Ray Clarke (born 25 September 1952) is an English retired professional footballer who played in England for Tottenham Hotspur, Swindon Town, Mansfield Town, Brighton & Hove Albion and Newcastle United, in the Netherlands for Sparta Rotterdam and Ajax Amsterdam, and in Belgium for Club Brugge.

[1] Clarke was chief international scout for Scottish side Celtic.

Clarke was appointed chief scout of Portsmouth in September 2009.

[3] By September 2010, Clarke was working as a scout at Middlesbrough, renewing his ties with Gordon Strachan who was his boss during his time at Celtic.

[4] On 7 September 2012, he was appointed Head Scout at Blackburn Rovers[5] Ajax