Leon Clarke

**Leon Marvin Clarke** (an haife shi a ranar 10 ga watan Fabrairun shekara ta 1985) tsohon ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne na kasar Ingila wanda ya yi wasa a matsayin ɗan wasan gaba.

Clarke ya fara aikinsa tare da kungiyar Wolverhampton Wanderers amma daga bisani ya buga wa kungiyoyi ashirin da uku - a cikin yarjejeniyar dindindin da aro - a cikin shekaru masu zuwa. Ya taka leda a Gasar Firimiya ta Sheffield United kuma ya taka leda a kungiyar Wolves a Gasar cin kofin EFL ta Queens Park Rangers, Plymouth Argyle, Sheffield Laraba, Preston North End da Wigan Athletic. Ya kuma buga wa Kidderminster Harriers, Oldham Athletic, Southend United, Swindon Town, Chesterfield, Charlton Athletic. A shekara ta 2023 ya buga wa kungiyar Rushall Olympic wasa.

## Ayyukan kulob din

### Wolverhampton Wanderers
Bayan ya ci gaba ta hanyar makarantar matasa ta ƙungiyar Wolverhampton Wanderers, Clarke ya fara buga wasan farko na kulob dinsa na gida a gasar cin Kofin League a kan Darlington a ranar 23 ga Satumba 2003.  Kodayake bai fito ba a cikin yakin neman zaɓe na Premier League na wannan kakar, an ba shi kwangilar tsawaita shekaru biyu a lokacin.

Bayan lokacin aro a Kidderminster Harriers a cikin bazara na shekara ta 2004,  ya sami ci gaba a cikin tawagar farko ta Wolves a kakar 2004-05, inda ya fara buga wasan farko a matsayin mai maye gurbin a wasan farko a kungiyar Stoke City  kuma ya ci gaba da zira kwallaye na farko a wasan da ya biyo baya da kungiyar Preston North End.  Ya ƙare kamfen ɗin tare da kwallaye takwas daga bayyanar 31.

A lokacin kakar 2005-06 wadatarsa ta haɗu, yayin da ya amfana daga raunin da ya samu ga wasu a farkon kakar, kafin ya sauka daga baya a cikin kakar, bayan an sanya hannu kan sabbin 'yan wasa. Ya fusata sassan goyon bayan Wolves bayan ya yi "shhh"-ing alama ga taron bayan ya zira kwallaye a kan Plymouth Argyle a watan Janairun shekara ta 2006. Kodayake kocinsa, Glenn Hoddle, bai soki alamar Clarke ba,  an sake zabar dan wasan ne sau ɗaya a lokacin sauran kakar kuma an ba da rancen sau biyu ga wasu bangarorin Championship; na farko ga kungiyoyin Queens Park Rangers,  sannan ga Plymouth Argyle,  ya kasa zira kwallaye a kowanne.

Clarke ya koma yin wasa a kai a kai ga kungiyar Wolves a lokacin rabin farko na kakar 2006-07 kuma ya sanya kansa burin kwallaye 15 don yakin. Koyaya, a cikin canjin canjin Janairu an sanya shi a cikin jerin sunayen lokacin da manajan Mick McCarthy ya ce yana so ya "farfado" da rundunar yajin aiki.

### Sheffield Laraba
A ranar 15 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 2007, kocin kulob din Sheffield Laraba Brian Laws ya ba da sanarwar cewa Owls sun kammala sanya hannu kan Clarke don kuɗin da ba a bayyana ba, ana zaton kusan £ 300,000 ne sanya hannu kan kwangila har zuwa shekara ta 2009. An ba shi rigar lamba 18, amma kawai ya yi wasanni biyar na maye gurbin kulob din kafin a sanar da cewa zai kwashe wata daya a kan aro a kungiyar Oldham Athletic bayan Clarke ta nemi a ba da rancen don samun lokacin wasa. Dan wasan ya buga wasanni biyar a Oldham, ya zira kwallaye sau uku; burinsa na farko ya zo ne a kan abokan hamayyarsa na League One Doncaster Rovers a cikin nasara 4-0 a ranar 11 ga Maris 2007.

Bayan ya koma Hillsborough, nan da nan aka sanya shi a cikin tawagar farko kuma ya zira kwallaye a farkonsa a nasarar 2-1 a Cardiff City. Matakan farko na kakar 2007-08, ya gan shi kawai ya fara wasa daya duk da haka kuma an sake ba da rancensa, ya shiga League One Southend United har zuwa Janairu a ranar ƙarshe ta taga na canja wuri bazara ta 2007. Bayan ya zira kwallaye a karon farko na kulob dinsa kuma ya kafa sauran kwallaye biyu a nasarar 3-0 a kan Gillingham,  Clarke ya ƙare wannan aro tare da kwallaye takwas daga wasanni 16.  Bayan ya koma kulob din iyayensa an ƙuntata shi zuwa farawa daya da kuma sauye-sauye biyar a sauran kakar 2007-08. 

Kodayake kakar 2008-09 ta fara ne tare da an gaya wa Clarke cewa yanzu ya wuce buƙatu a Sheffield Laraba,  ya kasance tare da kulob din kuma ya sami nasarar dawo da burinsa mafi kyau a gare su yayin da ya ƙare kamfen ɗin tare da kwallaye takwas daga bayyanar 30.  An ba shi lada tare da tsawaita kwangila na ƙarin shekara bayan kocinsa ya yaba masa da yin "babban ci gaba" a cikin shekara.

A kakar wasa mai zuwa Clarke ta zira kwallaye shida, ciki har da daya a kan kungiyar Crystal Palace a ranar karshe ta kakar a wasan da zai iya ganin kowanne bangare ya koma gasar zakarun Turai. Koyaya, yayin murna da burin, ya kori jirgin talla, ya cire yatsansa kuma dole ne a maye gurbinsa. Wasan ya ƙare 2-2, wanda ya ga Laraba ya koma League One .  Kwanaki uku bayan haka an sanar da cewa ba za a ba shi sabon kwangila ba.

### Queens Park Rangers
Clarke ya sanya hannu ga kungiyar Queens Park Rangers a ranar 21 ga Mayu 2010 a kan kwangilar shekaru biyu, tare da manajan Neil Warnock yana mai bayyana cewa ya yi imanin Clarke ya "ba a yi nasara ba" amma "ya cancanci caca". Koyaya, ya yi ƙoƙari ya yi wani tasiri, ya kasa zira kwallaye a wasanni goma sha biyar kafin a ba da rancensa ga Preston North End a watan Janairun 2011 har zuwa ƙarshen kakar. Ya zira kwallaye guda daya a lokacin wasanni shida na Preston a ranar 15 ga Fabrairu 2011 a kan Watford . 

### Garin Swindon
A ranar 19 ga watan Agustan shekara ta 2011, QPR - wanda yanzu ya ci gaba zuwa Premier League - ya tabbatar da cewa an dakatar da kwangilar Clarke ta hanyar yardar juna. A wannan rana, ya sanya hannu a kungiyar League Two ta Swindon Town kan kwangilar shekaru biyu.

Bayan asarar 1-3 ga Southampton, Clarke ta shiga cikin rikici tare da Claudio Donatelli, kocin motsa jiki na Swindon. Bayan kocinsa Paolo Di Canio ya shiga tsakani, an nuna kocin da dan wasan a kyamarorin talabijin suna jayayya kuma dole ne ma'aikatan kocin su raba su. Shugaban Swindon Town Jeremy Wray daga baya ya tabbatar da cewa kulob din zai nemi ya sauke Clarke a aro sakamakon abin da ya faru kuma Di Canio da kansa ya bayyana cewa Clarke ba zai taba buga wa Swindon wasa ba yayin da shi (Di Canio) ya kasance a matsayin manajan.

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