Mark Ellis (footballer, born 1962)

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Mark Ellis
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Personal information
Full name Mark Edward Ellis [1]
Date of birth (1962-01-06) 6 January 1962 (age 62) [1]
Place of birth Bradford, [1] England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [2]
Position(s) Left winger
Youth career
Trinity Athletic
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1980–1990 Bradford City 218 (30)
1990–1992 Halifax Town 37 (4)
Guiseley
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mark Edward Ellis (born 6 January 1962) is a former English professional footballer who played the majority of his league career for his hometown club Bradford City as a left winger.

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Career

Before being taken as a non-contract player for Bradford City in 1980, Mark first caught their attention in 1978 while playing as an amateur for the junior club, Trinity Athletic. [3] He then made his debut as a substitute on 11 April, 1980 in a 3–3 draw with Wigan Athletic, before signing as a full-time professional the following month. [3]

The following season, he played 18 league games as Bradford won promotion from Division Four under the guidance of Roy McFarland.

Following his promotion, Ellis, nicknamed "Mega Star", came close to playing in all four divisions when City missed out on promotion to 1987–88 on the final day of the season. But the season also proved to be a personal disaster for Ellis, when his career nearly ended right after his 26th birthday following a cruciate ligament injury in a 1–1 draw at St Andrew's against Birmingham City. Ellis was injured for more than a year and played just 11 more league games for City in two more seasons.

Ellis had been known as a tricky winger who could beat opposition defenders, [3] and was later given a testimonial match against an Everton team featuring his friend and former teammate Stuart McCall.

He moved down the leagues to join Halifax Town and later played in the South African premier league for Hellenic FC in Cape Town. He then returned to England and played briefly for Guiseley, scoring the winning goal against Gretna FC on his debut. Ellis then went back to South Africa and worked in the Ajax Academy coaching the u17 team. After returning to the UK again, he started working at Thomas Danby College coaching the u19 team and running his own coaching business in the Detroit Area of the United States during the summer. He also combined this with a part-time coaching role at the Huddersfield Town Academy, where he worked for over 6 years. Ellis also had a short spell back at Bradford City coaching the under 16s with former teammate John Hendrie and also had a spell as first team coach at Guiseley FC with his former manager Terry Dolan.

Ellis founded youth academy RIASA, which is co-owned by David Baldwin. [4] [5]

Honours

Bradford City

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mark Ellis". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  2. ↑ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p.  78. ISBN   978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. 1 2 3 Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988. Breedon Books Sport. p. 98. ISBN   0-907969-38-0.
  4. ↑ "Promotion would be proud day for former idol Ellis". yorkshirepost.co.uk.
  5. ↑ Walker, Michael. "The academy in Yorkshire teaching 60 young Americans all..." The Athletic.
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