Mark de Vries
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mark Lyndon Patrick de Vries | ||
| Date of birth | 24 August 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Paramaribo, Suriname | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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ONS Sneek | ||
| Youth career | |||
| WGW Den Helder | |||
| HRC | |||
| –1994 | Volendam | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1998 | Volendam | 28 | (1) |
| 1998–1999 | Chamois Niortais | 24 | (2) |
| 1999–2002 | Dordrecht '90 | 71 | (27) |
| 2002–2005 | Heart of Midlothian | 72 | (29) |
| 2005–2008 | Leicester City | 51 | (8) |
| 2006 | → Heerenveen (loan) | 7 | (3) |
| 2006–2007 | → ADO Den Haag (loan) | 27 | (2) |
| 2007 | → Leeds United (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2008 | Dundee United | 13 | (2) |
| 2008–2012 | Cambuur | 101 | (47) |
| 2012– | ONS Sneek | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:15, 30 September 2009 (UTC). |
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Mark Lyndon Patrick de Vries (born 24 August 1975 in Paramaribo) is a Dutch footballer currently playing for Dutch Hoofdklasse club ONS Sneek.
De Vries was born in Suriname, but when he was six months old his mother took him to live in Den Helder in the Netherlands. The towering striker played youth football for local side WGW Den Helder. In 1994, De Vries was recruited by FC Volendam where he gained four seasons experience at the top level in the Dutch Eredivisie.
De Vries spent season 1998–99 in the French Second Division with Chamois Niortais and then the Dutch First Division club Dordrecht '90 acquired his services in 1999. In his second season with the club, De Vries scored 11 times and netted 16 times the following season.
His services were now in demand and Hearts manager Craig Levein was successful in securing his transfer to the Scottish club in July 2002. De Vries played a massive part in helping Hearts reach the League Cup semi-final in February 2003 and also to secure third place in the Premier League and UEFA Cup football in successive seasons. He scored 29 goals in 72 league matches for the Edinburgh club. He is well remembered by Hearts fans for scoring 4 goals on his first start against fierce city rivals Hibernian in a 5–1 victory in August 2002.
On 6 November 2003, de Vries scored the winning goal which gave Hearts a shock victory over Bordeaux, producing one of the club's best ever away results in European competition. Hearts rejected an offer from QPR for de Vries on 21 December 2004, while Sheffield United and Plymouth Argyle all expressed an interest to sign the striker after his fine performances in the UEFA Cup.
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