Mark McCormick (footballer, born 1979)

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Mark McCormick
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-07-11) 11 July 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Bellshill, Scotland
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 FK Austria Wien (assistant manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Harthill Royal
1998–2001 Livingston 65 (11)
2001–2002 Ross County 37 (4)
2002–2004 Berwick Rangers 7 (0)
2005–2010 NYU Violets
2011 DSG Vienna Internationals
2011–2012 SV Schwechat
2014 USC Pilgersdorf
Managerial career
2016 Northern Spirit
2016–2017 Northern Tigers
2022– FK Austria Wien (assistant manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mark McCormick (born 11 July 1979) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Berwick Rangers and Livingston.

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Club career

McCormick started his career with East of Scotland Football League side Harthill Royal before earning a move to then Scottish Football League Second Division side Livingston in 1998. He scored on his league debut for Livi in a 1–1 draw against Stirling Albion. [1]

He signed for Ross County in 2001 and made 37 appearances for the Staggies before leaving for Berwick Rangers in 2002. [2]

His last game for the Wee Gers would also be his last professional game in Scotland. He signed off with an assist in a 1–1 draw against Airdrieonians. [3]

The midfielder had spells playing in USA with NYU Violets and Austria with DSG Vienna Internationals, USC Pilgersdorf and SV Schwechat before retiring in 2014. [4]

Coaching career

McCormick moved into coaching and was appointed as FK Austria Wien U15 assistant manager in 2010, combining this with playing club football at the same time.

In 2015, he was heading abroad again. This time to Australia to become a youth coach at Northern Tigers. He then moved into management with short tints with Western Spirit and Northern Tigers.

McCormick was then appointed as Chief Instructor at Sunderland by then manager Simon Grayson. In what was a turbulent time at the Black Cats which saw a high turnover of managers, McCormick left the club after less than a year and returned to the familiar surroundings of Austria to become U18 assistant manager at FK Austria Wien. [5]

Since then, he has managed the U16 and U18 squads of FK Austria Wien before being appointed first team assistant manager in 2022. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Strong Celtic earn hard-fought draw McNamara's late strike sends travelling support home happy".
  2. ↑ "Berwick make double signing".
  3. ↑ "FOOTBALL: FIRST HUTCH; AIRDRIE UTD..1 BERWICK ......1".
  4. ↑ "Mark McCormick".
  5. ↑ "MCCORMICK FAREWELLS TIGERS FOR SUNDERLAND FC".
  6. ↑ "New assistant coach for Manfred Schmid".
  1. Mark McCormick on Soccerbase
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