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Dutch footballer

Mark Snijders
Personal information
Full name Mark Werner Snijders
Date of birth (1972-03-12) 12 March 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Alkmaar, Netherlands
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
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

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. 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.

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. 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.

Career statistics

Source:

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

  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. ^ "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
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