Mark Hateley

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Mark Hateley
Full name	Mark Wayne Hateley
Date of birth	November 7, 1961
Place of birth	Wallasey, England
Position	Striker
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1978-1983 1983-1984 1984-1987 1987-1990 1990-1995 1995-1997 1996 1997 1997-1998 1999	Coventry City Portsmouth AC Milan AS Monaco Rangers Queens Park Rangers Leeds United (loan) Rangers Hull City Ross County	113 (34) 44 (25) 66 (17) 59 (22) 214 (111) 33 (5) 6 (0) 4 (1) 29 (3) 2 (0)
National team
1981-1984 1984-1992	England U21 England	10 (8) 32 (8)
Teams managed
1997-1999	Hull City
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Mark Wayne Hateley (born November 7, 1961) was an English football (soccer) player who played as a centre-forward. He was capped 32 times for the English national team.

Arguably Hateley's best days were at Rangers, where he scored both goals in a title-clinching 2-0 victory against Aberdeen on the final day of the 1990-91 season. He left Rangers in 1995, with family problems suspected to be the catalyst for the move. However, in 1997, with Rangers trying to win their ninth title in a row, and with a huge injury list, manager Walter Smith desperately needed a striker, and re-signed Hateley for the vital game against Rangers' biggest rivals, Celtic. Rangers won the game 1-0, but Hateley was sent off. However, most commentators thought that the mere presence of Hateley had given Rangers a psychological advantage and that it was a signing that had paid off. Rangers eventually won the league, with the game versus Celtic seen as the unofficial clincher.

Hateley also played for the club sides Ross County, Hull City, QPR, AS Monaco, A.C. Milan, Portsmouth and Coventry.

Hateley now does commentary work on Scottish Premier League matches for Setanta Sports.

His father, Tony, was also an English striker who played for a great many clubs including Notts County F.C. and Liverpool F.C..

Mark Hateley managed Hull City between 1997 and 1999, but left after two unproductive seasons which saw them struggling near the foot of the Football League and overshadowed by the constant fear of extinction.

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Preceded by: Andy Goram	Scottish Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year 1994	Succeeded by: Brian Laudrup
Preceded by: Andy Goram	Scottish PFA Players' Player of the Year 1994	Succeeded by: Brian Laudrup

	England squad - 1986 World Cup Quarter-Finalists
1 Shilton \| 2 Gary Stevens \| 3 Sansom \| 4 Hoddle \| 5 Martin \| 6 Butcher \| 7 Bryan Robson \| 8 Wilkins \| 9 Hateley \| 10 Lineker \| 11 Waddle \| 12 Anderson \| 13 Woods \| 14 Fenwick \| 15 Gary A. Stevens \| 16 Reid \| 17 Steven \| 18 Hodge \| 19 Barnes \| 20 Beardsley \| 21 Dixon \| 22 Bailey \| Coach: Bobby Robson