Daniel Mark Clark (born 16 September 1988) is a retired British professional

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player who was a member of the Great Britain national team. He is a former Great Britain senior team captain, and finished his international career as all-time leader in men’s appearances (119), points (1,100), rebounds (555), blocked shots, field goals made, 2-point field goals made and 3-point field goals made.

Early life

Clark is from a well-known British basketball family, his father Mark coached the GB national women’s team from 2006–09 and his mother played for the national team. His sister

Ella Clark Ella Clark (born 8 February 1992) is a British female professional basketball and netball player. Early life Clark is from a well-known British basketball family, her father Mark coached the GB national women's team from 2006 to 2009 and her mo ...

is also an international basketball player.CHINGFORD FOUNDATION SCHOOL PE DEPARTMENT Hall of Fame
/ref> Clark decided to reject the chance to play college basketball in the United States and instead opted to accept an invitation to play at the academy of Spanish ACB club,

CB Estudiantes Club Baloncesto Estudiantes, S.A.D., known simply as Estu and as Movistar Estudiantes for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball team based in the city of Madrid, Spain. It is a member of the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto (ACB). Founded in 19 ...

. Before this, he attended

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Professional career

Coming through the Spanish club's junior ranks, Clark made his full debut in the ACB in December 2006 before spending loan spells in the Spanish second division with the Estudiantes farm team CB Breogan in the 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons. Since the start of the 2009–10 Clark established himself into the regular rotation for CB Estudiantes and then into the starting five. On 20 October 2016 Clark signed with Macedonian club

MZT Skopje Aerodrom MZT Skopje Aerodrom ( mk, МЗТ Скопје Аеродром) is a basketball club based in Skopje, North Macedonia. The club competes in the Macedonian League and ABA League. The club's home ground is Jane Sandanski Arena, but due to small capa ...

. On 1 March 2017, he left MZT. On 9 March 2017, he signed with

UCAM Murcia UCAM Universidad Católica de Murcia Club de Baloncesto, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as UCAM Murcia, is a professional basketball team based in Murcia, Spain. It plays their home games at Palacio de Deportes. History Founded in 1985 u ...

for the rest of the

2016–17 ACB season The 2016–17 ACB season, also known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, was the 34th season of the Spanish basketball league. It started on 30 September 2016 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 16 June 2017 with the ACB Fi ...

. On 28 August 2017 Clark signed with San Sebastián Gipuzkoa for the 2017–18 ACB season. On 5 December 2019 he signed a 2-month contract with MoraBanc Andorra of the

Liga ACB The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administrated by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, wi ...

. On January 16, 2021, he has signed with

Real Betis Real Betis Balompié, known as Real Betis () or just Betis, is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1907, it plays in La Liga. It holds home games at the Estadio Benito Vill ...

of the

. before finishing his career with a season at Manchester Giants.

International career

Clark represented England and Great Britain at junior and under-20 levels, He earned his first cap for the Great Britain Men's National Team in the summer of 2009 and was part of the team that competed at the 2009 Eurobasket in Poland. Clark also represented Team GB at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in London. Following the close of his career at EuroBasket 2022, he had accumulated 119 GB appearances, then a record for the men's team.

References

External links

Profile
at acb.com

at fiba.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Clark, Daniel 1988 births Living people ABA League players Baloncesto Fuenlabrada players Basket Zaragoza players Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Greater London Sportspeople from Greenwich, London BC Andorra players Expatriate basketball people in Andorra British expatriate basketball people CB Breogán players CB Estudiantes players CB Murcia players English expatriate sportspeople in Spain English men's basketball players British expatriate basketball people in Spain Gipuzkoa Basket players KK MZT Skopje players Liga ACB players Olympic basketball players for Great Britain Power forwards (basketball) Saski Baskonia players Expatriate basketball people in North Macedonia English expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia