Mark Dempsey (English footballer)

Mark Dempsey
Personal information
Full name Mark James Dempsey
Date of birth (1964-01-14) 14 January 1964
Place of birth Manchester, England
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1980–1982 Manchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1982–1986 Manchester United 1 (0)
1985 → Swindon Town (loan) 5 (0)
1986–1988 Sheffield United 63 (8)
1988 → Chesterfield (loan) 3 (0)
1988–1991 Rotherham United 75 (7)
1991–1994 Macclesfield Town 54 (2)
Total 201 (17)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Mark James Dempsey (born 14 January 1964) is an English coach and former footballer.[1] In February 2009, he took up a post in youth development with Tromsø IL and the Northern Norway region.[2]

Dempsey was born in Moston, Manchester. He played as a midfielder in The Football League for Manchester United, Swindon Town, Sheffield United, Chesterfield and Rotherham United, and in Non-League football for Macclesfield Town.[3] He was a youth coach with Manchester United before moving to Norway.[4]

On 9 November 2010, Dempsey joined Molde as part of new manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær's backroom staff.[5] He followed Solskjær to Cardiff City in January 2014 as part of a new-look backroom staff after the sacking of Malky Mackay.[6]

He currently lives in Eide near Molde with his partner and daughter.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Mark Dempsey". MUFCInfo. Mark Graham. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  2. ↑ Lian, Tom Rune (18 February 2009). "Tromsø signerte United-trener" [Tromsø sign United coach] (in Norwegian). Radio Tromsø. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  3. ↑ "Mark Dempsey". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  4. ↑ Thompson, Gemma (15 April 2005). "Academy to be reorganised". ManUtd.com (Manchester United). Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  5. ↑ "Ole Gunnar Solskjær til Molde FK!". moldefk.no (Molde Fotballklubb). 9 November 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
  6. ↑ "Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: Cardiff City hire former Man Utd striker as boss". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "- Å ta over et lag etter Ole Gunnar på denne måten, er virkelig imponerende" (in Norwegian). 100% Sport.


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