
Mark Crossley
Mark Geoffrey Crossley
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Mark Geoffrey Crossley (born 16 June 1969) is a football coach and former Wales international footballer. As a player, he was a goalkeeper from 1988 until 2011 and he has previously played for numerous clubs in England's top flight, notably for Nottingham Forest, where he became the only goalkeeper to save a Matt Le Tissier penalty kick. He has also played for Manchester United, Millwall, Middlesbrough, Stoke City, Fulham, Sheffield Wednesday, Oldham Athletic and Chesterfield. He earned three caps for the England U21 team, but opted to switch allegiance to Wales and received eight full international caps between 1997 and 2004. Following retirement, he moved into coaching and has worked as a goalkeeping coach at Chesterfield, Sheffield Wednesday, Barnsley and Notts County. During these times he has spent two spells in caretaker charge of a club, having managed Chesterfield in 2012 and Notts County in 2018.
Career
- 1969Born
- 1989Joined Nottingham Forest F.C.
- 1990Joined Manchester United F.C.
- 1990Joined England national under-21 association football team
- 1997Joined Wales men's national association football team
- 1998Joined Millwall F.C.
- 2000Joined Middlesbrough F.C.
- 2002Joined Stoke City F.C.
- 2003Joined Fulham F.C.
- 2003Joined Stoke City F.C.
- 2006Joined Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
- 2007Joined Oldham Athletic A.F.C.
- 2009Joined Chesterfield F.C.
Trivia
- •Place of birth: Barnsley
- •Citizenship: United Kingdom
- •Known as: association football player, association football coach
- •Sport: association football