- Mark Rogers (soccer)
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Mark Rogers Personal information Date of birth November 3, 1975 Place of birth Guelph, Canada Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Playing position defender Youth career Tsawwassen Soccer Club 1994–1997 UBC Thunderbirds Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1996–1998 Burnaby Canadians 1998–2003 Wycombe Wanderers 139 (4) 2004 → Stevenage Borough (loan) 4 (0) 2004–2006 Stevenage Borough 16 (0) National team‡ 2000–2003 Canada 7 (0) Teams managed 2010- UBC Thunderbird Women * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 December 2009.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 December 2009Mark Rogers (born November 3, 1975 in Guelph) is a retired Canadian footballer.
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Club career
While at University in Vancouver, Rogers played for Burnaby Canadians. In February 1999 he signed for Wycombe Wanderers after initially being refused a work permit. He had 5 seasons with the Chairboys, then played on loan for Stevenage Borough for whom he signed permanently in April 2004. He had to retire at 30 years of age, because of knee and back injuries.
International career
He made his debut for Canada in an October 2000 World Cup qualification match against Panama and went on to earn a total of 7 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented Canada in 1 FIFA World Cup qualification match.[1] He played at the 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[2]
His final international was a November 2003 friendly match against the Republic of Ireland.
Rogers has recently been named head coach of the University of British Columbia Women's Soccer Team (2010).
References
External links
- Player profile - CanadaSoccer
- Mark Rogers at National-Football-Teams.com
- Mark Rogers career stats at Soccerbase
- Profile - Wycombe Wanderers
- Bio - Delta Sports Hall of Fame
Canada squad – 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup Third Place Categories:- 1975 births
- Living people
- People from Guelph
- Soccer people from Ontario
- Association football defenders
- Canadian soccer players
- Canadian men's international soccer players
- Canadian expatriate soccer players
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United Kingdom
- Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players
- Stevenage F.C. players
- The Football League players
- Expatriate footballers in England
- 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
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