Mark Blake (footballer, born 1970)

Mark Anthony Blake (born 16 December 1970) is an English former professional footballer who played in midfielder.

Mark Blake

Personal information
Full name	Mark Anthony Blake
Date of birth	(1970-12-16) 16 December 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth	Nottingham, England
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1993	Aston Villa	31	(2)
1991	→ Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan)	2	(0)
1993–1994	Portsmouth	15	(0)
1994–1996	Leicester City	47	(4)
1996–1998	Walsall	61	(5)
1999–2001	Mansfield Town	83	(9)
2001–2002	Kidderminster Harriers	24	(4)
Total		263	(24)
International career
1990–1991	England U21	9	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He notably played in the Premier League for both Aston Villa and Leicester City, as well as in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Portsmouth, Walsall, Mansfield Town and Kidderminster Harriers.

Career

Blake started out as a trainee at Aston Villa, where he played a total of 31 games, scoring two goals. He had a brief loan spell at Wolverhampton Wanderers during early 1991, before leaving Villa for Portsmouth in August 1993 for £400,000.

He played just 15 games for Portsmouth before he returned to the Midlands less than eight months later when Leicester City paid £360,000 for him in March 1994 on transfer deadline day, two months before they won promotion to the Premier League.^[1]

He made 47 appearances for Leicester in two years before he dropped through the leagues to join Walsall. He spent two seasons at Walsall before his contract expired and he signed for Mansfield Town in August 1999. After two seasons and 83 league games he made his final move to Kidderminster Harriers.

References

1. Trevor Haylett (25 March 1994). "Football: Peacock goes but Francis stays: Mixed day at Queen's Park Rangers while Limpar joins Everton and Beagrie hops to City - Sport". The Independent. Retrieved 15 November 2011.

External links

• Mark Blake at Soccerbase