Nicky Marker
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicholas Robert Marker | ||
| Date of birth | 3 May 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Budleigh Salterton, Devon, England | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Ivybridge Town (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1981–1982 | Exeter City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1987 | Exeter City | 196 | (3) |
| 1987–1992 | Plymouth Argyle | 202 | (13) |
| 1992–1997 | Blackburn Rovers | 54 | (1) |
| 1997–1999 | Sheffield United | 62 | (5) |
| 1999 | → Plymouth Argyle (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1999 | Cheltenham Town | 0 | (0) |
| 2000 | Tiverton Town | ||
| 2011 | Ivybridge Town | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2003–2009 | Tamarside (Youth & Reserve Team) | ||
| 2010–2013 | Ivybridge Town (assistant) | ||
| 2013– | Ivybridge Town | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Nicholas Robert "Nicky" Marker (born 3 May 1965) is an English former professional footballer who made more than 500 appearances in the Premier League and Football League. Since 2013 he has been first-team manager of South West Peninsula League club Ivybridge Town.
As a player he was a defender or midfielder starting his career at Exeter City before a controversial transfer to local rivals Plymouth Argyle. For this reason, the Plymouth fans took time to accept Marker but his whole hearted performances in a green shirt soon made him a fans' favourite. Marker was awarded the clubs Player of the Year award in 1990.
His performances for Argyle also caught the eye of then Blackburn Rovers manager Kenny Dalglish who paid £500,000 to bring Marker to Ewood Park, with both Keith Hill and Craig Skinner moving in the opposite direction. Marker's first team involvement at Blackburn was limited as he was largely used as backup for regular centre-backs Colin Hendry and Henning Berg, or holding midfielder David Batty. He played no games in Blackburn's Premiership 1994/5 title-winning season.
He moved on to Sheffield United in 1997 and made regular appearances over two seasons. However, by this time hip and back injuries were beginning to take their toll and Marker returned to Plymouth Argyle for a short loan period, before spells at Cheltenham Town and Tiverton Town where injuries eventually forced him into premature retirement.
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