Leon Clarke

Leon Clarke is exactly the kind of footballer I find quietly heroic. A 188 cm striker from Wolverhampton who came up at Wolves and then turned out for some twenty-three clubs across loans and permanent moves, he embodies the journeyman's grind. Plenty would read that itinerant career as instability, but I read it the other way: clubs kept calling because he kept scoring. Survival at that level for so many years takes resilience most fans never see. Born in 1985, an Aquarius with an Ox's stubborn endurance, he is a reminder that a long career built on graft and goals deserves as much respect as a glamorous one.

Name (English)

Leon Clarke

Name (Japanese)

レオン・クラーク

Reading

れおん・くらーく

Born

February 10, 1985 (age 41)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Ox

Origin

Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

Height

188 cm

Occupation

association football player

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF

Tags

• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.