Mark Platts (footballer)

Mark Anthony Platts (* May 23, 1979 in Sheffield ) is a former English footballer. Platts was with his league debut for Sheffield Wednesday in February 1996, the youngest player in the Premier League.

Career

Platts, which was used as a selection players for the English student national team and English junior national team, was as a right winger nor the junior area of Sheffield Wednesday, when he at the age of 16 years and 263 days in a 2-1 home win against on February 10, 1996 FC Wimbledon debut in the Premier League was. With the bench for Chris Waddle in the 86th minute, he became the youngest employed fielder in the history of Sheffield Wednesday ( undercut by Matt Bowman in August 2006) and solved Neil Finn as recent Premier League players from a record of only three was years later undercut by Gary McSheffrey. Two weeks later Platts against Tottenham Hotspur in a further 18 -minute league use. Although he received his first professional contract at age 17 in October 1996, he came out with no further obligation stake for the first team of Sheffield until his departure three years later.

Platts left Sheffield in March 1999 and changed free transfer to Torquay United in the Third Division. There he first played on the contract -free base, before he received a professional contract for the 1999/2000 season. Following a highly injury problems season in which he was used predominantly in left midfield, he broke his contract due to adjustment difficulties in October 2000 again and moved to the Non -League football to Worksop Town, where he met his former teammate Chris Waddle. About his future career is currently not known.