 Clarke-Salter withBirmingham City in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jake-Liam Clarke-Salter[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1997-09-22)22 September 1997 (age 28)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Carshalton, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Queens Park Rangers | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Chelsea | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Sutton United | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2016 | Chelsea | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2022 | Chelsea | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | →Bristol Rovers (loan) | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | →Sunderland (loan) | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | →Vitesse (loan) | 29 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | →Birmingham City (loan) | 19 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | →Birmingham City (loan) | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | →Coventry City (loan) | 29 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Queens Park Rangers | 60 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | England U18 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | England U19 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | England U20 | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | England U21 | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11:39, 12 January 2025 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Jake-Liam Clarke-Salter (born 22 September 1997) is an English professionalfootballer who plays as adefender forEFL Championship clubQueens Park Rangers. Whilst atChelsea, he spent time on loan atCoventry City,Bristol Rovers,Sunderland,Vitesse and had two spells withBirmingham City. Internationally, he has represented England up tounder-21 level.
Clarke-Salter first joinedChelsea in 2006 and spent the rest of his youth career there bar one season atSutton United.[4][5] He made his under-18 breakthrough at Chelsea in December 2013 whilst still sixteen years old. He became a key figure and the under-18 captain in Chelsea's youth surge after winning theFA Youth Cup twice and theUEFA Youth League.[6] Clarke-Salter was included in Chelsea's pre-season tour of the US in 2015.[7] However, he failed to make a single appearance in Chelsea's disappointing campaign.
On 5 March 2016, Clarke-Salter appeared on Chelsea's substitutes' bench in a 1–1 draw withStoke City.[8] On 2 April, he made his professional debut in Chelsea's 4–0 victory atAston Villa, replacingPedro in the 74th minute.[9] After the matchJohn Terry praised his performance and attitude, and hoped that Clarke-Salter went on to replace him one day.[10]
On 31 August 2016, Clarke-Salter and teammateCharlie Colkett joinedLeague One clubBristol Rovers on a season-long loan.[11] Unlike Colkett, Clarke-Salter did not join up with Rovers immediately, but remained at Chelsea while recovering from an injury sustained on international duty.[12]
Clarke-Salter made his debut on 28 September 2016, starting in a 1–0 defeat away toSheffield United.[13] On his second appearance, on 18 October, he cut the ball back to provide the assist for the second goal ofMatt Taylor'shat-trick as Rovers came back from 3–1 down to draw 3–3 withMilton Keynes Dons.[14] Four days later he scored his first goal for Rovers with an 87th-minute header to complete a 2–0 win overOldham Athletic.[15] Clarke-Salter dislocated his elbow and broke a bone in his forearm during the 5–1 loss toCharlton Athletic in November and was out for nearly four months.[16] He made his return as an 89th-minute substitute againstSouthend United in March 2017,[17] but did not start a match until 11 April, in a 1–0 victory overAFC Wimbledon, and finished the season with just 13 appearances.[18][19]
Following a loan spell at Notts county, Clarke-Salter returned to Chelsea and signed a new four-year deal in July 2017.[20] He was given the number 35 jersey and made his first appearance ofthe 2017–18 season during Chelsea's 5–1EFL Cup victory overNottingham Forest.[21]
On 8 January 2018, Clarke-Salter joinedChampionship clubSunderland on loan for the remainder of the campaign.[22] Just under a week later, he made his debut during Sunderland's 4–0 away defeat againstCardiff City, playing the full 90 minutes.[23] On 24 February 2018, Clarke-Salter was shown a red card for whatBBC Sport's reporter saw as a "nasty late challenge" onMiddlesbrough'sAdama Traoré in a match that ended as a 3–3 draw.[24] In his first game back from suspension, Clarke-Salter was dismissed again after receiving a second yellow card in a 2–0 defeat againstPreston North End.[25] He finished the loan spell with nine appearances.[26]
On 2 July 2018, Clarke-Salter agreed to join Dutch sideVitesse on a season-long loan.[27]
Clarke-Salter signed for Championship clubBirmingham City on 24 July 2019 on loan for the season.[28] He made his debut on 6 August in theEFL Cup first round visit toPortsmouth. ManagerPep Clotet fielded an inexperienced team, and Clarke-Salter played the whole of the 3–0 defeat.[29] He did not play in the Championship until 1 October, taking the place of the injuredMarc Roberts in the starting eleven for the 1–0 defeat away toWigan Athletic. According to the manager, "he played with a lot of maturity, he was very focused, he dealt very well with the physicality of the game and worked very well withHarlee [Dean] as well. He also covered the line very well. I think on the ball he was very good as well so it was a very positive game for him."[30] His performance was similarly positive in his next appearance a month later, when he replaced the suspended Dean for a 1–0 defeat at home toFulham.[31] He scored his first goal for Birmingham in a 1–1 draw withMillwall on 30 November.[32]
On 16 October 2020, Clarke-Salter returned to Birmingham City on loan for the remainder of the season.[33] A calf injury kept him out until after the international break, and he made his debut on 24 November away toLuton Town as one of three centre-backs alongside Dean and Roberts.[34][35] He was a regular in the matchday squad for the next three months, made nine starts, mainly as cover for injured or suspended players, and one substitute appearance.[19][36] Apart from one poor game away toCardiff City,[37] he performed adequately, showing technical competence that his fellow defenders did not,[38] but theBirmingham Mail suggested that overall he had wasted his season by spending it on Birmingham's bench.[39]
On 13 August 2021, Clarke-Salter joinedChampionship clubCoventry City on a loan deal until the end of the season. Clarke-Salter was a mainstay in the Coventry team in a largely successful loan spell, making 29 appearances for the Sky Blues, with injury hampering him from making more. On 10 June 2022, Chelsea announced he was leaving the club.[40]
On 17 June 2022, Clarke-Salter joined Championship clubQueens Park Rangers on a four-year deal.[41]
Clarke-Salter was born in England, and is of Irish descent through a grandmother, and is eligible to represent both countries internationally.[42] He was selected for theEngland U20 in the2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He played in four of the seven games, but in the final he conceded a controversial penalty that was saved by goalkeeperFreddie Woodman.[43] England beatVenezuela 1–0, the first time an England team had won a global tournament since the1966 World Cup.[44]
Clarke-Salter made hisEngland U21 debut on 24 March 2018 in a2019 European Championship qualifier at home toRomania U21; he scored England's second goal in a 2–1 victory.[45]
Clarke-Salter was named as captain of the England Under-21 side ahead of theEuropean Championship finals.[46]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Chelsea | 2015–16[47] | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016–17[48] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017–18[49] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2018–19[50] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019–20[51] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020–21[52] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021–22[53] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bristol Rovers (loan) | 2016–17[48] | League One | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | |
| Sunderland (loan) | 2017–18[49] | Championship | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Vitesse (loan) | 2018–19[50] | Eredivisie | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 4[a] | 0 | — | 37 | 1 | ||
| Birmingham City (loan) | 2019–20[51] | Championship | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21[52] | Championship | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 1 | ||||
| Coventry City (loan) | 2021–22[53] | Championship | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 0 | ||
| Queens Park Rangers | 2022–23[54] | Championship | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24[55] | Championship | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 1 | |||
| 2024–25[56] | Championship | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| Total | 60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 63 | 1 | ||||
| Career total | 169 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 190 | 4 | ||
Chelsea Reserves[6]
England U20
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