Mark Dempsey (English footballer)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Davidstockholm (talk | contribs) at 14:26, 10 November 2016. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Mark Dempsey
Personal information
Full name Mark James Dempsey
Date of birth (1964-01-14) 14 January 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth Manchester, England
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1980–1982 Manchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1986 Manchester United 1 (0)
1985 → Swindon Town (loan) 5 (0)
1986–1988 Sheffield United 63 (8)
1988 → Chesterfield (loan) 3 (0)
1988–1991 Rotherham United 75 (7)
1991–1994 Macclesfield Town 54 (2)
Total 201 (17)
Managerial career
2015 Haugesund (assistant)
2016 Haugesund
2016 Djurgården
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mark James Dempsey (born 14 January 1964)[1] is an English football coach and former player who is recently was the manager of Swedish club Djurgården.

Dempsey was born in Moston, Manchester.[citation needed] He played as a midfielder in The Football League for Manchester United, Swindon Town, Sheffield United, Chesterfield and Rotherham United, and in Non-League football for Macclesfield Town.[2] He was a youth coach with Manchester United before moving to Norway.[3]

In February 2009, he took up a post in youth development with Tromsø IL and the Northern Norway region.[4] On 9 November 2010, Dempsey joined Molde as part of new manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær's backroom staff.[5] He followed Solskjær to Cardiff City in January 2014 as part of a new-look backroom staff after the sacking of Malky Mackay.[6]

As of 2016, Dempsey is FK Haugesund's manager after taking over from Jostein Grindhaug after the 2015 season. He has six children, two of them adopted.[7] Dempsey resigned as manager of Haugesund on 14 July 2016.[8]

During August 2016, Dempsey became manager of Swedish top-flight side Djurgarden.[9]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 1 May 2016.
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Haugesund 1 January 2016 14 July 2016 19 10 5 4 052.6
Total 19 10 5 4 052.6

References

  1. ^ "Mark Dempsey". MUFCInfo. Mark Graham. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  2. ^ "Mark Dempsey". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  3. ^ Thompson, Gemma (15 April 2005). "Academy to be reorganised". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  4. ^ Lian, Tom Rune (18 February 2009). "Tromsø signerte United-trener" (in Norwegian). Radio Tromsø. Retrieved 13 July 2009. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Ole Gunnar Solskjær til Molde FK!". moldefk.no. Molde Fotballklubb. 9 November 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
  6. ^ "Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: Cardiff City hire former Man Utd striker as boss". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  7. ^ Overvik, Jostein (16 May 2016). "Hovedinnhold Mark Dempsey sang seg til lønnsforhøyelse fra Alex Ferguson" (in Norwegian). VG. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  8. ^ "Pressemelding". fkh.no (in Norwegian). FK Haugesund. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  9. ^ "Pressemelding".


Flag of EnglandSoccer icon

This biographical article related to association football in England, about a midfielder born in the 1960s, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mark_Dempsey_(English_footballer)&oldid=748807947"