Mark Crossley
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Mark Geoffrey Crossley | ||
| Date of birth | 16 June 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Barnsley, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Notts County (assistant manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1987–1989 | Nottingham Forest | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–2000 | Nottingham Forest | 303 | (0) |
| 1990 | → Manchester United (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1998 | → Millwall (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2000–2003 | Middlesbrough | 23 | (0) |
| 2002 | → Stoke City (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Stoke City (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2003–2007 | Fulham | 20 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 17 | (1) |
| 2007–2009 | Oldham Athletic | 59 | (0) |
| 2009–2013 | Chesterfield | 4 | (0) |
| Total | 452 | (1) | |
| National team | |||
| 1990 | England U21 | 3 | (0) |
| 1997–2004 | Wales | 8 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2012 | Chesterfield (caretaker) | ||
| 2016 – | Notts County (Assistant) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Mark Geoffrey Crossley (born 16 June 1969) is an English-born Welsh former professional footballer, now assistant manager to caretaker manager Alan Smith at Football League Two side Notts County.
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 stop a Matthew Le Tissier penalty kick. He has also played for Manchester United, Milwall, Middlesbrough, Stoke City, Fulham, Sheffield Wednesday, Oldham Athletic and Chesterfield. He earned 8 international caps playing for Wales between 1997 and 2004.
Crossley was born in Barnsley and began his career with Nottingham Forest in 1987 as a trainee. He started the 1988–89 season as fourth choice but Hans Segers and Paul Crichton were transferred in quick succession to Wimbledon and Grimsby Town respectively, and when Steve Sutton fell ill, Crossley found himself thrust into the first team, playing in league wins over Liverpool and Newcastle United and a League Cup win over Coventry City before Sutton's return. He had a loan spell at Manchester United during the 1989–90 season but was never selected for the first team, although he played several games for the reserves. He had 2 spells in Forest's team, firstly when Sutton was injured and later when Sutton suffered a loss of form.
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