Mark Bellingham

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Mark Bellingham
Personal information
Full name Markus Jude Bellingham
Date of birth (1976-03-07) 7 March 1976 (age 49)
Place of birth Southend-on-Sea, England
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Catholic United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Catholic United
1994–1995 East Thurrock United
1995–1996 Chelmsford City 47 (16)
1996 → Halesowen Town (loan)
1996–1997 Cheltenham Town
1997 → Newport County (loan)
1997–1998 Halesowen Town
1998–2000 West Midlands Police
2000–2003 Sutton Coldfield Town
2003–2005 Bromsgrove Rovers 15 (9)
2005–2008 Stourbridge
2008–2009 Leamington [1] 87 (79)
2009 Hednesford Town 6 (0)
2009–2010 Causeway United
2010–2011 Sutton Coldfield Town
2011 Daventry Town
2011–2012 Bedworth United
2012 Sutton Coldfield Town
2012–2014 Wolverhampton Casuals
2014 Hinckley
2014 Bromsgrove Sporting [2] 36 (45)
2014–2015 Cradley Town
2015–2017 Paget Rangers
2017–2019 Southam United
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 08:06, 15 June 2023 (UTC)

Markus Jude Bellingham (born 7 March 1976) is an English former footballer and a retired Police Sergeant of the West Midlands Police. In football, he played as a striker and at his prime he played in the Northern and Southern League Premier Division, both at level 7 of the pyramid.

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Early life

Bellingham is a native of Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. [3] Bellingham joined Southend-based side Catholic United in the mid-1980s as a youth player, eventually starting his senior career at the club. [4]

Bellingham attended the University of Wolverhampton. [5]

Club career

Bellingham was regarded as a prolific non-league striker, scoring over 700 goals. [6] In 2001, he almost retired from football after suffering his second torn cruciate ligament. [7] By the late 2010s, he retired from non-league football and started playing in veterans' tournaments. [8] He last played as a striker for Southam United. [9]

Personal life

He is the father of footballers Jude and Jobe Bellingham. [10] . Mark is a supporter of Southend United [11]

References

  1. ↑ Adams, Lewis (14 Jul 2024). "Meet Jude Bellingham's dad, the 'prolific' striker". BBC .
  2. ↑ Adams, Lewis (14 Jul 2024). "Meet Jude Bellingham's dad, the 'prolific' striker". BBC .
  3. ↑ Dunlavy, Christ (21 July 2020). "Ace Bellingham has perfect act to follow in Non-League hot-shot dad". thenonleaguefootballpaper.com.
  4. ↑ "England Jude Bellingham's link to Southend's Catholic United". The Echo (Essex). 20 June 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  5. ↑ Whitney, Steve (19 Jan 2021). "They`ve Played For Your Club". Southern Football League . Archived from the original on 2023-06-10.
  6. ↑ "Mark Bellingham on reaching the amazing milestone". thenonleaguefootballpaper.com. 22 September 2016.
  7. ↑ Pullen, Nick (21 Oct 2006). "Football: Bellingham is happy to put boot in foraward!". Birmingham Mail.
  8. ↑ Madeley, Steve (6 December 2022). "Jude Bellingham's dad: The non-League goal machine and police sergeant who inspired an England sensation". The Athletic . Archived from the original on 2022-12-06.
  9. ↑ "Bedworth United's Mark Bellingham proves a good decision by boss Steve Farmer". Coventry Telegraph. 25 April 2013.
  10. ↑ de la Riva, Mario (14 June 2013). "Who is Mark Bellingham, new Real Madrid signing Jude's father and agent?". Diario AS .
  11. ↑ https://www.echo-news.co.uk/sport/19327918.jude-bellinghams-surprise-links-southend-united/
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