Mark Tovey (born 7 May 1955) is a retired

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. His brother is former footballer

Neil Tovey Neil Robert Tovey OIS (born 2 July 1962) is a South African soccer coach and former player and also brother of former footballer Mark Tovey. He was born in Pretoria. He holds the record for most appearances in the National Soccer League. Earl ...

Early life

He attended Northlands Primary School and Northlands Secondary School (now Northwood School) in

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Club career

He played for the

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under 10, 12 and 14. He was signed by Durban United in 1971 at the age of 16. He moved to

in 1973 where he spent six seasons there. He won the

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and Cup double in 1978. He won the 1982 and 1983 NPSL with City during his second spell under

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. He joined Durban Bush Bucks in 1983 with

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. He won the inaugural

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under

. He was teammates with

Mike Mangena Mike "Sporo" Mangena (born 12 September 1958) is a retired South African people, South African football (soccer) Striker (association football), striker who last played for Kaizer Chiefs. Youth career Mangena started playing soccer for Chiawel ...

and

Mlungisi Ngubane Mlungisi Raphael "Professor" Ngubane (born 20 February 1956 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal) is a former South African soccer player and later coach of National First Division club Thanda Royal Zulu. Ngubane played for Durban Bush Bucks. He previou ...

, Barnett Gondwe and Daniel Ramarutsi in a team known as ''The Untouchables''. He later won the

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in 1987 after a replay against

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. He was voted as the Player of the Tournament. He finally joined Chiefs in 1988 at the age of 33.

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had been trying to sign Tovey since the early 70s. He won six trophies with Chiefs. During his spell, he mentored

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, who later played for

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Coaching career

He coached

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and saved them from relegation from the OK League.

After retirement

He is still connected to sport and currently works as a partner of the southern African agency for Nike Golf distribution in Sunninghill,

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Personal life

He is married and has three children and two grandchildren. He is the older brother of

. Chilean footballer Mark Dennis González Hoffman was named after Tovey and

, both former teammates of his father Raúl who played for Durban Bush Bucks. Gonzalez said that a coin was tossed to determine whose name would be used first, and it was Tovey.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tovey, Mark 1955 births Living people South African men's soccer players Men's association football defenders Kaizer Chiefs F.C. players Durban Bush Bucks players Manning Rangers F.C. players Soccer players from Pretoria White South African people South African soccer managers Durban United F.C. players Durban City F.C. players 20th-century South African sportsmen