Mark Falco
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| Mark Falco | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Mark Peter Falco | |
| Date of birth | 22 October 1960 | |
| Place of birth | Bethnal Green, London, England | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Tottenham Hotspur | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1978–1987 1982 1986–1987 1987–1988 1988–1991 1991–1992 |
Tottenham Hotspur → Chelsea (loan) Watford Rangers Queens Park Rangers Millwall |
174 (68) 3 (0) 33 (14) 14 (5) 87 (27) 21 (4) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Mark Peter Falco (born 22 October 1960 in Bethnal Green, London) is a former professional footballer with a number of clubs including Tottenham Hotspur, Watford, Rangers and Queens Park Rangers. He was a strong centre forward who was good in the air and had a good eye for goal.[citation needed]
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[edit] Career
Falco started his career as a junior at Tottenham Hotspur, making his first-team debut in 1979. In his time at Spurs he played along strikers Steve Archibald and Garth Crooks. He had a good career at Spurs however scoring 98 goals in 236 games.[1] Whilst at Spurs, he had a brief spell on loan at Chelsea over November and December 1982, making three appearances.
In 1986 Falco signed for Watford, scoring 15 goals in 30 matches, but soon moved on to join the growing English contingent at Rangers in the Scottish Premier League. In his short spell at Ibrox, Falco scored 10 goals in 19 competitive games, including a vital strike against Dinamo Kiev in the European Cup.
Falco was signed by Queens Park Rangers for £350,000 in December 1987, and made his debut against Manchester United soon afterwards. He went on to play 87 league games for QPR scoring 27 goals. He moved to Millwall in 1991. He retired through injury in 1992.
[edit] Personal life
He has two children, Sarah Marie Falco, 12th september 1990, and Peter Mark Falco, born 27th april 1992.[citation needed] His nephew is Sonny Pike.[2] He is also uncle to Brentford youth player Bradley Falco.[citation needed]
[edit] Honours
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Tottenham Appearances
- ^ Whatever happened to Sonny Pike?. The Guardian. Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
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| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Mark Falco |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Footballer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 22 October 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bethnal Green, London, England |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
