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Mark Snijders

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Mark Snijders
Personal information
Full name Mark Werner Snijders[1]
Date of birth (1972-03-12) 12 March 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Alkmaar, Netherlands
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1977–1985 Alkmaarsche boys
1985–1987 AFC '34
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1997 AZ Alkmaar 172 (4)
1997–2000 Port Vale 55 (2)
Total 227 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mark Werner Snijders (born 12 March 1972) is a Dutch former footballer. He spent eight years with AZ Alkmaar and then three years playing in the Football League with Port Vale.

Career

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Snijders left his home town club AZ Alkmaar for English First Division club Port Vale following a successful trial in the summer of 1997, leaving behind a newly signed contract with AZ.[3] He was one of several John Rudge's Dutch signings. He made his Vale debut in a 2–1 win over Stockport County at Vale Park on 9 September 1997. He scored his first goal for the club eighteen days later in a 2–0 home win over Queens Park Rangers. In all, he made 25 appearances that season, picking up his second goal in a 3–2 win over Manchester City at Maine Road. His classy play and skilful reading of the game impressed the Vale faithful.[4]

In 1998–99, the club were battling against relegation; Snijders played five games in August but fell out of the first-team and only made a total of twelve appearances. He had suffered injuries and a loss of form.[4] The 1999–2000 season saw Vale suffer relegation and the departure of Rudge. Snijders was a semi-regular under Rudge and his replacement Brian Horton, playing 22 games that season. He was sent off at the Alexandra Stadium, in a 2–1 defeat to near rivals Crewe Alexandra on 7 March. He was released by the club at the end of the season and joined his old amateur side AFC '34, back in the Netherlands.[4]

Career statistics

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Source:[5][6]

Club Season Division League National Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
AZ Alkmaar 1989–90 Eerste Divisie 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1990–91 Eerste Divisie 21 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
1991–92 Eerste Divisie 30 0 1 0 0 0 31 0
1992–93 Eerste Divisie 34 0 2 0 0 0 36 0
1993–94 Eerste Divisie 32 1 2 0 0 0 34 1
1994–95 Eerste Divisie 22 1 4 0 0 0 26 1
1995–96 Eerste Divisie 3 0 3 0 0 0 6 0
1996–97 Eredivisie 25 2 3 0 0 0 28 2
Total 172 4 15 0 0 0 187 4
Port Vale 1997–98 First Division 24 2 2 0 0 0 26 2
1998–99 First Division 10 0 0 0 2 0 12 0
1999–2000 First Division 21 0 1 0 0 0 22 0
Total 55 2 3 0 2 0 60 2
Career total 227 6 18 0 2 0 247 6

References

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  1. ^ "Mark Snijders". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. ^ "FootballSquads - Port Vale - 1999/00". www.footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Snijders: Potteries Folk so Friendly". onevalefan.co.uk. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Mark Snijders". dutchplayers.nl. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
  5. ^ Mark Snijders at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  6. ^ Mark Snijders at Soccerbase Edit this at Wikidata