Mark Cartwright

Mark Cartwright

Personal information
Full name	Mark Neville Cartwright[1]
Date of birth	13 January 1973
Place of birth	Chester, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1]
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Stoke City (Technical director)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1990–1991	York City	0	(0)
1991–1994	Stockport County	0	(0)
1994–1999	Wrexham	37	(0)
1999	→ Bury (loan)	0	(0)
2000–2001	Brighton & Hove Albion	13	(0)
2002–2003	Shrewsbury Town	27	(0)
2003–2005	Halifax Town	32	(0)
Total		109	(0)
Teams managed
2006	Leek Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Mark Neville Cartwright (born 13 January 1973) is an English former footballer player and manager and is now technical director at Stoke City.

Playing career

Cartwright was born in Chester and played as a goalkeeper with York City, Stockport County before making his professional debut for Wrexham in 1996. He was a bi-part player at Wrexham until the 1998–99 season where he played in 43 matches and produced a fine performance in a 0–0 draw at Manchester City.^[2] However he was overlooked in favour of Kevin Dearden and joined Brighton & Hove Albion in 2000. He played in 15 matches for the Seagulls in 2000–01 helping the side win the Third Division title. He joined Shrewsbury Town in July 2001 where he spent two seasons before retiring due to injury.^[3]

He later had a short spell as manager of Leek Town in 2006 before resigning due to work commitments.^[4] He later became goalkeeping coach at Livingston,^[5] and following this became involved with Colwyn Bay.

Later career

He was a football agent for Beswicks Sports, his client list included Adam Yates and Liam Bridcutt.^[6] He was also involved in a number of overseas transfers from the United States to Korea.^[7]

On 10 December 2012 Cartwright was appointed technical director at Premier League club Stoke City.^[8]

Career statistics

• Sourced from The English National Football Archive

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other^[A]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Wrexham	1996–97	Second Division	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	1997–98	Second Division	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	1998–99	Second Division	30	0	5	0	2	0	6	0	43	0
	1999–2000	Second Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brighton & Hove Albion	2000–01	Third Division	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
Shrewsbury Town	2001–02	Third Division	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
	2002–03	Third Division	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
Halifax Town	2003–04	Conference Premier	32	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	36	0
Career Total			109	0	9	0	2	0	10	0	130	0

A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League Trophy.

References

1. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2003). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004. Queen Anne Press. p. 82. ISBN 1-85291-651-6.
2. "The year we very nearly went down". Red Passion. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
3. "Shrews in keeper search". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
4. "Leek Town FC Managers". Leek Town F.C. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
5. Northern Premier League website
6. Shaw, Steve (June 10, 2009). "Port Vale: Yates moves closer to deal". The Sentinel. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
7. "Stoke City technical director Mark Cartwright searches the world for Potters' talent". The Sentinel. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
8. "City Appoint Technical Director". Stoke City F.C. Retrieved 11 December 2012.

External links

• Mark Cartwright career statistics at Soccerbase