Mark Hateley
Mark Hateley 1994
Mark Wayne Hateley ( born November 7, 1961 in Derby) is an English former footballer of the 1980s and 1990s. Since 2009, he trained the Liberian national team.
Sports career
The center forward, whose father Tony also professional football players and among other things as a striker for Aston Villa, Chelsea and Liverpool had been active, playing football learned at Coventry City, where he at the age of 17 years in the First Division 3-0 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers at the end of the 1978/79 season debuted. In a total of five years Hateley scored in a total of 94 league games and 25 goals in 1983 then moved to second division side FC Portsmouth. In addition, he had completed in 1980 for the U.S. Club Detroit Express 19 league games on loan.
In Portsmouth he developed into a scorer and shot in 38 league games 22 goals, giving him on June 2, 1984, the first international match as a substitute for the English national team earned that was lost to the Soviet Union 0-2. Previously Hateley had ten games for the Under-21 youth team of England disputed.
Due to the good performances of the Italian club AC Milan became aware of Hateley and signed him in the summer of 1984 for a transfer fee of one million pounds. With the defensive midfielder and compatriot Ray Wilkins he made it the first duo of two English national team at a foreign club and should replace the unhappy playing Luther Blissett on its position. Quickly Hateley find his bearings in the new environment and could henceforth statistically score a goal every third game. From the followers of Milan, he was nicknamed Attila due to its longer hair and his eye for goal.
In the National Hateley had relatively weak despite goalscoring ahead of the 1986 World Cup in Mexico the same opportunities to come alongside Gary Lineker for use, as well as Kerry Dixon and Peter Beardsley. When he then in a pre-season friendly against Mexico first two goals and then break the deadlock in the 1-0 victory against Canada, was able to put on Robson Hateley as a striking partner for Lineker first established once. After two games, however, weak in the first two group matches against Portugal and then Mexico with his untimely end of the game by substitution, Hateley was replaced by Beardsley for the decisive group match. Since this measure was successful, he came to only ten minutes further use as a substitute in the second round against Paraguay. In the following years, he should be active only as a substitute and came at the European Championships in Germany in 1988 only three tool changes late in the second half.
In 1987 Hateley then joined the French club AS Monaco on who has been trained at this time of Arsène Wenger. With his team-mate Glenn Hoddle in his own ranks, he could then already won the French championship in his first season. This first title should be followed by many others, as he moved in 1990 to Scotland to Glasgow Rangers.
In his five years with the Rangers Hateley could win the Scottish championship in every season and added in the years 1992 and 1993 to add each of the Scottish Cup and the domestic League Cup. In addition, he was honored in 1994 both by journalists and by the footballer colleagues to Scotland's Player of the Year. In the National Hateley, however, was no longer considered by coaches Bobby Robson and was not in the squad for the 1990 World Cup in Italy. Due to its continued strong performance in the Glasgow Rangers but he was for the European Championship 1992 in Sweden permanently in conversation. The operation against Czechoslovakia (after a three year hiatus in the national team ) before the European Championship but then should not follow other countries more games.
Hateley scored in five years for Glasgow in 222 official matches 115 goals and made with Ally McCoist an effective strike partnership. In the summer of 1995, he then joined his former teammate Ray Wilkins, who was now coach at Queens Park Rangers, but where he could not build on the achievements of the Scottish time and was then loaned for a short time at Leeds United. After only six games for Leeds, he returned to Queens Park Rangers. Hateley moved in 1997 to the third division side Hull City to leave it there end his football career as a player-coach after two seasons.
He returned to the Rangers, who had taken him in the meantime in the club's Hall of Fame, returned and took there a true representative role. In 2009, he became coach of the Liberian national team.
Achievements
- French Champion: 1988
- Scottish champion: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
- Scottish Cup Winners: 1992, 1993
- Scottish League Cup Winners: 1990, 1992, 1993