Steven Clark (born 2 February 1982) is a football manager who played as a

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. He is currently manager at Sporting Bengal United.

Club career

Clark started as a trainee with

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before moving to

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in 2002 for £50,000. After a season at the club he signed on for another year in June 2003. He was released in May 2004. He had several clubs over a short period of time starting with the demise of what was

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. After Hornchurch folded, he moved to Dagenham & Redbridge then to Weymouth with various loan spells along the way. Clark then played for Fisher Athletic.

Managerial career

Following his retirement, Clark joined Sporting Bengal United as a coach under

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. In May 2019, Clark returned to former club Wingate & Finchley as manager, before leaving in September 2019 after three wins from ten games. On 24 December 2021, Clark returned to Sporting Bengal as manager, succeeding Shipon Miah.

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