- Mark Blake (footballer born 1970)
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Mark Blake Personal information Full name Mark Anthony Blake Date of birth 16 December 1970 Place of birth Nottingham, England Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Playing position Midfielder Youth career Aston Villa Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1989–1993 Aston Villa 31 (2) 1991 → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) 2 (0) 1993–1994 Portsmouth 15 (0) 1994–1996 Leicester City 47 (4) 1996–1998 Walsall 61 (5) 1999–2001 Mansfield Town 83 (9) 2001–2002 Kidderminster Harriers 24 (4) National team 1990–1991 England U21 9 (1) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Mark Anthony Blake (born 16 December 1970 in Nottingham, England) is a former English professional footballer who played in midfield for seven clubs.
Career
Blake started out as a trainee at Aston Villa, where he played a total of 31 games for Villa, scoring two goals. He had a brief loan spell at Wolverhampton Wanderers during early 1991, before leaving Villa for Portsmouth in August 1993 for £400,000.
He played just 15 games for Portsmouth before he returned to the Midlands less than eight months later when Leicester City paid £360,000 for him in March 1994 on transfer deadline day, two months before they won promotion to the Premier League.[1]
He made 47 appearances for Leicester in two years before he dropped through the leagues to join Walsall. He spent two seasons at Walsall before his contract expired and he signed for Mansfield Town in August 1999. After two seasons and 83 league games he made his final move to Kidderminster Harriers.
References
- ^ Trevor Haylett (1994-03-25). "Football: Peacock goes but Francis stays: Mixed day at Queen's Park Rangers while Limpar joins Everton and Beagrie hops to City - Sport". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-peacock-goes-but-francis-stays-mixed-day-at-queens-park-rangers-while-limpar-joins-everton-and-beagrie-hops-to-city-1431375.html?CMP=ILC-refresh. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
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Categories:- 1970 births
- Living people
- People from Nottingham
- English footballers
- England under-21 international footballers
- Aston Villa F.C. players
- Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players
- Portsmouth F.C. players
- Leicester City F.C. players
- Walsall F.C. players
- Mansfield Town F.C. players
- Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players
- Premier League players
- The Football League players
- English football midfielder, 1970s birth stubs
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