Bobby Clark

Bobby Lamont Clark is an English professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for EFL Championship club Derby County. Clark trained with the academy at Birmingham City when his father, Lee Clark, was the manager there. The family moved back to the north east of England in 2014. After visiting all the clubs in the area Clark chose to join the academy at Newcastle United. Clark moved to the academy of Liverpool from Newcastle United in August 2021. The fee was thought to be for a total including add-ons of £1.5 million. He agreed a professional contract with the club shortly after his seventeenth birthday in February 2022. The contract was for five years and came with a personal guarantee from Liverpool first team manager Jurgen Klopp that there would be a pathway to the first team available to him. Featuring for the Liverpool under-18 side in the 2021-22 season Clark scored 13 goals in 23 matches. He also made his debut for the Liverpool side that competes in the Premier League 2. In the summer of 2022, Clark went with the Liverpool first team squad on their trip to Asia for matches in Thailand and Singapore. Clark has featured as part of BBC Sport website Wonderkids feature, and was identified in August 2022 as one of “Five young English footballers to watch out for” on their website. Clark was an unused substitute for Liverpool's first home game of the 2022-23 Premier League season, against Crystal Palace F.C. at Anfield. On 27 August, 2022 Clark made his professional debut appearing as a substitute for Liverpool against AFC Bournemouth in a 9-0 home victory at Anfield. On 9 November 2022, he started his first game for Liverpool in the win against Derby County in the third round of the EFL Cup at Anfield. On 30 July 2023, Clark scored his first senior goal for Liverpool in a pre-season friendly against Leicester City, with his side winning the match 4–0 at the Singapore National Stadium. Clark made his debut for England national under-16 football team against Wales U16 in April 2021. On 21 September 2022, Clark made his England U18 debut during a 1-0 win over the Netherlands in Pinatar. On 6 September 2023, Clark made his England U19 debut during a 1-0 defeat to Germany in Oliva.