Jonson Scott Clarke-Harris (born 21 July 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL League One side Rotherham United.
Clarke-Harris made his professional debut as a substitute on 10 August 2010 in a 2–0 League Cup loss to Morecambe, coming on to replace David Bell after 68 minutes, becoming the youngest player to ever appear for Coventry City at the age of 16 years and 20 days.
[citation needed] On 1 September 2014, Rotherham United announced that they had signed Clarke-Harris for a club record fee, rumored to be in the region of £350,000.
[16] Inconsistent form within the Rotherham side that season led to him leaving the club on two different loan spells to get some game time.
Consequently, manager Steve Evans sanctioned a potential loan move to Colchester United, and in hindsight said that Clarke-Harris' Rotherham career was nearly over.
[18] His impressive performance led to him starting the following game against Queens Park Rangers, where he scored Rotherham's first goal in a 4–2 defeat.
[22] On 16 January 2015, Clarke-Harris signed on loan for Milton Keynes Dons on a short one-month deal until 21 February 2015.
[26] After scoring four goals in 21 appearances in the during his loan spell, aiding the club to promotion to League One via the play-offs, Clarke-Harris signed a two-year contract to join the Sky Blues on a permanent deal.
[33] Clarke-Harris won his second player of the month award in September 2019, scoring five goals in five matches including an impressive overhead kick in a 3–3 draw with Accrington Stanley.
[34] In what turned out to be his last match for the club, Clarke-Harris scored a double as Rovers shocked promotion-chasing Sunderland before the premature end to the season.
[35] In summer of 2020, with just a year remaining on his Rovers contract, Clarke-Harris opted against signing an extension and on 27 August 2020, rejoined Peterborough United on a four-year deal for £1.4 million.
[37] On 12 December 2020, Clarke-Harris scored a hat-trick in the first 22 minutes of a 4–1 victory over Rochdale, taking his tally for the season to 11, making him the top scorer of the league.
[45] The 2021–22 season saw Peterborough relegated back to League One with a 1–0 home defeat to Nottingham Forest with two matches left to play confirming their fate.