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Daniel Clark
Clark playing for Estudiantes in 2013
MZT Skopje
PositionPower forward
LeagueEurocup
Adriatic League
Macedonian League
Personal information
Born (1988-09-16) 16 September 1988 (age 36)
Greenwich, London
NationalityBritish
Listed height6 ft 10+3⁄4 in (2.10 m)
Listed weight210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2010: undrafted
Playing career2006–present
Career history
2006–2013CB Estudiantes
2007–2008→ CB Breogán
2013Laboral Kutxa Vitoria
2013–2014CAI Zaragoza
2014–2015Baloncesto Fuenlabrada
2015–2016MoraBanc Andorra
2016–presentMZT Skopje Aerodrom

Daniel Clark (born 16 September 1988), is a British basketball player. Clark is also a member of the British national team.

Early life

Clark is from a well-known British basketball family, his father Mark coached the GB national women’s team from 2006–09 and his mother played for the National team.[1] His sister Ella Clark is also an international basketball player.[2] Clark decided to reject the chance to play college basketball in the United States and instead opted to accept an invitation to play at the academy of Spanish ACB club, CB Estudiantes. Before this, he attended Chingford Foundation School.[2]

Professional career

Coming through the Spanish club's junior ranks, Clark made his full debut in the ACB in December 2006 before spending loan spells in the Spanish second division with the Estudiantes farm team CB Breogan in the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons. Since the start of the 2009-10 Clark established himself into the regular rotation for CB Estudiantes and then into the starting five.

On 20 October 2016, he signed with MZT Skopje Aerodrom [3] [4]


International career

Clark has represented England and Britain at junior and under-20 levels, He earned his first cap for the British senior team in the summer of 2009 and was part of the team that competed at the 2009 Eurobasket in Poland. Clark also represented Team GB at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

References

  1. ^ "England's Dan Clark One To Watch | U18 European Championship Men 2006". FIBA Europe.
  2. ^ a b CHINGFORD FOUNDATION SCHOOL PE DEPARTMENT Hall of Fame
  3. ^ "МЗТ Скопје ќе менува на позицијата „четири", По Мејси, доаѓа Кларк". sportmedia.mk. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  4. ^ "ОФИЦИЈАЛНО: БРИТАНЕЦОТ КЛАРК Е НОВ ЧЛЕН НА МЗТ СКОПЈЕ АЕРОДРОМ". mztskopjeaerodrom.mk. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
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