Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mark Andrew Arber | ||
Date of birth | 9 October 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
–1996 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996–1998 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | (0) |
1998 | → Barnet (loan) | 8 | (0) |
1998–2002 | Barnet | 167 | (23) |
2002–2004 | Peterborough United | 69 | (5) |
2004 | Oldham Athletic | 14 | (1) |
2005–2007 | Peterborough United | 101 | (3) |
2007 | → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Stevenage Borough | 27 | (5) |
2008 | → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) | 16 | (1) |
2008–2012 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 163 | (11) |
2012–2013 | Dartford | 38 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Corby Town | 2 | (0) |
2014 | → Huntingdon Town (loan) | ||
Total | 611 | (49) | |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Mark Andrew Arber (born 9 October 1977) is a South African former footballer who played as a central defender or a left full back. He began his career in 1996 with Tottenham Hotspur, and retired in 2014 after a short stay at Corby Town.
Following his retirement from playing, Arber moved into coaching, and previously served as an academy coach at Arsenal.
He began his career with Tottenham Hotspur in 1996; he made no appearances in the first team prior to him leaving in 1998, being sent out on loan to Barnet that year, where he made 8 league appearances.
Following his release by Tottenham he signed for Barnet on a permanent contract and became a regular in the first-team squad, making 167 appearances and scoring 23 goals between 1998 and 2002, when he joined Peterborough United.
At Peterborough, Arber was again a regular in the side, making 69 appearances and scoring 5 goals prior to a short stint with Oldham Athletic in 2004; at Oldham, he played only 14 times, scoring one goal.
After his time at Oldham ended, Arber rejoined Peterborough, and between 2005 and 2007 he made 101 appearances, scoring 3 goals. Near the end of his second spell at Peterborough, in 2007, he went out on loan to Dagenham & Redbridge, playing six times.
He left Peterborough once more in June 2007 and joined Stevenage Borough on a free transfer; at Stevenage, Arber made 27 appearances, scoring 5 goals.
On 12 February 2008, Arber rejoined Dagenham & Redbridge on loan until the end of the 2007–08 season. At the end of the season Arber signed for Dagenham on a permanent basis. He soon became captain of the side, leading them to a 3–2 victory over Rotherham United in the League Two play-off final in May 2010.