Mark Atkins (footballer)

Mark Atkins
Personal information
Full name Mark Nigel Atkins[1]
Date of birth (1968-08-14) 14 August 1968 (age 56)[1]
Place of birth Doncaster, England[1]
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1988 Scunthorpe United 50 (2)
1988–1995 Blackburn Rovers 257 (34)
1995–1999 Wolverhampton Wanderers 126 (8)
1999 York City 10 (2)
1999–2001 Doncaster Rovers 45 (4)
2001Hull City (loan) 8 (0)
2001–2003 Shrewsbury Town 72 (3)
2003–2004 Harrogate Town
Managerial career
2000 Doncaster Rovers (caretaker)
2003 Shrewsbury Town (caretaker)
2008–2014 Matlock Town
2024 Matlock Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mark Nigel Atkins (born 14 August 1968) is an English football manager and former professional footballer.

He was primarily a central midfielder but started out as right-back in a career that lasted from 1986 until 2004, notably in the Premier League for Blackburn Rovers where he won the title in 1995. He also played in the Football League for Scunthorpe United, Wolverhampton Wanderers, York City, Doncaster Rovers, Hull City, Shrewsbury Town and Harrogate Town.

Later on his playing career, Atkins was brielfly appointed as caretaker manager at both Doncaster and Shrewsbury, and in 2008 he was appointed as manager of non-league side Matlock Town, a position he held for six years. He returned to Matlock as manager in 2024.

  1. ^ a b c d "Mark Atkins". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. ^ Dunk, Peter (20 August 1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. Queen Anne Press. p. 320. ISBN 978-0-3561435-4-5. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

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