Joel Etienne-Clark

Joel Etienne-Clark
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-10-10) 10 October 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Chelmsford, England
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
–2004 Leyton Orient
2004 Chelmsford City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Chelmsford City 5 (0)
2005 → Great Wakering Rovers (loan)
2005–2007 Great Wakering Rovers 97 (8)
2007–2008 Waltham Forest 18 (3)
2008 Chelmsford City
2008 Dartford
2008–2009 Great Wakering Rovers 7 (1)
2009 Maldon Town
2009–2010 Leyton
2010–2011 Tilbury
2011–2012 Lingfield
2012–2013 Ilford
International career
2008–2014 Dominica 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joel Etienne-Clark (born 10 October 1986) is former footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in England, he represented the Dominica national team internationally.

Club career

Born in Chelmsford,[1] Etienne-Clark began his career in the academy at Leyton Orient,[2] before leaving to sign for hometown club Chelmsford City in 2004, making his debut in a 3–0 win against Slough Town on 23 October 2004, after progressing from Chelmsford's youth ranks. Etienne-Clark spent the remainder of the 2004–05 season out on loan to Great Wakering Rovers.[3] Ahead of the 2005–06 season, Etienne-Clark joined Great Wakering in a permanent basis, making 97 league appearances over the course of two years, scoring eight times. In 2007, Etienne-Clark signed for Waltham Forest, scoring three times in 18 appearances, before re-signing for Chelmsford the following year.[4] In October 2008, following a short spell with Dartford, he rejoined Great Wakering Rovers, making his 100th appearance at the club in the process.[5] In 2009, Etienne-Clark briefly joined Maldon Town, before signing for Leyton later that year. In 2010, Tilbury signed Etienne-Clark, before the midfielder joined Lingfield the following season. In 2012, Etienne-Clark signed for Ilford.[4]

International career

Etienne-Clark made his debut for Dominica in a March 2008 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Barbados.[6] In total, Etienne-Clark made six appearances for Dominica.[4]

Style of play

Upon signing for Tilbury in August 2010, Tilbury manager Paul Vaughan described Etienne-Clark as a player with "pace and ability", who can "play wide or in behind the front two".[7]

References

  1. ^ Joel Etienne-Clark at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Football duo talk to Dagenham children about Caribbean tragedy". Barking & Dagenham Post. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Player Profile". Non-League Daily. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Joel Etienne-Clark". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  5. ^ ROVERS RETURN FOR FANS` FAVOURITE[usurped] - Non-League Daily
  6. ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
  7. ^ "Vaughan signs up Joel Etienne Clark". Thurrock Gazette. 26 August 2010. Retrieved 25 December 2021.