Ray Clarke (English footballer)

Ray Clarke (born 25 September 1952) is an English retired professional footballer who played in England for Tottenham Hotspur, Swindon Town, Mansfield Town, Brighton & Hove Albion and Newcastle United, in the Netherlands for Sparta Rotterdam and Ajax Amsterdam, and in Belgium for Club Brugge.

Clarke was chief international scout for Scottish side Celtic. Clarke left the position in June 2009.

Clarke was appointed chief scout of Portsmouth in September 2009.

By September 2010, Clarke was working as a scout at Middlesbrough, renewing his ties with Gordon Strachan who was his boss during his time at Celtic.

On 7 September 2012, he was appointed Head Scout at Blackburn Rovers

Honors
Ajax
 * Eredivisie: 1978–79
 * KNVB Cup: 1978–79