 Jade Clarke in 2008 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jade Bridget Clarke | ||
| Born |
17 October 1983 Manchester, England | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Relatives | Ashley Hall (née Clarke) | ||
| Netball career | |||
| Playing position(s): WD, C, WA | |||
| Years | Club team(s) | Apps | |
| 2005–2009, 2016 | Loughborough Lightning | ||
| 2009 | Northern Thunder | ||
| 2010 | Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic | ||
| 2012 | Northern Mystics | ||
| 2013–2014 | Canterbury Tactix | ||
| 2015 | New South Wales Swifts | ||
| 2016–2017 | Adelaide Thunderbirds | ||
| 2018–2020 | Wasps Netball | ||
| 2020–2022 | Leeds Rhinos Netball | ||
| 2023 | London Pulse | ||
| Years | National team(s) | Caps | |
| 2002–present |
 England | 214 | |
Medal record | |||
| Last updated: 18 May 2023 | |||
Jade Bridget Clarke MBE (born 17 October 1983 in Manchester, England)[1] is an English netball player. Primarily a midcourt defender, Clarke was selected for the England national netball team in 2002, making her senior debut the following year against New Zealand. During her international career, she has competed at six Netball World Cups/Championships (2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023), four Commonwealth Games (2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018), and the 2009 and 2011 World Netball Series.[2]
She is England's most-capped player and the most-capped player for a single country.[3]
Clarke started her club netball in the Netball Superleague. She played four seasons with Loughborough Lightning before switching to the Northern Thunder for 2009–10.[4] In 2010, Clarke was signed to play in the Australasian ANZ Championship with New Zealand–based team the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic, as a Temporary Replacement Player for injured midcourter Peta Scholz.[5][6]
In 2012, she signed on to play for the NZ Franchise, Northern Mystics for the ANZ Championships. She signed with the Canterbury Tactix for the 2013 season. After 2 seasons with the Canterbury Tactix Clarke signed with the Sydney-based NSW Swifts signing as their import player.
In September 2015, it was confirmed that she had re-signed for Loughborough Lightning.[7] On 20 February 2016, it was announced she would be returning to Australia to play for Adelaide Thunderbirds.[8] She stayed in Australia until 2018, when she returned to England to play for Wasps Netball.[9]
In 2020, Clarke was announced as the first player of the newly formed Leeds Rhinos.[10] In 2023, she joined London Pulse.[11]
She made her debut in 2003 in her home city of Manchester against New Zealand.[3]
In 2011, she was named as the captain of England, after the retirement of Karen Atkinson after the 2011 Netball World Championships. She captained them to a first ever gold medal in the 2011 World Netball Series.
On 21 September 2014, Clarke was inducted into the England Netball Hall of Fame.[12]
Clarke was a member of the gold medal winning England team at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. She was also selected in the 12-player squad for the Roses at the 2019 Netball World Cup.[13]
On the 25 January 2023, Clarke became only the second netballer to reach 200 international caps.[3] Clarke was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to netball.[14][15]
Jade Clarke was born in 1983 in Manchester and later studied Sports Science at Loughborough University.[1]
