Mark Kendall (soccer player, 1958)

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Mark Kendall
Personnel
birthday 20th September 1958
place of birth Blackwood ,  Wales
date of death May 1, 2008
Place of death Blackwood ,  Wales
position goal
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1976-1980 Tottenham Hotspur 29 (0)
1979-1980 →  Chesterfield FC  (loan) 9 (0)
1980-1986 AFC Newport County 272 (0)
1986-1990 Wolverhampton Wanderers 147 (0)
1990-1992 Swansea City 12 (0)
1991-1992 →  Burnley FC  (loan) 2 (0)
AFC Newport
South Wales Police
Ebbw Vale AFC
Cwmbran Town
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1978 Wales U21 1 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Mark Kendall (* 20th September 1958 in Blackwood ; † 1. May 2008 ) was a Welsh football - goalkeeper and U-21 national team .

Life

Kendall signed a professional contract with Tottenham Hotspur as a teenager and played his first league game in November 1978 against Norwich City . After four years he left the club and moved to AFC Newport County . There he and the team won the Welsh Cup competition and made it into the European Cup Winners' Cup . In 1986 he moved to Wolverhampton Wanderers , with whom he won the Football League Trophy . As a substitute goalkeeper at Swansea City , he won the Welsh Cup a second time .

Kendall ended his career as a professional footballer at the age of 34 and became a police officer. There he was also active as a football coach and was named coach of the year in 2007.

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personal data
SURNAME Kendall, Mark
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Welsh football goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH 20th September 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Blackwood (Wales) , Wales
DATE OF DEATH May 1, 2008
Place of death Blackwood (Wales) , Wales