Mark Aizlewood

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Mark Aizlewood
Personal information
Full name	Mark Aizlewood
Date of birth	1 October 1959 (1959-10-01) (age 48)
Place of birth	Newport, Wales
Playing position	Defender
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1975–1978 1978–1982 1982–1987 1987–1989 1989–1990 1990–1994 1994–1995	Newport County Luton Town Charlton Athletic Leeds United Bradford City Bristol City Cardiff City Merthyr Tydfil	038 (3) 098 (3) 152 (9) 070 (3) 039 (1) 101 (3) 039 (3) 00? (?)
National team
1986–1994	Wales	039 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Mark Aizlewood (born 1 October 1959 in Newport) is a former Welsh professional footballer and Wales international.

Aizlewood played for Leeds United and captained them from 1987 to 1989. He also played for Bradford City, Luton Town and Newport County. He played 39 times for Wales between 1986 and 1994.

Before he joined Leeds, Aizlewood was captain of Charlton Athletic and won the player of the year award for two consecutive years but after heavy barracking from the crowd at one match he responded by making a rude gesture and as such was stripped of the captaincy and was allowed to join Leeds for £200,000.

Aizlewood was assistant manager of Chester City in 2004–05 under Ian Rush. He also attends several coaching schemes in the South Wales area. His older brother Steve Aizlewood was also a professional footballer with Newport County and Portsmouth