Leighton Clarkson is an English centre midfielder, born on 19 October 2001 (age 24), now with Blackpool, where he wears the number 7 shirt. His market value is around £850,000, according to Transfermarkt.
His career has been shaped above all by Aberdeen. An early loan spell there gave him regular senior football and, more importantly, a proper place in a first team. The 2022-23 league season was his most productive, with five goals in 34 appearances, and it set the tone for a longer association with the club.
Across four seasons at Aberdeen, Clarkson made 117 league appearances and scored 12 league goals. That is the body of work that gives his career its substance so far: steady involvement, a clear role in midfield, and enough end product to keep him above the level of a tidy passer with little else attached.
He is now at Blackpool. In 2026-27 he has made two League One appearances and two League Cup appearances, scoring once in the League Cup. Overall, it is a career still centred on what he built at Aberdeen, with Blackpool the next stage rather than the main chapter yet.
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