Mark Blake (English footballer)

Infobox Football biography
playername = Mark Blake


fullname = Mark Anthony Blake
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1970|12|16|df=y
cityofbirth = Nottingham
countryofbirth = England
height = height|ft=5|in=11
position = Midfielder
currentclub =
youthyears =
youthclubs = Aston Villa
years = 1989–1993
1991
1993–1994
1994–1996
1996–1998
1999–2001
2001–2002
clubs = Aston Villa
→ Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan)
Portsmouth
Leicester City
Walsall
Mansfield Town
Kidderminster Harriers
caps(goals) = 31 (2)
02 (0)
15 (0)
47 (4)
61 (5)
83 (9)
24 (4)
nationalyears = 1990–1991
nationalteam = England U21
nationalcaps(goals) = 09 (1)

Mark Anthony Blake (born 16 December 1970 in Nottingham, England) is a former English professional footballer who played in midfield for seven clubs.

Career

Blake started out as a trainee at Aston Villa, where he played a total of 31 games for Villa, 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. He made 47 appearances for Leicester in just over one season 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.

External links

*soccerbase|732|Mark Blake
* [http://www.harriers-online.co.uk/squad/blake.shtml Harriers Online profile]