Mark Hateley

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Mark Hateley
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Mark Hateley in 1994
Personal information
Full name Mark Wayne Hateley
Date of birth 7 November 1961 (1961-11-07) (age 46)
Place of birth    Derby, England
Playing position Striker
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1978-1983
1980
1983-1984
1984-1987
1987-1990
1990-1995
1995-1997
1996
1997
1997-1998
1999
Coventry City
Detroit Express (loan)
Portsmouth
A.C. Milan
AS Monaco
Rangers
Queens Park Rangers
Leeds United (loan)
Rangers
Hull City
Ross County
Total
113 0(34)
019 00(2)
044 0(25)
066 0(17)
059 0(22)
214 (111)
033 00(5)
006 00(0)
004 00(1)
029 00(3)
002 00(0)
589 (220)   
National team
1981-1984
1984-1992
England U21
England
010 00(8)
032 00(8)
Teams managed
1997-1999 Hull City

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Mark Wayne Hateley (born 7 November 1961 in Derby, Derbyshire) is a retired English football (soccer) player who played as a centre-forward. He was capped 32 times for the English national team.

Arguably Hateley's best days were at Rangers, where he scored both goals in a title-clinching 2-0 victory against Aberdeen on the final day of the 1990-91 season. He was also the first non Scottish player to win the Footballer of the Year award in Scotland. He left Rangers in 1995, with family problems suspected to be the catalyst for the move. However, in 1997, with Rangers trying to win their ninth title in a row, and with a huge injury list, manager Walter Smith desperately needed a striker, and re-signed Hateley for the vital game against Rangers' biggest rivals, Celtic. Rangers won the game 1-0, but Hateley was sent off. However, most commentators thought that the mere presence of Hateley had given Rangers a psychological advantage and that it was a signing that had paid off. Rangers eventually won the league, with the game versus Celtic seen as the unofficial clincher.

Hateley also played for Coventry City, Portsmouth, A.C. Milan, AS Monaco, QPR and Hull City, before ending his playing career with a couple of appearances for Ross County.

Hateley now does commentary work on Scottish Premier League matches for Setanta Sports.

His father, Tony, was also an English striker who played for many clubs including Notts County, Chelsea and Liverpool.

Hateley managed Hull between 1997 and 1999, but left after two unproductive seasons which saw them struggling near the foot of the Football League and overshadowed by the constant fear of extinction.

Hateley also works part time for Rangers FC matchday hospitality

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Preceded by
Andy Goram
Scottish Football Writers' Association
Footballer of the Year

1994
Succeeded by
Brian Laudrup
Preceded by
Andy Goram
Scottish PFA
Players' Player of the Year

1994
Succeeded by
Brian Laudrup