Later the lands became the prop ...

on loan in January 2016 after recovering. He signed his first professional deal with the club in July 2016 before joining Kilwinning Rangers on loan in August. Clark joined

in January 2019.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Clark, Ryan 1997 births Living people Scottish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Dumbarton F.C. players Arthurlie F.C. players Kilwinning Rangers F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players Cumbernauld United F.C. players