Jamie Clapham

Tottenham Hotspur

Clapham was born in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. His career started at Tottenham Hotspur with Clapham playing for the Spurs' first XI in the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup. Subsequently, he made one first-team league appearance for Spurs, a 2–1 defeat to Coventry City on 11 May 1997. Clapham had loan spells at Leyton Orient (six games between 29 January and 22 February 1997) and Bristol Rovers (five games between 27 March and 26 April the same year).

Ipswich Town

The next season saw him loaned to Ipswich Town for two months between 9 January and 12 March 1998, the move then becoming permanent for a fee of £300,000. He made a total of 175 full and 20 substitute appearances in the league for Ipswich and scored eight goals, the most notable coming from his left-footed free kicks. In 1999, he was voted Ipswich Town's Player of the Year. He also tasted European action with the club, playing 12 games in the UEFA Cup in two successive campaigns, 2001–02 and 2002–03. Ipswich Town's relegation in 2002 led to the club going into administration and created a need to sell players. Clapham was one such player as he was sold.

Birmingham City

He joined Premier League club Birmingham City for £1.3 million in 2003 after four years at Portman Road. He settled into the team and was a virtual ever-present until a hamstring injury forced him out in December 2003. His recovery was hampered when he suffered shingles during February 2004, and he was unable to return…

Tony Mowbray appointed Clapham to a coaching role in Championship club Middlesbrough's academy after Steve Agnew left for Hull City in 2012. Clapham managed the club's under-21 team, and assisted new manager Aitor Karanka with the first team from November 2013 to March 2014. In June 2015, he rejoined Mowbray on the coaching staff at Coventry City. In September 2016, Barnsley manager Paul Heckingbottom brought Clapham into the club as first-team coach on a short-term deal. A few weeks later, his tenure was extended to the end of the season, and extended again in July 2017. Heckingbottom was appointed head coach of Leeds United on 6 February 2018, and took Clapham with him as his assistant. When Heckingbottom was dismissed at the end of the season, Clapham also left the club. On 17 May 2021, Clapham was announced as the new head coach of Loughborough Students. Taking the Scholars to the semi-final of the FA Vase in the 21-22 season.

Clapham's father, Graham Clapham, and grandfather, Bert Wilkinson, were also professional footballers.

Ipswich Town

Football League First Division play-offs: 2000 Notts County

Football League Two: 2009–10 Individual

Ipswich Town Player of the Year: 1998–99