David Clarke (ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Australiya, an haife shi a shekara ta 1980)

David Andrew Clarke (an haife shi a ranar 15 ga Mayu 1980) tsohon ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne na ƙasar Australiya wanda ya buga wasa tare da Geelong da Carlton a gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙasar Australia (AFL).

Asali daga Torquay, Clarke ya kasance ɗan wasa na uba/ɗa daga Geelong, wanda ya yi amfani da zaɓin zagaye na biyu a kansa. Ya fito daga dangin wasanni masu ƙarfi, mahaifinsa David Clarke Sr ya buga wasanni sama da 200 ga Geelong, ɗan'uwansa Tim kuma ya buga wasa da Hawthorn,  yayin da 'yar'uwarsa kuma 'yar tseren Olympics ce Georgie Clarke.

Clarke, ɗan wasan gefe mai nutsuwa, ya kammala karatunsa daga Geelong Falcons don fara buga wasa a AFL a shekarar 1999. Ya kasance mai yawan cin kwallaye amma sau da yawa ana ba shi kunya ta hanyar bugun ƙafa da kuma shirya wasanni 68 a jere daga 2000 zuwa 2003. Clarke yana da matsayi na biyu mafi girma a cikin jerin 'yan wasa ga Geelong a 2001 da 2002, inda ya kai matsakaicin wasanni 17 a wasanni biyu a kakar wasa biyu.[1]

Ya sha fama da rashin kyawunsa da raunin da ya samu a shekarar 2003 kuma ya shiga cikin cinikin 'yan wasa uku a wannan shekarar, inda Hawthorn ya karbi Simon Beaumont kuma Geelong ya karbi David Loats. Clarke ya kare a Carlton kuma ya buga wasanni goma a kakar wasa ta 2004 ta AFL. Da farkon bayyanarsa a shekarar 2005, ya fara buga wasa na 100 na AFL, da Adelaide a Football Park, amma sau ɗaya kawai ya sake bugawa Carlton wasa. An cire shi daga jerin 'yan wasa a karshen shekarar 2005.

Daga 2006 zuwa 2007, Clarke ya buga wasa da South Adelaide a SANFL. A shekarar 2008, ya koma North Adelaide, kuma ya buga wasa a can har zuwa 2009.  A shekarar 2010, Clarke ya koma birnin Geelong, kuma ya koma St Mary's a gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Geelong (GFL),  inda ya buga wasa har zuwa 2012.

A watan Yulin 2012, an dakatar da Clarke na tsawon makonni 15 saboda durƙusawa a baya da kuma tunkude alkalin wasa na GFL, wanda ke guduwa baya bayan an yi masa ƙwallo. Lamarin ya kawo dakatarwar da aka yi wa Clarke a aikinsa zuwa wasanni 20, wanda ya haifar da soke rajistarsa a ƙarƙashin Dokar Rage Rijistar 'Yan Wasa a Ƙasa, wanda ya kawo ƙarshen aikin Clarke na wasa.

Bayan dakatarwar da aka yi masa har tsawon rayuwarsa, Clarke ya ci gaba da aikinsa a ƙasar Victoria, inda ya buga wa Mansfield Football Club wasa a Goulburn Valley Football Netball League, da kuma Lockington-Bamawm United a Heathcote District Football League.

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