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Mark Chamberlain Personal information Full name Mark Valentine Chamberlain Date of birth 19 November 1961 Place of birth Stoke-on-Trent, England Playing position Winger Club information Current club Portsmouth (coach) Youth career 1976–1978 Port Vale Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1978–1982 Port Vale 96 (18) 1982–1985 Stoke City 111 (17) 1985–1988 Sheffield Wednesday 66 (8) 1988–1994 Portsmouth 167 (20) 1994–1995 Brighton & Hove Albion 19 (2) 1995–1997 Exeter City 59 (4) 1997–1998 Fareham Town (player-manager) Total 518+ (69+) National team 1982–1984 England U21 4 (1) 1982–1984 England 8 (1) Teams managed 1997–1998 Fareham Town (player-manager) 2008 East Timor (assistant manager) 2008– Portsmouth (coach) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Mark Valentine Chamberlain (born 19 November 1961 in Stoke-on-Trent) is an English retired international footballer. He is the younger brother of Neville Chamberlain, and the father of Arsenal and England U21 player Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
He began his professional playing career with Port Vale in 1978, where he remained for four years before being sold on to rivals Stoke City, having already been selected for the PFA Fourth Division Team of the Year in 1981–82. In 1985 he signed with Sheffield Wednesday, before he moved on to Portsmouth three years later. He remained with Pompey until 1994, at which point he transferred to Brighton & Hove Albion. The following year he joined Exeter City, before entering into management at Fareham Town in 1997. Between 1982 and 1984 he won four caps for the England under-21s and eight caps for the senior team.
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Club career
Born in Stoke-on-Trent to British Jamaican parents, Chamberlain started his career with Port Vale, making his debut as a substitute in a 2–2 home draw with Scunthorpe United on 19 August 1978, aged 16. His full debut came on 14 April 1979 in a 3–2 home win over Barnsley, he turned professional the following month. He was a first team regular from October 1980 and became an ever-present in the 1980–81 season, also being selected in the PFA Fourth Division team and chosen as The Star's best player of the division. He was sold to local rivals Stoke City in August 1982, along with Mark Harrison for a combined fee of £180,000.[1] Asked if this move caused him to receive any "stick" from his friends, he replied: "No not really. Mind you I wouldn't, I didn't really have any mates."[2]
In September 1985 he moved on to Sheffield Wednesday,[3] playing 66 games before transferring to Portsmouth in 1988. He played 167 games over six years, helping Portsmouth to the 1992 FA Cup semi final where they lost on a penalty shootout to Liverpool, before moving on to Brighton & Hove Albion in August 1994.[4] The following year he switched to Exeter City, where he ended his league career in 1997.
International career
Chamberlain broke into the England squad under Bobby Robson during his first season at Stoke, scoring on his debut against Luxembourg on 15 December 1982, at age 21. He picked up a further seven caps over the next two years. Some believed he could have gone on to pick up many more caps,[5] and Graham Barnett in particularly said that he was "like a bloody gazelle... a black jewel... he's got the bloody lot... he's class... so much better than John Barnes."[6]
Post-retirement
He became player-manager of non league Fareham Town. In April 2008, he accepted an offer to become the assistant coach of the East Timor national football team. In September 2008 he joined the coaching staff at Portsmouth.
Personal life
He lives with his family in Port Solent. His son, Alex, plays for Arsenal. Mark's older brother Neville was also a professional footballer. When the pair played together for Port Vale they used to swap shirts at half-time so as to confuse opposition players attempting to mark him.[7]
Honours
- Individual
- PFA Fourth Division Team of the Year: 1981–82
References
- ^ Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 57. ISBN 0952915200. http://www.amazon.ca/Port-Vale-Personalities-Jeff-Kent/dp/0952915200.
- ^ Smyth, Rob (21 February 2009). "Saturday clockwatch - as it happened!". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/feb/21/premier-league-clockwatch. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
- ^ "Stoke City FC 1982-1985". sporting-heroes.net. http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=16584. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
- ^ "Portsmouth FC 1988-1994". sporting-heroes.net. http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=16586. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
- ^ "Mark Chamberlain". Port Vale. 19 June 2007. http://www.port-vale.co.uk/page/FormerPlayers/0,,10381~605344,00.html. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
- ^ Kent, Jeff (December 1991). Port Vale Tales: A Collection Of Stories, Anecdotes And Memories. Witan Books. pp. 29. ISBN 0950898163.
- ^ Kent, Jeff (December 1991). Port Vale Tales: A Collection Of Stories, Anecdotes And Memories. Witan Books. pp. 10. ISBN 0950898163.
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1981–82 Football League Fourth Division PFA Team of the Year GK: Keith Waugh · DF: Ces Podd · DF: Paul Hilton · DF: Colin Methven · DF: Steve Sherlock · MF: Billy Kellock · MF: Roger Osborne · MF: Micky Gynn · FW: Bobby Campbell · FW: Mark Chamberlain · FW: Craig MaddenCategories:- Sportspeople from Stoke-on-Trent
- English footballers
- Association football wingers
- Black British sportspeople
- English people of Jamaican descent
- Fareham Town F.C. players
- Port Vale F.C. players
- Stoke City F.C. players
- Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players
- Portsmouth F.C. players
- Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
- Exeter City F.C. players
- England international footballers
- England under-21 international footballers
- 1961 births
- Living people
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