Daniel Clark is a British basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 player currently with CB Estudiantes

CB Estudiantes

Club Baloncesto Estudiantes, S.A.D., known as Asefa Estudiantes for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball team based in the city of Madrid, Community of Madrid. It is member of the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto . Founded in 1948, it is one of the most recognized basketball teams in Spain...

 of the Spanish Basketball League. Clark is also a member of the British national team.

Early life

Clark is from a well-known British basketball family, his father Mark coached the GB national women’s team from 2006–09 and his mother played for the National team. Clark decided to reject the chance to play college basketball in the United States and instead opted to accept an invitation to play at the academy of Spanish ACB club, CB Estudiantes

CB Estudiantes

Club Baloncesto Estudiantes, S.A.D., known as Asefa Estudiantes for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball team based in the city of Madrid, Community of Madrid. It is member of the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto . Founded in 1948, it is one of the most recognized basketball teams in Spain...

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Professional career

Coming through the Spanish club's junior ranks, Clark made his full debut in the ACB in December 2006 before spending loan spells in the Spanish second division with the Estudiantes farm team CB Breogan

CB Breogan

Club Baloncesto Breogán, S.A.D. is a professional Basketball team based in Lugo, Galicia. The team currently plays in league LEB.-Roster:-Trophies:*2nd division championships: ** 2ª División: 1975** 1ª División B: 1984, 1988...

in the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons. Since the start of the 2009-10 Clark established himself into the regular rotation for CB Estudiantes and then into the starting five.

International career

Clark has represented England and Britain at junior and under-20 levels, He earned his first cap for the British senior team in the summer of 2009 and was part of the team that competed at the 2009 Eurobasket in Poland.