Mark Harrison (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mark Simon Harrison | ||
| Date of birth | 11 December 1960 | ||
| Place of birth | Derby, England | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
|
Current team
|
Baroka (technical director) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977–1979 | Southampton | 0 | (0) |
| 1979–1982 | Port Vale | 70 | (0) |
| 1981 | → Stoke City (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1982–1984 | Stoke City | 7 | (0) |
| 1984–1985 | Hellenic | 44 | (0) |
| 1985–1987 | Kettering Town | 42 | (0) |
| 1987–1988 | Stafford Rangers | 50 | (0) |
| 1988–1989 | Telford United | 12 | (0) |
| 1989–1989 | Hellenic | 8 | (0) |
| Total | 233 | (0) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1994–1995 | Stafford Rangers | ||
| 2000–2001 | Bangladesh | ||
| 2001–2002 | Fortune | ||
| 2002–2003 | Hurriya | ||
| 2010–2011 | Mpumalanga Black Aces | ||
| 2011–2012 | African Warriors | ||
| 2012–2013 | Bay Stars | ||
| 2013 | Chippa United | ||
| 2013–2014 | Golden Arrows | ||
| 2015 | CAPS United | ||
| 2015–2017 | Township Rollers | ||
| 2017– | Baroka | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Mark Simon Harrison (born 11 December 1960) is an English former footballer who is the technical director of South African Premier Soccer League team Baroka.
He kept goal in the Football League for Port Vale and Stoke City, and also played non-league football for Hellenic, Kettering Town, Stafford Rangers, and Telford United. He managed Stafford Rangers for a brief spell and then from 2000 he began coaching clubs and nations in Africa, including the Bangladesh national team, Fortune, Hurriya, Mpumalanga Black Aces, African Warriors, Bay Stars, Chippa United, Golden Arrows, CAPS United, and Township Rollers. In the 2015–16 season he led Township Rollers to the Botswana Premier League title and the final of the Mascom Top 8 Cup, before he was appointed technical director at South African side Baroka in January 2017.
Harrison was a trainee with Southampton, before joining John McGrath's Fourth Division side Port Vale in February 1980. He was immediately the first choice keeper for the "Valiants", however was troubled by cartilage problems from November 1980. In the summer of 1981 he was loaned to rivals Stoke City as they played a youth tournament. After returning to Vale Park he was an ever-present for the 46 game 1981–82 season. He was sold to City, along with Mark Chamberlain, for a combined fee of £180,000 in August 1982. He left Victoria Ground in 1984 due to long term injury problems.
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