Former footballer and PFA chairman Clarke Carlisle missing as concerns grow about his welfare
His wife sent out the appeal on Twitter on Friday
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Your support makes all the difference.The family of former footballer and Professional Footballer’s Association chairman Clarke Carlisle have urged people to get in touch if they know of his whereabouts as concerns grow for his welfare.
According to his wife Carrie, who sent out the appeal on Twitter, Carlisle was last seen in Manchester in the early hours of Friday.
She wrote: “#Missing Clarkes last known whereabouts was Manchester city centre at 6am. If you see him please get in touch.”
The 37-year-old has previously suffered with depression and mental health issues and spent six weeks in a psychiatric unit in 2015 when he was hit by a lorry after walking in front of it trying to kill himself on the A64 near York, in December 2014.
He has also had issues with alcohol and was charged with a drink-driving offence just two days before the accident nearly three years ago.
Carlisle played for a number of Premier League clubs, including Burnley, Queens Park Rangers and Leeds United and was named PFA chairman in 2010. In 2015, he launched a mental health charity called the Clarke Carlisle Foundation for Dual Diagnosis.
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