David Clifford (Irish: Daithí Ó Clúmháin) (born 22 January 1999) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays as a corner-forward or full-forward at club level for Fossa and East Kerry and for the Kerry county team.

[2] In addition to Gaelic football, Clifford also played underage soccer, as a centre-half.

[5] Clifford made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he was selected for the Kerry minor team.

He enjoyed two championship seasons with the minor team and won back-to-back Munster and All-Ireland medals in 2016 and 2017.

A week after his first All-Ireland win with Kerry, Clifford scored 1–9 versus Listowel Emmets.

He guided Fossa to their first All-Ireland Junior win in a man of the match performance versus Stewartstown Harps GFC.

At underage level he won two Kerry Minor Football Championship titles in 2016 and 2017.

Clifford scored 0–2 as East Kerry lost to eventual champions Austin Stacks.

His 1-3 helped ensure progression to the Kerry senior final at the expense of Rathmore on a score line of 1-16 to 1-10.

[8] He won his first Munster Senior Football Championship title later that summer after over coming Clare (0–2) and then Cork (0–2) in the final.

In the Super 8 quarter final group stage, Clifford scored 0–7 against Mayo, 0–3 against Donegal and was rested against Meath.

Clifford scored 0–4 in the shock Munster Senior Football Championship semi final loss to Cork.

He won his third Munster Senior Football Championship defeating Clare (1–6), Tipperary (1–2) and Cork (0–1).

In the semi-final he scored 0–4 however, injury prevented Clifford from playing in the final versus Limerick.

He made his season debut as a second-half substitute in Kerry's round 3 league match against Mayo.

He played in the match alongside brother Paudie as a tribute to their mother Ellen Clifford who passed away the previous day.

A man of the match performance in the All Ireland Semi Final ensured Kerry's progress.

Clifford and his girlfriend Shauna O'Connor have one son named Óigí, born in September 2021.

[10] His brother Paudie Clifford is also a member of the Kerry team and a fellow All-Ireland winner.