Matthew Clarke
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defender
3
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0
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0
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37
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About
Biography and Personal Profile of Matthew Clarke
Matthew Clarke is a professional 32-year-old footballer who plays as a defender for Ballymena United, born on March 2, 1994, who is left-footed. Known for his tactical intelligence, positional discipline, and technical skill on the pitch, he has become a key figure for both club and country. Follow Matthew Clarke on FotLive for live match updates, detailed statistics, career history, transfer news, FotLive ratings, and comprehensive performance analytics.
Matthew Clarke Season Stats and Match Performance Analytics
In the current Premiership campaign, Matthew Clarke has delivered standout performances. Over the course of 37 appearances (accumulating 0 minutes of active play), he has recorded 3 goals and 0 assists to his team's offensive output, securing a solid overall seasonal FotLive rating of 7.
Compared to other defenders in the competition, Matthew Clarke ranks in the upper tier for goals scored, ratings, and active minutes played on the pitch.
Recent Match Log & Individual Performance Ratings
Matthew Clarke's 10 most recent matches are shown below. Visit each match page for full details including lineups, match events, and advanced statistics:
- March 27, 2027: null-null vs Limavady (90 minutes, 7 FotLive rating)
- March 20, 2027: null-null vs Dungannon Swifts (90 minutes, 7 FotLive rating)
- March 6, 2027: null-null vs Glentoran (90 minutes, 7 FotLive rating)
- February 27, 2027: null-null vs Carrick Rangers (90 minutes, 7 FotLive rating)
- February 20, 2027: null-null vs Coleraine (90 minutes, 7 FotLive rating)
- February 6, 2027: null-null vs Portadown (90 minutes, 7 FotLive rating)
- January 30, 2027: null-null vs Crusaders (90 minutes, 7 FotLive rating)
- January 23, 2027: null-null vs Linfield (90 minutes, 7 FotLive rating)
- January 16, 2027: null-null vs Cliftonville (90 minutes, 7 FotLive rating)
- January 2, 2027: null-null vs Larne (90 minutes, 7 FotLive rating)
Tactical Style of Play & Graphic Analysis
Explore Matthew Clarke's playing style with FotLive's interactive trait graph, which visualizes key attributes like attacking threat, defensive work rate, and passing ability based on performance data.
View Matthew Clarke's shot map on FotLive to see a visual breakdown of every shot taken this season, including expected goals (xG) for each attempt.
Teammates, Career Path & International Representation
Matthew Clarke currently plays for Ballymena United alongside Donal Rocks, Danny Lafferty, Kian Corbally, Daithí McCallion, David Toure, Jack O'Reilly, Jordan McMullan, Jack Henderson, Colin Coates, Stephen McBride, Oran Kearney, Calvin McCurry, James Hood, Allan Jenkins, Igor Rutkowski. Visit their player pages on FotLive to explore detailed statistics, performance ratings, and career information.
Matthew Clarke's career has also included time at Livingston, Linfield, Northern Ireland U17, Northern Ireland U19.
On the international stage, Matthew Clarke has represented Northern Ireland.
Other notable players from Northern Ireland include Connie Scofield, Paul O'Neill, Barry Baggley, Shaun Leppard, Tiarnan Rushe, Paul Smith, Jake Morrow, Oisin Smyth, Ross Hunter, Callum Moorehead, Jonah Heron, Caoimhin McConnell, Thomas Maguire, Donal Rocks, Kenneth Kane. Explore each player's page on FotLive for comprehensive statistics, match history, and international career data.
Career Trophies, Achievements & Competitions
Throughout their career, Matthew Clarke has won 6 titles: Challenge Cup (2024/2025) with Livingston, League Cup (2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2018/2019) with Linfield, Charity Shield (2017/2018) with Linfield, Premiership (2021/2022, 2020/2021, 2018/2019, 2016/2017) with Linfield, County Antrim Shield (2016/2017, 2013/2014) with Linfield, Irish Cup (2020/2021, 2016/2017) with Linfield.
Matthew Clarke has competed in Premiership, League Cup, Championship, Challenge Cup, Scottish Cup, Irish Cup, Conference League, Champions League, Europa League. Each league page on FotLive provides comprehensive coverage including standings, fixtures, top scorers, and detailed team statistics.
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