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Jamie Clapham played for which team from 2003 to 2008?
Jamie Clapham James Richard Clapham ( born 7 December 1975 ) is an English former professional footballer who was until June 2018 the assistant head coach of Leeds United . He played as a left back from 1994 to 2011 , notably in the Premier League for Tottenham Hotspur , Ipswich Town and Birmingham City . He has also played for Leyton Orient , Bristol Rovers , Wolverhampton Wanderers , Leicester City , Leeds United , Notts County , Lincoln City and Kettering Town . He began his coaching career with Middlesbrough . Playing career . Tottenham Hotspur . Clapham was born in Lincoln , Lincolnshire . His career started at Tottenham Hotspur with Clapham playing for the Spurs first XI in the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup . Subsequently , he made one first-team league appearance for Spurs , a 2–1 defeat to Coventry City on 11 May 1997 . Clapham had loan spells at Leyton Orient ( six games between 29 January and 22 February 1997 ) and Bristol Rovers ( five games between 27 March and 26 April the same year ) . Ipswich Town . The next season saw him loaned to Ipswich Town for two months between 9 January and 12 March 1998 , the move then becoming permanent for a fee of £300,000 . He made a total of 175 full and 20 substitute appearances in the league for Ipswich and scored eight goals , the most notable coming from his left-footed free kicks . In 1999 , he was voted Ipswich Towns Player of the Year . He also tasted European action with the club , playing 12 games in the UEFA Cup in two successive campaigns , 2001–02 and 2002–03 . Ipswich Towns relegation in 2002 led to the club going into administration and created a need to sell players . Clapham was one such player as he was sold . Birmingham City . He joined Premier League club Birmingham City for £1.3 million in 2003 after four years at Portman Road . He settled into the team and was a virtual ever-present until a hamstring injury forced him out in December 2003 . His recovery was hampered when he suffered shingles during February 2004 , and he was unable to return until April . In the following two seasons , he remained a squad player with competition for his slot from a number of players , such as Stan Lazaridis and Julian Gray , limiting his appearances . In May 2006 , he was released by the club as they slipped from the top flight . In all , he played 84 league games over three seasons and scored once , against Manchester United in December 2005 . Wolverhampton Wanderers . In July 2006 , Clapham had a trial with Sheffield United and played 75 minutes of a pre-season clash with Rotherham United . He also received interest from Ipswich Town before choosing to sign for Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers in August 2006 on a two-year deal . He played in just 26 league games during the 2006–07 season , without scoring , and was put on the transfer list at the end of it . However , there were no takers for the defender in the close season and he began the 2007–08 campaign still at Molineux . Leeds United ( loan ) . He was loaned out to League One Leeds United in August 2007 and remained at Elland Road for three months , becoming Leeds first choice left back , the club was given a 15-point deduction at the start of that season and Clapham was instrumental at playing a part in Leeds impressive early season form . Leicester City . He failed to break back into Wolves first team after his return and was released to join Leicester City on 31 January 2008 . Clapham was released in May 2008 . Notts County . After a period in July training with West Bromwich Albion , managed by former Ipswich teammate Tony Mowbray , he joined Southend United on trial but was not offered a contract . After two weeks training with Notts County , he signed a short-term deal with the League Two club in September 2008 , then in January 2009 , he signed an 18-month contract extension to keep him at the club until May 2010 . He and seven other players were released at the end of the 2009–10 season . Lincoln City . He signed a one-year contract with League Two club Lincoln City in July 2010 . He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 win over Macclesfield Town on 9 October , and scored again in an FA Cup defeat to Hereford United . He was not offered a new contract after a mass clearout of players after Lincolns relegation from the Football League . Kettering Town . In August 2011 he signed for Kettering Town after a trial . A month later , after manager Morell Maison was replaced by Mark Stimson , Clapham left the club . Coaching career . Tony Mowbray appointed Clapham to a coaching role in Championship club Middlesbroughs academy after Steve Agnew left for Hull City in 2012 . Clapham managed the clubs under-21 team , and assisted new manager Aitor Karanka with the first team from November 2013 to March 2014 . In June 2015 , he rejoined Mowbray on the coaching staff at Coventry City . In September 2016 , Barnsley manager Paul Heckingbottom brought Clapham into the club as first-team coach on a short-term deal . A few weeks later , his tenure was extended to the end of the season , and extended again in July 2017 . Heckingbottom was appointed head coach of Leeds United on 6 February 2018 , and took Clapham with him as his assistant . When Heckingbottom was dismissed at the end of the season , Clapham also left the club . Personal life . Claphams father , Graham Clapham , and grandfather , Bert Wilkinson , were also professional footballers . Honours . Ipswich Town - Football League First Division play-offs : 2000 Notts County - Football League Two : 2009–10 Individual - Ipswich Town F.C . Player of the Year : 1998–99