Mark Hudson (footballer born 1982)

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Personal information
Mark Hudson
Full name	Mark Alexander Hudson
Date of birth	30 March 1982 (1982-03-30) (age 26)
Place of birth	Guildford, England
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Charlton Athletic
Number	TBA
Youth clubs
	Fulham
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000–2004 2003 2003 2004 2004–2008 2008–	Fulham → Oldham Athletic (loan) → Oldham Athletic (loan) → Crystal Palace (loan) Crystal Palace Charlton Athletic	003 (0) 011 (0) 004 (0) 014 (0) 106 (7) 000 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:07, 24 May 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Mark Alexander Hudson (born 30 March 1982 in Guildford) is an English footballer who plays for Charlton. He plays as a centre half.

[edit] Career

Hudson began his career with Fulham but never managed to establish himself in the first team. He spent two months on loan at Oldham Athletic while Iain Dowie was manager there. After Dowie moved to Crystal Palace, Hudson moved back to Fulham where he began to get small amounts of first team football.

In the 2003–04 season he went on a three month long loan to Crystal Palace, helping them to secure a play-off victory and promotion to the Premiership at the Millennium Stadium, before being signed by Dowie for the start of the 2004–05 season.^[1]

Despite scoring on his home debut, Hudson never managed to establish himself in the first team in his first two seasons, with Dowie preferring Fitz Hall and Gonzalo Sorondo, followed by a partnership of Hall and Darren Ward.

Dowie left in the summer of 2006, and was replaced by Peter Taylor. Under Taylor Hudson became a first team regular, making 42 appearances in 2006–07, largely alongside Leon Cort. In 2007–08, under Neil Warnock, he played largely alongside José Fonte, and missed only one game all season. At the end of the season he was out of contract, and chose to move on a free transfer to rival Championship side Charlton Athletic, signing a three-year contract.^[2]