Mark Chamberlain
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mark Valentine Chamberlain | ||
| Date of birth | 19 November 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Winger / Right-Back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1976–1978 | Port Vale | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1982 | Port Vale | 96 | (18) |
| 1982–1985 | Stoke City | 111 | (17) |
| 1985–1988 | Sheffield Wednesday | 66 | (8) |
| 1988–1994 | Portsmouth | 167 | (20) |
| 1994–1995 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 19 | (2) |
| 1995–1997 | Exeter City | 59 | (4) |
| 1997–1998 | Fareham Town | ||
| Total | 518+ | (69+) | |
| National team | |||
| England Schoolboys | 2 | (0) | |
| England Youth | 2 | (0) | |
| 1982–1984 | England U21 | 4 | (1) |
| 1982–1984 | England | 8 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1997–1998 | Fareham Town (player-manager) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Mark Valentine Chamberlain (born 19 November 1961) is an English former international footballer. He is the younger brother of Neville Chamberlain, and the father of Arsenal and England international player Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Portsmouth's Christian Oxlade-Chamberlain.
He began his professional playing career with Port Vale in 1978, where he remained for four years before being sold on to rivals Stoke City, having already been selected for the PFA Fourth Division Team of the Year in 1981–82. In 1985, he signed with Sheffield Wednesday, before he moved on to Portsmouth three years later. He remained with "Pompey" until 1994, at which point he transferred to Brighton & Hove Albion. The following year he joined Exeter City, before entering into management at Fareham Town in 1997. Between 1982 and 1984 he won four caps for the England under-21s and eight caps for the senior team.
Born in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, to British Jamaican parents, Chamberlain started his career with local side Port Vale, making his debut under Dennis Butler as a substitute in a 2–2 home draw with Scunthorpe United on 19 August 1978, aged 16. His full debut came on 14 April 1979 in a 3–2 win over Barnsley at Vale Park, and his first goal came two days later in a 3–2 defeat at Huddersfield Town. He turned professional the following month, having made eight appearances in 1978–79. Chamberlain then made eleven goalless appearances in 1979–80, whilst his brother was the club's top-scorer in what was Vale's worst season in the Fourth Division. He became a first team regular from October 1980 under John McGrath and scored 10 goals in 36 games in the 1980–81 campaign. He was an ever-present in the 55 game 1981–82 season, also being selected in the PFA Fourth Division team and chosen as The Star's best player of the division. He scored eight goals during the campaign, most memorably when he stood off the pitch at Field Mill to avoid being caught offside, then returned to tackle a startled Rod Arnold and tap the ball into an empty net.
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