Mark Christopher Blake (born 17 December 1967) is an English retired

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

, who played as a defender for

Southampton Southampton () is a port city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. It is located approximately south-west of London and west of Portsmouth. The city forms part of the South Hampshire built-up area, which also covers Po ...

Colchester United Colchester United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Colchester, Essex, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1937, the club spent its earl ...

Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of English football. The club plays its home games at the New Meadow, having mo ...

, Fulham,

AS Cannes Association Sportive de Cannes Football (; commonly referred to as AS Cannes or simply Cannes) is a French association football club based in Cannes. The club was formed 1902 as a sports club and currently plays in the Championnat National 3, t ...

and

Aldershot Town Aldershot Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Aldershot, Hampshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in the spring ...

. He made 301 appearances in

The Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional association football, football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in Association football around the wor ...

, scoring 23 goals.

Playing career

Blake started his career with

, where he made 18 appearances in

, scoring twice. He was loaned out to

in 1989. He then moved on to

in 1990, where he made 142 league appearances scoring three goals, during a four-year period. Blake then joined Fulham where he played 137 league appearances and scored 17 goals. He then moved on to

and

Non-playing career

He went on to become player-manager of Winchester City, winning the FA Vase,

Wessex League The Wessex Football League is an English association football league formed in 1986, with its premier division currently at the fifth step of the National League System, or the ninth tier of the overall English football league system. The part ...

and Wessex League Cup treble in 2003–04. Blake then had a role as head coach at

Eastleigh Eastleigh is a town in Hampshire, England, between Southampton and Winchester. It is the largest town and the administrative seat of the Borough of Eastleigh, with a population of 24,011 at the 2011 census. The town lies on the River Itchen, ...

, joining in January 2005, before stepping down in September 2006.

Personal life

Blake was born in

Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port and city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. The city of Portsmouth has been a unitary authority since 1 April 1997 and is administered by Portsmouth City Council. Portsmouth is the most dens ...

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English cities on its south coast, Southampton and Portsmouth, Hampshire ...

, and has a job in IT. He has two children with his first marriage.

Honours

Club

Fulham *

Football League Third Division The Football League Third Division was the third tier of the English football league system in 1920–21 and again from 1958 until 1992. When the FA Premier League was formed, the division become the fourth tier level. In 2004, following th ...

runner-up: 1996–97 Winchester City * FA Vase winner: 2003–04

References

External links

*
Mark Blake at Coludata.co.uk
{{DEFAULTSORT:Blake, Mark 1967 births Living people English men's footballers English Football League players Ligue 2 players Southampton F.C. players Colchester United F.C. players Shrewsbury Town F.C. players Fulham F.C. players AS Cannes players Aldershot Town F.C. players Winchester City F.C. players Footballers from Portsmouth Men's association football defenders