Mark Blake (English footballer)

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Mark Blake
Personal information
Full name Mark Blake
Date of birth 16 December 1970 (1970-12-16) (age 37)
Place of birth    Nottingham, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth clubs
Aston Villa
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1989–1993
1991
1993–1994
1994–1996
1996–1998
1999–2001
2001–2002
Aston Villa
Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan)
Portsmouth
Leicester City
Walsall
Mansfield Town
Kidderminster Harriers
31 (2)
02 (0)
15 (0)
47 (4)
61 (5)
83 (9)
24 (4)   
National team
1990–1991 England U21 09 (1)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Mark Blake (born 16 December 1970 in Nottingham, England) is a former English professional footballer who played in midfield for seven clubs.

Blake started out as a trainee at Aston Villa. He played a total of 31 games for Villa, scoring two goals, and also had a loan spell at Wolverhampton Wanderers before he signed 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. He made 47 appearances for Leicester in just over one season 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.

[edit] External links

Mark Blake career stats at Soccerbase