Michael Heathcote

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Michael Heathcote
Personal information
Date of birth	September 10, 1965 (1965-09-10) (age 42)
Place of birth	Kelloe, England
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1987 - 1990 1987 1990 1990 - 1991 1991 - 1995 1995 - 2001 2001 - 2004 2004 - 2005 2005 2005 - 2006	Sunderland Halifax Town (On loan) York City (On loan) Shrewsbury Town Cambridge United Plymouth Argyle Shrewsbury Town Colwyn Bay Leek Town Hucknall Town	009 0(0) 007 0(1) 003 0(0) 0044 0(6) 00128 0(15) 00189 0(20) 00? 0(?) 00? 0(?) 00? 0(?) 00? 0(?)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Michael 'Mick' Heathcote (born September 10, 1965 in Kelloe, England) was a central defender for many football clubs, including Sunderland and Plymouth Argyle.

[edit] Biography

Heathcote started his career at Sunderland in August 1987, which was in the 'Old' Third Division, what is now League One. However, after only four months with the club he went on loan to Halifax Town for a month. In January 1990 he went on loan, again for a month, with York City. He remained at Sunderland for another five months until July 1990, when he signed for Shrewsbury Town for £55,000.

He played 44 matches with Shrewsbury Town, scoring six goals - a respectable record for a central defender. Then, in September 1991 he signed for Division Two side Cambridge United for £150,000. He spent four full seasons there, scoring 13 goals in 128 league appearances. He was then signed by Plymouth Argyle in July 1995 for £75,000. He spent six years at the Westcountry club, scoring 13 goals in 194 league appearances. In 2001 he started a second spell at Shrewsbury Town.

But after leaving the side in 2004 he spent the remainder of his career in the lower leagues of English football. He played for Colwyn Bay, Leek Town and Hucknall Town, all in the Unibond League.