Michael Meaker

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Personal information
Michael Meaker
Date of birth	August 18, 1971 (1971-08-18) (age 36)
Place of birth	Greenford, England
Height	5 ft 11 in
Playing position	Midfield
Club information
Current club	Bitton
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990 - 1995 1991 1995 - 1998 1998 - 2001 2000 2001 2001 - 2002 - - 2004 - 2005 2005 - 2006 2006 - ???? ???? -	QPR Plymouth Argyle (loan) Reading Bristol Rovers Swindon Town (loan) Plymouth Argyle Northwich Victoria Henley Town Southall Town Mangotsfield United Hounslow Borough Mangotsfield United Bitton	34 (1) 4 (0) 67 (2) 27 (2) 6 (0) 11 (1) 8 (1) ? ? ? ? (41) 7 (0)
National team
	Wales U-21
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 October 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Michael Meaker (born 18 August 1971) is an Welsh footballer who plays for Bitton in the Western Football League Premier Division. He began his career at Queens Park Rangers, where he played in the FA Premier League. While at QPR, he had a loan spell at Plymouth Argyle. In July 1995 Reading paid £550,000 for his services,^[1] and he went on to make 67 appearances for the club before moving to Bristol Rovers in the summer of 1998. He had a loan spell at Swindon Town in 2000, before returning to Plymouth in 2001. He has also played for Northwich Victoria, Henley Town, Southall Town, Mangotsfield United and Hounslow Borough, and in the summer of 2006 he re-joined Mangotsfield for a second spell at the club.^[2]

Although not a prolific goalscorer for most of his career, during the 2005-06 season at Hounslow he broke the club record for most league goals in a season (41),^[3] and scored a total of 44 in all competitions.^[2]

He has also been capped by Wales at under-21 level.^[4]