manageryears birth_date currentclub years youthyears caps goals image_size image name caption fullname birth_place height totalcaps totalgoals youthclubs clubs position managerclubs article_title
2010 -- 2013 2014 -- 16 december 1977 bristol rovers -lrb- manager -rrb- 1987 -- 2007 2007 -- 2013 -- 1995 2001 -- 2007 2005 2005 2006 1987 -- 1995 159 127 1 1 12 138 24 19 0 0 1 12 200 darrell_clarke . jpg darrell clarke clarke pictured in july 2015 . darrell james clarke mansfield , england 5 10 438 56 mansfield town mansfield -rrb- → port vale -lrb- loan -rrb- → rochdale -lrb- town loan -rrb- salisbury city hartlepool united → stockport county -lrb- loan midfielder / winger salisbury city bristol rovers darrell clarke

darrell clarke

darrell james clarke -lrb- born 16 december 1977 -rrb- is an english former professional footballer who is first team manager at league two club bristol rovers .
a midfielder , his career began with mansfield town in 1995 , where he spent the first six years of his career , making 160 league appearances .
in 2001 he transferred to hartlepool united , where he spent another six years , racking up 127 appearances in the league .
he was sent out on loan to stockport county , port vale , and rochdale in the final years of his spell .
in 2007 he left the professional game to sign for salisbury city , before taking up the management position at the club in 2010 .
he led the club to promotion into the conference premier from the southern league with two play-off final victories in three seasons .
he was appointed manager of bristol rovers in march 2014 , but could not prevent the club from dropping out of the football league .
however , one year later , clarke successfully guided bristol rovers back into the football league after winning the 2015 conference premier play-off final .
