Mark Walters
Walters playing in a charity match in 2008.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Mark Everton Walters | ||
| Date of birth | 2 June 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder/Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1987 | Aston Villa | 181 | (39) |
| 1987–1991 | Rangers | 106 | (32) |
| 1991–1996 | Liverpool | 94 | (14) |
| 1993–1994 | → Stoke City (loan) | 9 | (2) |
| 1994–1995 | → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) | 11 | (3) |
| 1996 | Southampton | 5 | (0) |
| 1996–1999 | Swindon Town | 112 | (27) |
| 1999–2002 | Bristol Rovers | 82 | (13) |
| Total | 600 | (128) | |
| National team | |||
| 1983–1986 | England U21 | 9 | (1) |
| 1991 | England | 1 | (0) |
| 1991 | England B | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Mark Everton Walters (born 2 June 1964) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder from 1981 to 2002.
He notably played for Liverpool, Rangers and Aston Villa, and later went on to play for Stoke City, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Southampton, Swindon Town and Bristol Rovers. He was capped once by England.
Walters began his career as an apprentice at Aston Villa on leaving school in the summer of 1980, turning the professional a year later – just after Villa's Football League First Division title triumph – and made his competitive debut on 28 April 1982 in a 4–1 league defeat at home to Leeds United, two months after the departure of manager Ron Saunders – who had given Walters his first professional contract – and the promotion of assistant Tony Barton to the manager's seat. Walters was not included in Villa's squad for the final of the European Cup on 26 May 1982, which they won 1–0 against Bayern Munich, the West German champions. Walters, still only 18, made 22 league appearances in the 1982–83 campaign as Villa finished sixth. He scored once that season. He was firmly established as a regular player in the 1983–84 season, appearing 37 times in the league and scoring eight goals, though Villa had a disappointing season and finished 10th, with Tony Barton being sacked at the end of the season and replaced by Graham Turner.
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