David Clarkson — Profile, Stats, Transfers

Career snapshot

6

clubs played for

02/03

debut season

0.2

goals / match

Motherwell FC

top club · 236 apps

Position rank · 16/17

#1743

goals rank

#1221

assists rank

88

season goals

40

season assists

Among 2,774 Attack - Centre-Forwards · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€1.00m

peak value · 2008

€950k

top transfer fee · 09/10

14

best season · 08/09

14 / 2

int'l caps / goals

Born the same day

Jukka Santala

Attack - Centre-Forward · Retired

Christopher Tadrosse

Defender - Left-Back · Retired

Daryl Smylie

Midfield - Attacking Midfield · Bankeryds SK

Augusto Mainguyague

Defender - Centre-Back · Retired

Shares 1985-09-10 · 6 players total

438Appearances

88Goals

40Assists

42Yellow cards

3Red cards

94Full matches (90′)

Full name	David Clarkson
Name in home country	David Thomas Clarkson
Date of birth	1985-09-10 (40 yrs)
Place of birth	Bellshill, Scotland
Citizenship	Scotland
Position	Attack - Centre-Forward (main: Attack)
Foot	right
Height	178.00 m
Current club	Retired
Joined	2018-01-17
Contract expires	—
Agent	Relatives

Jan 2018

Transfer: Without Club → Retired

17/18 · Transfer

Jul 2017

Transfer: St. Mirren → Without Club

17/18 · Transfer

Feb 2017

Injury: unknown

16 games missed

Jul 2016

16/17 — St. Mirren FC

24 matches · 4 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2016

Transfer: Motherwell FC → St. Mirren

16/17 · Transfer

May 2016

Transfer: St. Mirren → Motherwell FC

15/16 · Return from loan

Jan 2016

Transfer: Motherwell FC → St. Mirren

15/16 · Loan

Jul 2015

15/16 — St. Mirren FC, Motherwell FC

20 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2015

Transfer: Dundee FC → Motherwell FC

15/16 · Transfer

Sep 2014

Transfer: Without Club → Dundee FC

14/15 · Transfer

Jul 2014

14/15 — Dundee FC

24 matches · 9 G · 4 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2014

Transfer: Bristol Rovers → Without Club

14/15 · Transfer

Jul 2013

13/14 — Bristol Rovers

40 matches · 6 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2012

Transfer: Bristol City → Bristol Rovers

12/13 · Transfer

Jul 2012

12/13 — Bristol Rovers

29 matches · 7 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions

Oct 2011

Transfer: Brentford → Bristol City

11/12 · Return from loan

Sep 2011

Transfer: Bristol City → Brentford

11/12 · Loan

Jul 2011

11/12 — Bristol City, Brentford FC

10 matches · 1 G · 3 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2010

10/11 — Bristol City

36 matches · 7 G · 5 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2009

09/10 — Bristol City

27 matches · 4 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2009

Transfer: Motherwell FC → Bristol City

09/10 · Transfer · €950k

Jul 2008

08/09 — Motherwell FC

38 matches · 14 G · 4 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2007

07/08 — Motherwell FC

39 matches · 13 G · 8 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2006

06/07 — Motherwell FC

26 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2005

05/06 — Motherwell FC

28 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2004

04/05 — Motherwell FC

38 matches · 3 G · 4 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2003

03/04 — Motherwell FC

39 matches · 12 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2002

02/03 — Motherwell FC

20 matches · 3 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2002

Transfer: Motherwell FC U17 → Motherwell FC

02/03 · Transfer

Jan 1970

Peak market value: €1.00m

Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 1024 other Attack - Centre-Forwards with ≥500 minutes in 16/17. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals4 total · 0.36/90

32

Assists2 total · 0.18/90

50

G+A6 total · 0.54/90

33

Yellow cards3 total · 0.27/90

58

Minutes played by club

St. Mirren FC 22.7%

Motherwell FC 55.5%

Dundee FC 3.6%

Bristol Rovers 9.2%

Bristol City 5.5%

Brentford FC 3.5%

Club	Seasons	First	Last	Matches	Goals	Assists	Minutes
St. Mirren FC	2	15/16	16/17	36	5	4	1,910
Motherwell FC	8	02/03	15/16	236	49	20	4,675
Dundee FC	1	14/15	14/15	24	9	4	307
Bristol Rovers	2	12/13	13/14	69	13	2	772
Bristol City	3	09/10	11/12	68	11	7	460
Brentford FC	1	11/12	11/12	5	1	3	294

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

Goals by season

Assists by season

Season	Competition	Club	Matches	Goals	Assists	YC	RC	Minutes
16/17	Betfred Cup	St. Mirren FC	4	2	0	1	0	161
16/17	Championship	St. Mirren FC	16	1	2	2	0	701
16/17	Irn-Bru Cup	St. Mirren FC	3	1	0	0	0	138
16/17	SFA Cup	St. Mirren FC	1	0	0	0	0	0
15/16	Championship	St. Mirren FC	12	1	2	0	0	910
15/16	Premiership	Motherwell FC	7	0	0	0	0	0
15/16	SCL by Utilita	Motherwell FC	1	0	0	0	0	0
15/16	SFA Cup	Motherwell FC	0	0	0	0	0	0
14/15	League Cup	Dundee FC	0	0	0	0	0	0
14/15	Premiership	Dundee FC	22	8	4	4	0	185
14/15	SFA Cup	Dundee FC	2	1	0	1	0	122
13/14	EFL Trophy	Bristol Rovers	1	0	0	1	0	0
13/14	FA Cup	Bristol Rovers	4	0	0	0	0	0
13/14	League Cup	Bristol Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0
13/14	League Two	Bristol Rovers	34	6	0	0	1	370
12/13	EFL Trophy	Bristol Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0
12/13	FA Cup	Bristol Rovers	1	1	0	0	0	90
12/13	League Cup	Bristol Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0
12/13	League Two	Bristol Rovers	26	6	2	3	0	312
11/12	Championship	Bristol City	4	0	0	0	0	0
11/12	EFL Trophy	Brentford FC	1	0	2	0	0	0
11/12	FA Cup	Bristol City	1	0	0	0	0	0
11/12	League One	Brentford FC	4	1	1	0	0	294
10/11	Championship	Bristol City	34	7	5	2	0	222
10/11	FA Cup	Bristol City	1	0	0	0	0	0
10/11	League Cup	Bristol City	1	0	0	0	0	0
09/10	Championship	Bristol City	26	4	2	1	0	238
09/10	FA Cup	Bristol City	1	0	0	0	0	0
08/09	Co-op. Ins. Cup	Motherwell FC	1	0	0	0	0	0
08/09	Premiership	Motherwell FC	33	13	4	6	1	197
08/09	SFA Cup	Motherwell FC	2	1	0	0	0	151
08/09	UEFA Cup	Motherwell FC	2	0	0	0	0	0
07/08	CIS Insur. Cup	Motherwell FC	2	1	0	1	0	176
07/08	Premiership	Motherwell FC	35	12	8	7	0	241
07/08	SFA Cup	Motherwell FC	2	0	0	0	0	0
06/07	CIS Insur. Cup	Motherwell FC	1	1	0	1	0	90
06/07	Premiership	Motherwell FC	25	1	1	4	1	1,482
05/06	CIS Insur. Cup	Motherwell FC	0	0	0	0	0	0
05/06	Premiership	Motherwell FC	28	2	1	0	0	563
04/05	CIS Insur. Cup	Motherwell FC	3	0	0	0	0	0
04/05	Premiership	Motherwell FC	35	3	4	4	0	768
03/04	Premiership	Motherwell FC	38	12	0	4	0	232
03/04	SFA Cup	Motherwell FC	1	0	0	0	0	0
02/03	Premiership	Motherwell FC	14	2	0	0	0	403
02/03	Premiership Relegation	Motherwell FC	5	1	2	0	0	372
02/03	SFA Cup	Motherwell FC	1	0	0	0	0	0

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Market value	Fee
02/03	2002-07-01	Motherwell FC U17	Motherwell FC	Transfer	0	—
09/10	2009-07-01	Motherwell FC	Bristol City	Transfer	850000	€950k
11/12	2011-09-01	Bristol City	Brentford	Loan	850000	—
11/12	2011-10-01	Brentford	Bristol City	Return from loan	850000	—
12/13	2012-07-27	Bristol City	Bristol Rovers	Transfer	250000	—
14/15	2014-07-01	Bristol Rovers	Without Club	Transfer	250000	—
14/15	2014-09-08	Without Club	Dundee FC	Transfer	250000	—
15/16	2015-07-01	Dundee FC	Motherwell FC	Transfer	350000	—
15/16	2016-01-27	Motherwell FC	St. Mirren	Loan	300000	—
15/16	2016-05-02	St. Mirren	Motherwell FC	Return from loan	300000	—
16/17	2016-07-01	Motherwell FC	St. Mirren	Transfer	300000	—
17/18	2017-07-01	St. Mirren	Without Club	Transfer	225000	—
17/18	2018-01-17	Without Club	Retired	Transfer	0	—

Season	Injury	From	To	Days missed	Games missed
16/17	Cruciate ligament tear	2017-02-15	2018-01-01	321	16

Current—

Peak€1.00m

Low—

Δ since start−€50k

Date	Value
Jan 1, 1970	—
Jan 1, 1970	€225k
Jan 1, 1970	€300k
Jan 1, 1970	€350k
Jan 1, 1970	€250k
Jan 1, 1970	€250k
Jan 1, 1970	€500k
Jan 1, 1970	€850k
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€450k
Jan 1, 1970	€200k
Jan 1, 1970	€350k
Jan 1, 1970	€50k

Team	Shirt	Matches	Goals	Debut	Age at debut	Status
Team #26399	—	1	0	—	—	former national player
Team #17622	—	0	0	—	—	former national player
Team #16868	—	11	1	—	—	former national player
Team #3380	—	2	1	—	—	former national player

Teammate	PPG played with	Joint goals
Mark Reynolds	1	0
Tom Parkes	1	0
Michael Smith	1	1
Shaun Fagan	1	0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Goals	Matches
08/09	Premiership	Motherwell FC	13	33
07/08	Premiership	Motherwell FC	12	35
03/04	Premiership	Motherwell FC	12	38

Top assist seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Assists	Matches
07/08	Premiership	Motherwell FC	8	35
10/11	Championship	Bristol City	5	34
04/05	Premiership	Motherwell FC	4	35

Every loan spell across this player's career.

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Fee	Value at transfer
15/16	2016-05-02	St. Mirren	Motherwell FC	Return from loan	—	€300k
15/16	2016-01-27	Motherwell FC	St. Mirren	Loan	—	€300k
11/12	2011-10-01	Brentford	Bristol City	Return from loan	—	€850k
11/12	2011-09-01	Bristol City	Brentford	Loan	—	€850k

Teams faced most often by David Clarkson's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

Opponent	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Milton Keynes Dons	38	15	14	9	56	49	+7	39%
Huddersfield Town	38	12	9	17	61	53	+8	32%
Oldham Athletic	36	21	10	5	54	28	+26	58%
Swindon Town	34	12	8	14	44	39	+5	35%
Walsall FC	34	13	12	9	52	37	+15	38%
Leyton Orient	32	11	8	13	46	55	-9	34%
Tranmere Rovers	32	16	7	9	47	31	+16	50%
Nottingham Forest	30	11	10	9	42	38	+4	37%
Hartlepool United	30	10	13	7	36	33	+3	33%
Colchester United	30	12	10	8	39	34	+5	40%
Yeovil Town	30	13	6	11	43	39	+4	43%
Rotherham United	30	12	7	11	41	39	+2	40%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / Year	Milestone	Date
02/03	Senior debut season
02/03	First senior goal
09/10	Goal #50 (career)

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

Season	Matches	Mins	YC	RC	Cards / 90′
16/17	24	1,000	3	0	0.27
14/15	24	307	5	0	1.47
13/14	40	370	1	1	0.49
12/13	29	402	3	0	0.67
10/11	36	222	2	0	0.81
09/10	27	238	1	0	0.38
08/09	38	348	6	1	1.81
07/08	39	417	8	0	1.73
06/07	26	1,572	5	1	0.34
04/05	38	768	4	0	0.47
03/04	39	232	4	0	1.55