Mark Alan Rasmussen (born 28 November 1983) is a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

who plays for

Brisbane Premier League Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...

side

Albany Creek Excelsior FC Albany Creek Excelsior Football Club is an Australian football (soccer) club from Albany Creek, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The club was formed in 1963, and currently play in Brisbane Premier League. History Albany Creek Exce ...

. He started his career at

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outfit

Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River ...

, who he joined after being spotted by scout

Jack Hixon John Hixon (7 February 1921 – 20 December 2009) was an English football talent scout. A familiar face at football games across the North East for decades, Hixon played a major part in furthering the careers of many footballers from the region. ...

. He made his debut for the Clarets on 19 April 2003, replacing Matthew O'Neill. His second and final game for Burnley was a substitute appearance on 21 April 2003, when he replaced

Gordon Armstrong Gordon Ian Armstrong (born 15 July 1967 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He now works as a football agent, and has amongst the players he manages a number of current and former play ...

. However, he was released at the end of the 2002-03 season by

Stan Ternent Francis Stanley Ternent (born 16 June 1946) is an English former footballer and manager. He managed Blackpool, Hull City, Bury, Burnley, Gillingham and Huddersfield Town. He was a scout for Hull City until January 2017. As a manager, he won thr ...

. He then moved to

Accrington Stanley Accrington Stanley Football Club is a professional association football club based in Accrington, Lancashire, England. The club competes in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They have spent their complete histor ...

on a free transfer, but struggled to make the first team and ended up playing solely in the reserves. One year later, he moved on to non-league side Gateshead. He scored on his debut for the Tynesiders along with former Burnley teammate Anthony Shandran, but was transfer-listed straight after the match for talking to other clubs and failing to maintain a suitable level of fitness. He joined

West Allotment Celtic West Allotment Celtic Football Club is a football club who currently play their home games at East Palmersville Sports Pavilion, Palmersville, near Newcastle Upon Tyne, England. History Formed in 1928 in West Allotment, a village in North Tyne ...

and won the league and cup double in his first season with the club. He then joined Newcastle Benfield and was part of the league cup winning side in 2006 and who narrowly missed out on the first round of the FA Cup after a 1–0 home defeat by

York City York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team compete in the National League, at the fifth tier of the English football league sys ...

. He later moved down a division to join

North Shields North Shields () is a town in the Borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It is north-east of Newcastle upon Tyne and borders nearby Wallsend and Tynemouth. Since 1974, it has been in the North Tyneside borough of Tyne and Wea ...

before moving onto

Hebburn Town Hebburn Town Football Club is a football club based in Hebburn, Tyne and Wear, England. The club are currently members of the and play at Hebburn Sports & Social Ground. History The club was founded in 1912 as a works team for the Reyrolle ...

in the Northern League Division 1. Having moved to Brisbane, Australia, He played his first full season for

Bayside United F.C Bayside may refer: United States *Bayside, California *Bayside High School (disambiguation), several schools in the U.S. and Canada * Bayside Marketplace, Miami, Florida *Bayside Historic District, a sub-neighborhood of the Belle Meade neighborh ...

in the Capital 1 League and finished runners up in 2013. A big summer transfer for

in the Brisbane Premier League took place and he awaits his debut on 22 Feb 2014. After a short spell at Albany Creek, Mark moved to Brisbane side Holland Park Hawks in 2014 and went on to win the league and cup double. The 2015 season again saw the Hawks win the league and cup double and promotion to Brisbane's premier division.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rasmussen, Mark 1983 births Living people Footballers from Newcastle upon Tyne English footballers Men's association football forwards Burnley F.C. players Accrington Stanley F.C. players Gateshead F.C. players West Allotment Celtic F.C. players Newcastle Benfield F.C. players North Shields F.C. players Hebburn Town F.C. players Bayside United FC players Albany Creek Excelsior FC players Holland Park Hawks FC players English Football League players Northern Premier League players Northern Football League players