is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Northern Premier League Premier Division club Prescot Cables.

Clarke began his career with Everton. During his time there, he made nine league appearances and had loan spells with Blackpool, Port Vale and Coventry City. He then joined Blackpool permanently in 2004, where he also captained the club. He also captained Southend United, who he joined in 2006 before joining Huddersfield Town in 2009. He helped the \"Terriers\" to win promotion out of League One via the play-offs in 2012. He returned to Blackpool in July 2014 but was released after the club were relegated at the end of the season. He joined Bury in May 2015 and then moved on to Oldham Athletic in July 2016. He rejoined former club Bury on loan in January 2018 and signed with Fleetwood Town in August 2019 following his release from Oldham. He moved on to Tranmere Rovers in January 2020 and played for the club in 2021 EFL Trophy final. He joined Walsall in June 2022 and was loaned to Oldham Athletic five months later. He signed with non-League club Warrington Town in July 2023 and moved on to Prescot Cables after two seasons.

He won the Player of the Season award at Blackpool, Southend, Huddersfield (twice), Bury and Oldham Athletic (twice) in the 2004–05, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2015–16, 2016–17 and 2018–19 seasons respectively. Clarke also gained eight caps for the England under-21 team between 2002 and 2003. At the age of 40, he was named in both the EFL League Two Team of the Season and PFA Team of the Year for the 2021–22 campaign.