Mark Elrick (born 7 April 1967 in

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) is a former

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soccer player who played as a striker. He has played for several teams in his native country and came out of retirement in November 2006 to join struggling Hawke's Bay. He had been player-coach at

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in Auckland for the last two years. A spectator at Hawke's Bay's 2–1 loss to

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Elrick approached

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after the match and asked if the Park Island club would be interested in his services. An agreement was immediately reached on the spot. Also, he works occasionally as a football commentator for SKY TV. Elrick scored a hat-trick in the final of the 1999 New Zealand National Soccer League, a match which

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won 3–1 over

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. He has played 40 times for the

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, the

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, including 30 A-internationals in which he scored 3 goals.

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* 1967 births Living people Association footballers from Auckland New Zealand men's association footballers New Zealand men's international footballers National Soccer League (Australia) players North Shore United AFC players Football Kingz FC players Hawke's Bay United FC players Waitakere City FC players Men's association football forwards 1996 OFC Nations Cup players 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup players 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen {{NewZealand-footy-forward-stub