Clive Linton Platt (born October 27, 1977 in Wolverhampton, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Colchester United, having previously played for Peterborough United, Notts County, Rochdale, Walsall, and Milton Keynes Dons.

[edit] Career

Platt was born in Wolverhampton and began his playing career with Walsall as an apprentice in 1995. A spell of just 32 games over 4 years saw him loaned to Rochdale in 1999, a loan that secured him a permanent deal for a fee of £100,000 then a club record. Platt went onto make 163 appearances and score 27 goals for the club.

In 2003, Platt signed a monthly deal with Notts County, where he scored just 3 times despite being a first team regular. An indifferent year at Peterborough United followed, where Platt scored just six times.

Platt joined relegation-threatened MK Dons in January 2005 and scored vital goals that year to help save the Dons from relegation, under the guidance of Danny Wilson. However, the 2005-06 season wasn't much better for MK Dons, as they fought relegation again. Platt had a relatively fruitless campaign, but a good run of form towards the end of the season saw him finish second in the League One Player of the Month award for May, and almost save the Dons from relegation.

The 2006-07 season saw MK Dons fighting for promotion from League Two. This turned out to be Platt's best season in terms of strike-rate, with him finding the net 18 times, before suffering an injury that caused him to miss the first leg of a play-off game against Shrewsbury Town and have an indifferent second leg.

In July 2007, Platt was sold to Championship side Colchester United for £300,000 six times Colchester's previous transfer record.^[1] Before the transfer, Colchester had recently lost star goal-scorers Chris Iwelumo and Jamie Cureton to Charlton Athletic and Norwich City respectively.

In the 2007-08 Season he was paired upfront with Kevin Lisbie Scoring 8 Goals. However in the 2008-09 Season he had many different strike partners including Steven Gillespie, Mark Yeates, Scott Vernon, Jermaine Easster and many others he notched in 10 Goals that season. In the 2009-10 season he was once again paired upfront with Kevin Lisbie and scored 2 goals on the opening day of the season.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Clive Platt player profile at cu-fc.com
• Clive Platt player profile at rochdalefc.co.uk
• Clive Platt career stats at Soccerbase
• Profile at UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database

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