Adam Clayton (footballer)

**Adam Stephen Clayton** (born 14 January 1989)  is an English professional athlete.  He is best known as an Association football player.  He played for the English National Team.

## Career statistics

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|FA Cup|colspan=2|League Cup|colspan=2|Other|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Manchester City|2008–09|Premier League|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|2009–10|Premier League|0|0|—|0|0|—|0|0|||||
|Carlisle United (loan)|2009–10|League One|28|1|3|0|—|5|2|36|3|||
|rowspan="3"|Leeds United|2010–11|Championship|4|0|—|0|0|—|4|0|||
|2011–12|Championship|43|6|1|0|2|0|—|46|6||||
|Peterborough United (loan)|2010–11|League One|7|0|1|0|—|—|8|0||||
|Milton Keynes Dons (loan)|2010–11|League One|6|1|—|—|2|0|8|1||||
|rowspan="3"|Huddersfield Town|2012–13|Championship|43|4|4|1|1|0|—|48|5||
|2013–14|Championship|42|7|2|0|2|0|—|46|7||||
|rowspan="7"|Middlesbrough|2014–15|Championship|41|0|3|0|2|0|3|0|49|0|
|2015–16|Championship|43|1|1|0|4|0|—|48|1||||
|2016–17|Premier League|34|0|4|0|1|0|—|39|0||||
|2017–18|Championship|32|0|2|0|1|0|2|0|37|0|||
|2018–19|Championship|36|0|2|0|0|0|—|38|0||||
|2019–20|Championship|27|0|2|0|1|0|—|30|0||||
|rowspan="3"|Birmingham City|2020–21|Championship|14|0|1|0|1|0|—|16|0||
|2021–22|Championship|0|0|—|0|0|—|0|0|||||
|rowspan="3"|Doncaster Rovers|2021–22|League One|12|0|—|—|—|12|0||||
|2022–23|League Two|21|0|1|0|1|0|0|0|23|0|||
|Bradford City|2022–23|League Two|14|0|—|—|2|0|16|0||||
|Rochdale|2023–24|National League|18|0|1|0|—|0|0|19|0|||

## Honours

**Carlisle United**
- Football League Trophy runner-up: 2009–10

**Middlesbrough**
- Football League Championship runner-up: 2015–16

**Individual**
- PFA Team of the Year: 2015–16 Championship
- Huddersfield Town Player of the Year: 2013–14
- Middlesbrough Supporters' Player of the Year: 2015–16

## Other websites

- Adam Clayton at Soccerbase

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Adam Clayton
- **image**: Adam Clayton 2023.jpg
- **fullname**: Adam Stephen Clayton
- **birth place**: Manchester, England
- **currentclub**: Rochdale A.F.C., Rochdale
- **clubnumber**: 8
- **position**: Midfielder
- **youthyears1**: 1996–2008
- **youthclubs1**: Manchester City F.C., Manchester City
- **years1**: 2008–2010
- **clubs1**: Manchester City F.C., Manchester City
- **caps1**: 0
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 2009–2010
- **clubs2**: → Carlisle United F.C., Carlisle United (loan)
- **caps2**: 28
- **goals2**: 1
- **years3**: 2010
- **clubs3**: → Leeds United F.C., Leeds United (loan)
- **caps3**: 2
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2010–2012
- **clubs4**: Leeds United F.C., Leeds United
- **caps4**: 45
- **goals4**: 6
- **years5**: 2010–2011
- **clubs5**: → Peterborough United F.C., Peterborough United (loan)
- **caps5**: 7
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2011
- **clubs6**: → Milton Keynes Dons F.C., Milton Keynes Dons (loan)
- **caps6**: 6
- **goals6**: 1
- **years7**: 2012–2014
- **clubs7**: Huddersfield Town A.F.C., Huddersfield Town
- **caps7**: 85
- **goals7**: 11
- **years8**: 2014–2020
- **clubs8**: Middlesbrough F.C., Middlesbrough
- **caps8**: 213
- **goals8**: 1
- **years9**: 2020–2021
- **clubs9**: Birmingham City F.C., Birmingham City
- **caps9**: 14
- **goals9**: 0
- **years10**: 2022–2023
- **clubs10**: Doncaster Rovers F.C., Doncaster Rovers
- **caps10**: 33
- **goals10**: 0
- **years11**: 2023
- **clubs11**: Bradford City A.F.C., Bradford City
- **caps11**: 14
- **goals11**: 0
- **years12**: 2023–
- **clubs12**: Rochdale A.F.C., Rochdale
- **caps12**: 18
- **goals12**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 2009
- **nationalteam1**: England national under-20 football team, England U20
- **nationalcaps1**: 4
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **club-update**: 19:14, 11 November 2023 (UTC)