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Mark Fish
	File:Mark fish.jpg
Personal information
Full name	Mark Anthony Fish
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Jomo Cosmos
	‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08/10/2006

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Mark Fish (born 14 March 1974 in Cape Town) is a retired South African footballer.

Club career

Fish started his career in his native South Africa under the guidance of renowned coach Steve Coetsee, playing for Arcadia Shepherds, an amateur team based at the Caledonian Stadium in Pretoria. He was spotted by then Jomo Cosmos coach Roy Matthews and turned professional as a striker. It was at Cosmos that he was converted into a central defender and went on to become one of the most promising defenders in South Africa at the time.

In 1994 Fish was signed by Orlando Pirates after Cosmos were relegated. At Pirates he arguably played the best football of his career under the tutelage of Mark Makaab. He also won the league championship at Pirates, as well as the BP Top Eight Cup in 1994, the 1995 African Champions League and the 1995 Bobsave Super Bowl (then the premier cup in South Africa). In 1996 he was part of the history making South African national team to have won the African Cup of Nations at the first attempt after South Africa's readmission to FIFA in 1992.

Soon foreign scouts came knocking and he was signed by Lazio of Italy, after he turned down an opportunity to play for his boyhood club, Manchester United. However he did move to England after just one season at Lazio to become the highest paid player at Bolton Wanderers. Fish was a mainstay in Bolton's back four for much of their first season back in the Premiership, he received praise from both team mates and those whom he played against, most notably Manchester United forward Andrew Cole. Despite Fish's efforts Bolton were relegated on the last day of the season despite having accumulated 44 points, normally enough to stave off the drop. Once playing back in the lower leagues Fish applied himself well, however, new suitors soon came calling, and only after the appointment of Sam Allardyce did Fish's star begin to fall in the North of Lancashire. Fish soon followed his Danish team mate Claus Jensen and at Alan Curbishley's second time of asking moved to Charlton Athletic in a £700,000 move in November 2000. "The Big Fish" as he was affectionately known throughout his playing career went on to make 102 Premiership appearances for the Addicks, scoring three times.

In 2005 he began to fall out of favour at Charlton. He went on to have a very short loan spell (45 mins) at Ipswich Town in the 2005-06 season but a severe cruciate ligament injury led to Fish announcing his retirement.

However, in February 2007, Fish returned to football when he signed a six-month contract with his first club Jomo Cosmos.

International career

Internationally, Fish is best remembered as being a crucial part of South Africa's victorious national soccer squad when they won the African Cup of Nations in 1996. In total he won 62 caps for the South African national team, scoring twice.

Personal life

He is married to Loui Fish (née Visser), a former lingerie model and well known socialite. They have two sons, Luke Fish (born in Bolton) & Zeke Fish.

Fish has returned from Europe to his homeland South Africa and has been actively involved in charity work, much of it aimed at the development of African soccer and the eradication of African poverty. He was one of a handful of Ambassadors in South Africa's successful bid to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

23 August 2008, 10:35

Mark Fish's wife, Loui, and his ten-year-old son, Luke, were at their Mooikloof home with friends on Thursday night when five men, armed with an assortment of weapons including an AK-47, burst into their house.

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+| playername = Mark Fish
-| name          = Diana Coupland
-| image         = Diana Coupland.jpg
+| image = [[Image:Mark fish.jpg]]
+| fullname = Mark Anthony Fish
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-| caption       = Diana Coupland c.1973
+| nickname = Big Fish, Tlhapi, Feeesh
-| birthname     =
-| birthdate     = {{birth date|1932|3|5|df=y}}
+| dateofbirth = {{birth date and age|1974|3|14|df=y}}
-| location      = [[Leeds]], [[England]]
+| cityofbirth = [[Cape Town]]
+| countryofbirth = [[South Africa]]
-| deathdate     = {{death date and age|2006|11|10|1932|3|5|df=y}}
-| deathplace    = [[Coventry]], [[England]]
+| currentclub = [[Jomo Cosmos]]
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+| position = [[Defender (football)|Defender]]
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-| notable role  = Jean Abbott<br> in '''''[[Bless This House]]'''''<br>[[Maureen Carter]]<br> in '''''[[EastEnders]]'''''
+| years = 1991-1993<br />1993-1996<br />1996-1997<br />1997-2000<br />2000-2005<br />2005<br />2007
+| clubs = [[Jomo Cosmos]]<br />[[Orlando Pirates F.C.|Orlando Pirates]]<br />[[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]]<br />[[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]]<br />[[Charlton Athletic]]<br />[[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]] (loan) <br />[[Jomo Cosmos]]
+| caps(goals) = {{0}}53 {{0}}{{0}}(3)<br />110 {{0}}(11)<br />{{0}}15 {{0}}{{0}}(1)<br />103 {{0}}{{0}}(3)<br />102 {{0}}{{0}}(3)<br />{{0}}{{0}}1 {{0}}{{0}}(0)<br />{{0}}{{0}}0 {{0}}{{0}}(0)
+| nationalyears = 1993-2004
+| nationalteam = {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[South Africa national football team|South Africa]]
+| nationalcaps(goals) = {{0}}62 {{0}}{{0}}(2)
+| pcupdate = 08/10/2006
+| ntupdate = 08/10/2006
 }}
+'''Mark Fish''' (born [[14 March]] [[1974]] in [[Cape Town]]) is a retired [[South Africa]]n [[football (soccer)|footballer]].
-'''Diana Coupland''' ([[5 March]] [[1932]] &ndash; [[10 November]] [[2006]]) was an [[England|English]] [[actor|actress]] best remembered for her role as Jean Abbott on ''[[Bless This House]]'', which she played from 1971 to 1976.
-==Early life==
+==Club career==
+Fish started his career in his native South Africa under the guidance of renowned coach Steve Coetsee, playing for Arcadia Shepherds, an amateur team based at the Caledonian Stadium in [[Pretoria]]. He was spotted by then [[Jomo Cosmos]] coach Roy Matthews and turned professional as a striker. It was at Cosmos that he was converted into a central defender and went on to become one of the most promising defenders in [[South Africa]] at the time.
-Coupland was born in [[Leeds]] in 1932, and originally wanted to be a [[ballet|ballet dancer]], but she could not fulfill this ambition due to a [[Equestrianism|horse-riding]] accident. Her music career began at the age of 11 [[Barney Colehan]], a [[BBC]] producer, heard Coupland sing and invited her onto one of his [[radio|radio shows]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/11/11/db1102.xml|title=Telegraph.co.uk|first=|last=|publisher=Telegraph |date=2006-11-11}}</ref> By the time she reached 14, she was singing full time at the Mecca Locarno in Leeds, and the following year, moved to [[London]] with her parents, where she became a resident singer at Mecca's [[Tottenham Court Road]] ballroom. During the 1940s and 1950s, she became a leading singer of the day, singing at the [[Dorchester Hotel|The Dorchester]] and [[Savoy Hotel|The Savoy]]. Coupland also dubbed the singing voices of actresses who could not sing, namely [[Lana Turner]] in ''[[Betrayed (1954 film)|Betrayed]]'' and most famously in the [[James Bond]] film ''[[Dr. No (film)|Dr. No]]'', where she dubbed the singing voice of [[Ursula Andress]]. She gave up professional singing in the 1960s.
+In 1994 Fish was signed by [[Orlando Pirates]] after Cosmos were relegated. At Pirates he arguably played the best football of his career under the tutelage of Mark Makaab. He also won the league championship at Pirates, as well as the ''BP Top Eight Cup'' in 1994, the 1995 ''[[CAF Champions League|African Champions League]]'' and the 1995 ''Bobsave Super Bowl'' (then the premier cup in South Africa). In 1996 he was part of the history making South African national team to have won the [[African Cup of Nations]] at the first attempt after South Africa's readmission to FIFA in 1992.
-==Acting career==
-In 1959, she was unexpectedly cast by [[Joan Littlewood]] as Sally in the [[Theatre Workshop]] musical ''[[Make Me An Offer]]'', and she soon appeared in many [[West End theatre|West End]] plays including ''[[Gigi]]'' and ''[[Not Now, Darling]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/11/11/db1102.xml|title=Telegraph.co.uk|first=|last=|publisher=Telegraph |date=2006-11-11}}</ref> Her television appearances started in the 1960s, and early appearances included ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'', ''[[The Wednesday Play]]'', ''[[Softly, Softly (TV series)|Softly, Softly]]'' and ''[[Z-Cars]]''. However, after playing a mother in ''[[Please Sir!]]'' and the Siberian wife in [[Mel Brooks|Mel Brooks's]] 1970 film ''[[The Twelve Chairs (1970 film)|The Twelve Chairs]]'', Coupland got her big break in 1971 when she achieved television fame as Jean Abbott, the long-suffering wife of [[Sid James|Sid James's]] character, in ''[[Bless This House]]''. This role continued until James' untimely death in 1976. She appeared in a few films including ''[[Charlie Bubbles]]'' and ''[[Spring and Port Wine]].
+Soon foreign scouts came knocking and he was signed by [[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]] of Italy, after he turned down an opportunity to play for his boyhood club, [[Manchester United]]. However he did move to England after just one season at Lazio to become the highest paid player at [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]]. Fish was a mainstay in Bolton's back four for much of their first season back in the Premiership, he received praise from both team mates and those whom he played against, most notably Manchester United forward [[Andrew Cole]]. Despite Fish's efforts Bolton were relegated on the last day of the season despite having accumulated 44 points, normally enough to stave off the drop. Once playing back in the lower leagues Fish applied himself well, however, new suitors soon came calling, and only after the appointment of [[Sam Allardyce]] did Fish's star begin to fall in the North of Lancashire. Fish soon followed his Danish team mate [[Claus Jensen]] and at Alan Curbishley's second time of asking moved to [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]] in a £700,000 move in November 2000. "The Big Fish" as he was affectionately known throughout his playing career went on to make 102 Premiership appearances for the Addicks, scoring three times.
-During the late 1970s and 1980s,  Coupland appeared in ''[[Wilde Alliance]]'', ''[[Triangle (TV series)|Triangle]]'' and ''[[Juliet Bravo]]''. She got a role in the [[soap opera]] ''[[Triangle (TV series)|Triangle]]'' after the actor who was due to portray the owner of the line died. Her husband was a director on the programme and she had been watching the filming and was offered the part. In 1992, she appeared in an episode of ''[[One Foot in the Grave]]'', and in 2000 she had a six-week role as [[Maureen Carter]] in ''[[EastEnders]]'' . Following this, Coupland appeared in ''[[Doctors (BBC soap opera)|Doctors]]'',   ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' and in 2005 ''[[Rose and Maloney]]'', her final television appearance.
+In 2005 he began to fall out of favour at Charlton. He went on to have a very short loan spell (45 mins) at [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]] in the [[2005-06 in English football|2005-06]] season but a severe [[cruciate ligament]] [[injury]] led to Fish announcing his retirement.
+However, in February 2007, Fish returned to football when he signed a six-month contract with his first club Jomo Cosmos.
+==International career==
+Internationally, Fish is best remembered as being a crucial part of South Africa's victorious national soccer squad when they won the African Cup of Nations in 1996. In total he won 62 [[cap (football)|caps]] for the [[South African national football team|South African national team]], scoring twice.
 ==Personal life==
+He is married to Loui Fish (née Visser), a former lingerie model and well known socialite. They have two sons, Luke Fish (born in Bolton) & Zeke Fish.
-Diana Coupland married twice. She and her first husband, composer [[Monty Norman]], [[divorce]]d after 20 years of marriage, having had one daughter.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-2451001.html|title=Timesonline.co.uk|first=|last=|publisher=The Times|date=2006-11-13}}</ref> In 2001, she gave evidence in a [[High Court of Justice|High Court]] after her former husband sued ''[[The Sunday Times (UK)|The Sunday Times]]'' following a 1997 article suggesting that Norman had falsely taken credit and [[royalties]] for the [[James Bond music#The "James Bond Theme"|''James Bond'' theme music]], which had actually been written by [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]]. Coupland described the article as "blatantly untrue" and her former husband was awarded £30,000.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/11/11/db1102.xml|title=Telegraph.co.uk|first=|last=|publisher=Telegraph|date=2006-11-11}}</ref>
+Fish has returned from Europe to his homeland South Africa and has been actively involved in charity work, much of it aimed at the development of African soccer and the eradication of African poverty. He was one of a handful of Ambassadors in South Africa's successful bid to host the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]].
+August 2008, 10:35
+Mark Fish's wife, Loui, and his ten-year-old son, Luke, were at their Mooikloof home with friends on Thursday night when five men, armed with an assortment of weapons including an AK-47, burst into their house.
+http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20080823090334536C133023
-She married secondly [[Marc Miller (producer)|Marc Miller]], a producer, in 1980. Diana Coupland, who was a patron of [[National Lupus UK]], died aged 74 at the [[University Hospital Coventry|University Hospital]], [[Coventry]] in 2006 after failing to recover following an operation to resolve long-term [[heart]] problems.
-==Footnotes==
+==Further reading==
+* Graeme Friedman "[[Madiba]]'s Boys  The Stories of [[Lucas Radebe]] and Mark Fish"  Comerford & Miller, United Kingdom ISBN 1 919 888 08  Features a foreword by [[Nelson Mandela]]
-{{reflist}}
 ==External links==
+* {{soccerbase|12115|Mark Fish}}
-*{{imdb|id=0183646|name=Diana Coupland}}
-*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6136408.stm BBC News - Actress Diana Coupland dies at 74]
-*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/11/11/db1102.xml ''The Daily Telegraph'' Obituary]
-*[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-2451001.html ''The Times'' Obituary]
+{{South Africa Squad 1998 World Cup}}
-{{Lifetime| 1932 | 2006 |Coupland, Diana}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Fish, Mark}}
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