Steve Clarke

Not to be confused with Steve Clark.

Stephen Clarke (born 29 August 1963) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of the Scotland national team.

Steve Clarke

Clarke as manager of Scotland in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Stephen Clarke[1]
Date of birth	(1963-08-29) 29 August 1963 (age 62)[1]
Place of birth	Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s)	Right-back[3]
Team information
Current team	Scotland (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Beith Juniors
1982–1987	St Mirren	200	(7)
1987–1998	Chelsea	330	(7)
Total		530	(14)
International career
1983[4]	Scotland U19
1983–1985[5]	Scotland U21	8	(0)
1987–1990[6]	Scotland B	2	(0)
1987–1994	Scotland	6	(0)
Managerial career
1999	Newcastle United (caretaker)
2012–2013	West Bromwich Albion
2014–2015	Reading
2017–2019	Kilmarnock
2019–	Scotland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Scotland[7]	1987	3	0
	1988	2	0
	1994	1	0
Total		6	0

Managerial record

As of match played 12 October 2025

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record					Ref
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Newcastle United (caretaker)	28 August 1999	2 September 1999	1	0	0	1	000.00	[8][9]
West Bromwich Albion	8 June 2012	14 December 2013	60	19	15	26	031.67	[10][9][11]
Reading	16 December 2014	4 December 2015	53	19	14	20	035.85	[9]
Kilmarnock	14 October 2017	20 May 2019	79	40	22	17	050.63	[12][13]
Scotland	20 May 2019	Present	72	32	16	24	044.44	[14][a]
Total			265	110	67	88	041.51

1. Clarke's profile at the Scottish Football Association website records Scotland's penalty shootout victories over Israel and Serbia in 2020 as wins;^[15] most statistical resources record the outcomes of such matches as a draw, albeit the winner of the shootout progresses, and they have been counted as draws in the table.

Honours

Player

Chelsea

• FA Cup: 1996–97^[16]
• Football League Cup: 1997–98^[17]
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1997–98^[18]

Individual

• Chelsea Player of the Year: 1994^[19]
• Chelsea Centenary XI: 2004–05^[20]

Assistant Manager

Chelsea

• Premier League: 2004–05, 2005–06,
• FA Cup: 2006–07
• Football League Cup: 2004–05

Manager

Scotland

• UEFA Nations League
  • League B (1): 2022–23

Individual

• SFWA Manager of the Year: 2017–18,^[21] 2018–19^[22]
• PFA Scotland Manager of the Year: 2018–19^[23]
• SPFL Premiership Manager of the Year: 2018–19^[24]
• Premier League Manager of the Month: November 2012^[25]
• Scottish Premiership Manager of the Month: December 2017,^[26] February 2018,^[27] March 2018^[28]