Akel Clarke

Akel Clarke
Clarke with Guyana at the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Personal information
Full name Akel Kayode Clarke
Date of birth (1988-10-25) 25 October 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Georgetown, Guyana
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Mount Pleasant Football Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Defence Force
2012–2014 St. Ann's Rangers
2014–2017 Central
2017–2018 North East Stars
2018 Fruta Conquerors
2019–2020 Walking Boyz Company
2020- Mount Pleasant Football Academy
International career
2011– Guyana 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 June 2019

Akel Kayode Clarke (born 25 October 1988) is a professional Guyanese football player. He plays in Jamaica for Mount Pleasant Football Academy.

Career

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Club

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Clarke has played club football in Guyana, Trinidad, Suriname and Jamaica

International

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He made his Guyana national football team debut on 29 May 2011 in a friendly against Barbados, as a starter.[1]

He was selected for Guayana's 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad and started the country's very first game in the history of the tournament against the United States on 18 June 2019.[2]

Despite cancellation of a match in Barbados for the CONCACACF 2021 Gold Cup Qualifiers in March 2020, Clarke maintained a training regiment in preparation for a return to football after COVID-19.[3] Late 2020 he signed with the Red Stripe Premier League club Mount Pleasant Football Academy (based in St. Ann, Jamaica) after release from Western Tigers.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Barbados v Guyana game report". Soccerway. 29 May 2011.
  2. ^ "United States v Guyana game report". CONCACAF. 18 June 2019. Archived from the original on 29 November 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Clarke still training despite shutdown". Stabroek News. 2020-04-16. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  4. ^ "Akel Clarke inks deal with Jamaica club". Stabroek News. 2020-11-20. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
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