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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexander Clark[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1956-10-28)28 October 1956 (age 69) | ||
| Place of birth | Airdrie, Scotland | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Albion Rovers (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1974–1982 | Airdrieonians | 234 | (92) |
| 1982–1983 | West Ham United | 26 | (7) |
| 1983–1984 | Rangers | 62 | (21) |
| 1984–1989 | Heart of Midlothian | 136 | (35) |
| 1989–1990 | Partick Thistle | 3 | (0) |
| 1990 | Dunfermline Athletic | 4 | (0) |
| Total | 465 | (155) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1989–1990 | Partick Thistle | ||
| 1993–1994 | Heart of Midlothian | ||
| 1996–1998 | Hamilton Academical | ||
| 1998–2001 | St Johnstone | ||
| 2004–2005 | Berwick Rangers | ||
| 2022–2023 | East Stirlingshire | ||
| 2023– | Albion Rovers | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Alexander Clark (born 28 October 1956) is a Scottish professionalfootball manager and formerplayer who managesScottish Lowland Football League clubAlbion Rovers.
Clark played for several clubs in his playing career including his home town clubAirdrieonians,Rangers,Heart of Midlothian (Hearts) andWest Ham United.[2][3][4] His longest and most successful spells were those atTynecastle andBroomfield. In 1982, Clark won theScottish PFA Players' Player of the Year award.[5] In 1984, Clark went on to win theScottish League Cupfinal with Rangers in a 3–2 victory overCeltic.[6]
He has managed several clubs, includingPartick Thistle,Hamilton Academical, Hearts (twice, once as caretaker),St Johnstone andBerwick Rangers.[7]
His work withBBC Scotland previously included TV commentary, where he was the regular summariser to main commentatorRob MacLean.[8][9]
In 2005, Clark was appointed as astriker coach atAberdeen.[10] He left the club in May 2009, along with managerJimmy Calderwood and assistantJimmy Nicholl.[11] In January 2010 he joined Kilmarnock as first team coach, working under the same management team until the end of the 2009–10 season.[12] Clark was a sports performance lecturer at Cumbernauld College after leaving Kilmarnock.[13]
Clark was appointedQueen of the South's assistant manager toAllan Johnston on 14 May 2012.[14] Johnston and Clark signed a one-year contract extension on 13 April 2013,[15] but then moved onto Kilmarnock as that club's new management team in June 2013.[16][17] Clark left Kilmarnock in May 2014[18] and was appointed assistant manager toDarren Young atAlbion Rovers in June 2014.[19] At the end of the2014–15 season, Clark departedAlbion Rovers and was once again re-united with Allan Johnston, this time as assistant manager ofScottish Championship clubDunfermline Athletic.[20] Johnston and Clark departed thePars during January 2019[21] and returned toDumfries club Queens for a second spell on 5 May 2019, after the departure ofGary Naysmith. Johnston and Clark joined on a two-year contract and their first game in-charge came in theScottish Championship play-offfirst-leg versusMontrose.[22] On 16 April 2021, Johnston and Clark signed a contract extension to remain the Doonhamers management team until May 2023.[23] On 13 February 2022, Johnston and Clark departed the Doonhamers by mutual consent(4 wins in 24 matches) as theDumfries club languished in the automatic relegation place in theScottish Championship.[24]
On 25 November 2022, Clark was appointed manager ofLowland League sideEast Stirlingshire.[25] This was to be Clark's first managerial position since he departedBerwick Rangers in 2005.
On 28 March 2023, Clark would leave East Stirlingshire and was named the new manager ofScottish League Two clubAlbion Rovers.[26]
Sandy Clark is the father ofNicky Clark, who has also played forRangers.[27]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Heart of Midlothian | 10 May 1993 | 20 June 1994 | 51 | 15 | 20 | 16 | 029.41 |
| Hamilton Academical | 1 September 1996 | 5 September 1998 | 93 | 38 | 29 | 26 | 040.86 |
| St Johnstone | 7 September 1998 | 25 September 2001 | 132 | 40 | 43 | 49 | 030.30 |
| Berwick Rangers | 13 October 2004 | 31 May 2006 | 77 | 35 | 19 | 23 | 045.45 |
| East Stirlingshire | 25 November 2022 | 27 March 2023 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 040.00 |
| Albion Rovers | 28 March 2023 | Present | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 028.57 |
| Total | 382 | 138 | 115 | 129 | 036.13 | ||
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