Mark Yates (footballer)

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Mark Yates
Personal information
Full name Mark Jason Yates
Date of birth 24 January 1970 (1970-01-24) (age 38)
Place of birth    Birmingham, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position Midfielder (retired)
Club information
Current club Kidderminster Harriers
Youth clubs
1986–1988 Birmingham City
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1988–1991
1991–1993
1993
1993–1994
1994–1999
1999–2004
2004		 Birmingham City
Burnley
→ Lincoln City (loan)
Doncaster Rovers
Kidderminster Harriers
Cheltenham Town
Kidderminster Harriers
Career		 054 00(6)
018 00(1)
014 00(0)
034 00(4)
237 0(40)
227 0(21)
012 00(2)
593 0(74)   
National team
England semi-pro
Teams managed
2006–present Kidderminster Harriers

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

Mark Jason Yates (born 24 January 1970) is an English football manager and former player, currently managing Kidderminster Harriers F.C. As a player he played primarily in a central midfield role.

Born in Birmingham, Yates began his footballing career as a trainee at hometown club Birmingham City, before going on to sign professional terms with the club in 1988. He spent a total of three seasons at St Andrew's, making 66 first team appearances, including one in the side that won the 1991 Leyland DAF Cup.

In 1991 Yates was sold to Burnley for £40,000 but struggled to hold down a regular position. Spells at Lincoln City and Doncaster Rovers followed, before Yates dropped out of the Football League to sign for Conference side Kidderminster Harriers in 1994, going on to become club captain. In his first season at the club Kidderminster reached the final of the FA Trophy, losing 2-1 to Woking. In 1997 Yates seemed set for a return to League football as Kidderminster led the Conference by a significant margin going into the final months of the season. However, the Harriers let the lead slip, allowing Macclesfield Town to overtake them and claim the championship.

In January 1999 Yates left Kidderminster to join local rivals Cheltenham Town for a fee of £25,000, helping the Robins to secure the league title and a place in the Football League. Yates remained with the Gloucestershire outfit until February 2004, enjoying reasonable success, the highlight being a victory in the 2002 Third Division play-off final. After falling out of favour at Whaddon Road, in 2004 Yates returned to Kidderminster, by this time a Football League club themselves, playing his part in the club's successful fight against relegation.

At the end of this season Yates called time on his playing career, becoming first team coach at Burnley alongside the manager who had signed him at Cheltenham, Steve Cotterill. Following a year and a half in that role, Yates was offered the chance to take up his first managerial position by former club Kidderminster, now back in the Conference, a position which he took up in January 2006. In his first season in charge he steered the club to safety from relegation, and in the second secured a top-half finish as well as an FA Trophy Final place at the new Wembley Stadium. He was twice voted Manager of the Month in this second season, for the months of December 2006 and January 2007.

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Kidderminster Harriers F.C. – current squad

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Kidderminster Harriers F.C. – Managers

Chambers (1979–1983) • Allner (1983–99) • Mullen (1999) • Mølby (1999–02) • Britton (2002–03) • Mølby (2003–04) • Watkiss (2004–05) • Yates (2006–)


Persondata
NAME Yates, Mark Jason
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Professional footballer, football manager
DATE OF BIRTH 1970-01-24
PLACE OF BIRTH Birmingham, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH