Mark Dempsey (English footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mark James Dempsey | ||
| Date of birth | 14 January 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Manchester, England | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 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) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2015 | Haugesund (assistant) | ||
| 2016 | Haugesund | ||
| 2016 | Djurgården | ||
| 2017– | Molde (assistant) | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Mark James Dempsey (born 14 January 1964)[1] is an English football coach and former player who is currently Assistant Manager of Norwegian club Molde FK.
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.[2] He was a youth coach with Manchester United before moving to Norway.[3]
Managerial career
In February 2009, he took up a post in youth development with Tromsø IL and the Northern Norway region.[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]
Haugesund
As of 2016, Dempsey is FK Haugesund's manager after taking over from Jostein Grindhaug after the 2015 season. He has six children, two of them adopted.[7] Dempsey resigned as manager of Haugesund on 14 July 2016.[8]
Djurgarden
During August 2016, Dempsey became manager of Swedish top-flight side Djurgården.[9]
Molde return
On 29 December 2016, Molde announced that Dempsey had returned to the club as an Assistant Manager, working alongside Erling Moe, on a two-and-a-half year contract.[10]
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 6 November 2016.
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Haugesund | 1 January 2016 | 14 July 2016 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 52.6 |
| Djurgården | 3 August 2016 | 6 November 2016 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 64.3 |
| Total | 33 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 57.6 | ||
References
- ↑ "Mark Dempsey". MUFCInfo. Mark Graham. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
- ↑ "Mark Dempsey". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
- ↑ Thompson, Gemma (15 April 2005). "Academy to be reorganised". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
- ↑ Lian, Tom Rune (18 February 2009). "Tromsø signerte United-trener" [Tromsø sign United coach] (in Norwegian). Radio Tromsø. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
- ↑ "Ole Gunnar Solskjær til Molde FK!". moldefk.no. Molde Fotballklubb. 9 November 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
- ↑ "Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: Cardiff City hire former Man Utd striker as boss". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ↑ Overvik, Jostein (16 May 2016). "Hovedinnhold Mark Dempsey sang seg til lønnsforhøyelse fra Alex Ferguson" (in Norwegian). VG. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ↑ "Pressemelding". fkh.no (in Norwegian). FK Haugesund. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- ↑ "Pressemelding".
- ↑ "Dempsey tilbake i Molde FK". moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 29 December 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.