Mark Hateley

Mark Wayne Hateley (born 7 November 1961) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He started his career with Coventry City in the First Division of English football. A spell followed at English Second Division club Portsmouth, where he ended the 1983–84 season as the club's top goalscorer. He then moved to Italian club AC Milan, where he suffered several injuries (requiring four operations);<ref name=opengoal/> however, he did score the winning goal against city rivals Inter Milan in 1984.

In 1987, Hateley signed for French club Monaco, winning Ligue 1 in his first season at the Monegasque club. In 1990, he signed for Scottish Premier Division club Rangers. In his five-year spell in Glasgow, he was a part of a title-winning squad in every season, and he attained personal success in the 1993–94 season, as he was voted both the SFWA Footballer of the Year and the SPFA Players' Player of the Year, as well as the league's top goalscorer with 22 goals. He briefly rejoined the club in 1997, as there were no available forwards for the Old Firm match, but was sent off on his second debut. In 1999, Hateley was named as part of Rangers' greatest-ever team, and in 2003 he was inducted to Rangers' Hall of Fame.

From 1984 to 1992, Hateley made 32 appearances for the England national team, scoring nine goals. He was a member of the squads for the 1986 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1988.

Early life

Hateley was born in Derby<ref name="England Football Online">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> on 7 November 1961. His father, Tony, was also a professional footballer who played as a striker for such clubs as Notts County, Aston Villa, Coventry City and Chelsea.

Club career

Hateley trained with Nottingham Forest whilst still at school; however, he was rejected by then-manager Brian Clough, who did not believe he was sufficiently talented.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Upon leaving school, he joined Coventry City and started his career in professional football, playing over 90 games in the First Division before moving to Portsmouth in the Second Division in the summer of 1983. He scored 22 league goals for them in the 1983–84 season.<ref name=sh/>

On 28 June 1984, he was transferred to AC Milan for £1 million.<ref name=sh>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He scored a decisive and historic match-winning goal in a 2–1 win against Inter in the Milan Derby on 28 October 1984, beating out former Milan defender Fulvio Collovati with a header; this was the first time Milan had beaten Inter in the Derby in six years.<ref name="magliarossonera">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Arsène Wenger then brought him to AS Monaco, his first signing for the club,<ref name=opengoal/> in 1987 and he was part of the team which won the French Division 1 title in the 1987–88 season.<ref>British footballers abroad - 10 hits and 10 misses. The Telegraph. Retrieved 29 July 2018.</ref> Ayrton Senna lived in the apartment below him, and Boris Becker lived next door, during part of his time in Monaco. Senna played five-a-side football with Hateley.<ref name="opengoal" />

After three years at Monaco, a 28-year-old Hateley returned to Britain in a £1 million move to Rangers on 19 July 1990, taking an 80% reduction compared to his pay at Milan.<ref name=opengoal>"MARK HATELEY | Open Goal Meets... Former Rangers, England, AC Milan & Monaco Striker" – Open Goal, YouTube, 29 November 2021</ref> Manager Graeme Souness had attempted to bring him to Ibrox three years earlier from Milan.<ref>"Million Pound Mark for Ibrox". Evening Times. 15 June 1990.</ref> Hateley became a key part of the Rangers side, and was voted player of the year by the Scottish Football Writers in the 1993–94 season. He scored 112 goals for the Gers in all competitions, including two that clinched the championship on the final day in 1991<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=prem91>Template:Cite news</ref> and one in each of the narrow Scottish Cup final victories in 1992 and 1993. Rangers were league champions in every season that Hateley played for them (scoring 85 Scottish Premier Division goals in the process), as they went on a run of nine successive titles, which lasted from 1989 until 1997.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

As for Hateley's renowned strike partnership at Rangers with Ally McCoist, Hateley said: "Alistair was the perfect partner for me. As a finisher, he was an unbelievable goal scorer. He linked with me. All the goal scorer does is he looks at the leader of the line and makes sure he's offset, fifteen yards away. It was a great partnership"<ref name=opengoal/> In the 1992–93 season, Rangers scored 97 goals. McCoist won the European Golden Boot, with 49 of them, and Hateley scored 29.<ref>"When Rangers nearly conquered Europe..." – Sky Sports</ref> He finished in third place for the SFWA award in 1993.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

After making 218 appearances for Rangers, he moved to Queens Park Rangers in November 1995, for a fee of £1.5 million.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He had just recovered from having concurrent operations on his knee and ankle. Hateley said in 2021: "My dad always said to never make a decision when injured, or in ill-health, because invariably it will be the wrong decision, an emotional decision. I knew after literally ten days that it was the wrong move."<ref name=opengoal/>

In early 1997, with Rangers trying to win their ninth title in a row and with a long injury list, manager Walter Smith desperately needed a striker, and re-signed Hateley for £300,000 to play in the vital game against Rangers' biggest rivals Celtic.<ref>"It's Atilla the gun! Hot-shot Hateley is back in town with Celtic in his sights". Daily Mirror (The Free Library). 15 March 1997.</ref> Rangers won the game 1–0, but Hateley was sent off for headbutting Stewart Kerr.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He played four times in his second spell at Rangers, scoring once, and transferred to Hull City in July 1997, where he fulfilled the role of player-manager.<ref name=sh/><ref>"Hateley's in heaven and Hull". Daily Record (The Free Library). 16 July 1997.</ref> Hateley managed Hull from the summer of 1997 until November 1998.<ref>"Hateley sacked by struggling Hull". The Scotsman. 11 November 1998.</ref>

Hateley ended his playing career with Ross County in September 1999, playing two games for them.<ref>"Hateley sacked by Ross County for being a jinx". The Independent. 19 September 1999.</ref><ref>"Mark Hateley dumped by Ross County". Daily Record (The Free Library). 14 September 1999.</ref> "It was a great time. I really did enjoy myself up there. It was a logistic nightmare for me, because I was staying down in Derby and going through a divorce. I was having to fly from East Midlands into Glasgow and then I had twenty minutes to make a connection to get up there, and I could never make it."<ref name=opengoal/>

International career

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Hateley (far right) playing for England in a friendly match against Mexico, 1986

On 2 June 1984, Hateley was capped for England at senior level for the first time in a 2–0 friendly defeat to the Soviet Union. In his next game, eight days later, he scored in a 2–0 victory over Brazil, to date England's only away victory against Brazil. By the end of 1984, he had been capped six times by England and scored three goals. He played a significant role in England's successful qualifying campaign for the 1986 FIFA World Cup, scoring important goals against Finland and Northern Ireland. However England started slowly in the tournament itself and after two disappointing results (a defeat against Portugal and a draw against Morocco), Hateley was among players dropped, being replaced by Peter Beardsley. England won their next match against Poland and Hateley thereafter fell out of favour. He made the last of his 32 appearances in a 2–2 friendly draw with Czechoslovakia in 1992.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Style of play

A traditional target man, Hateley was a physical centre-forward who was known in particular for his strength in the air and ability to score goals with his head.<ref name="magliarossonera"/>

Personal life

Hateley has been married twice,<ref name=opengoal/> and has four children from his first marriage. Hateley's son Tom, who was born in Monaco during his father's spell at AS Monaco, is also a footballer.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Paul Gascoigne lived with Hateley for two weeks, after signing for Rangers in July 1995 for a club-record £4.3 million.<ref name=opengoal/>

In 2021, Hateley released his autobiography Hitting the Mark: My Story.<ref>Hitting the Mark:My Story, Mark Hateley and Alistair Aird (Reach Sport, 2021) Template:Isbn</ref>

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionTemplate:Citation needed<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Club	Season	League			National cupTemplate:Efn		League cupTemplate:Efn		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Coventry City	1978–79	First Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	–		1	0
	1979–80		4	0	1	0	0	0	–		5	0
	1980–81<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>		19	3	3	0	6	2	–		28	5
	1981–82		34	13	4	4	2	1	–		40	18
	1982–83		35	9	3	2	0	0	–		38	11
	Total		93	25	11	6	8	3	—		112	34
Detroit Express (loan)	1980<ref name="nasl">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	NASL	19	2	–		–		–		19	2
Portsmouth	1983–84	Second Division	38	22	2	1	4	2	–		44	25
Milan	1984–85	Serie A	21	7	7	1	–		–		28	8
	1985–86		22	8	4	1	–		4Template:Efn	2	30	11
	1986–87		23	2	5	0	–		–		28	2
	Total		66	17	16	2	—		4	2	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>!!21<ref name=magli/>
Monaco	1987–88	Ligue 1	28	14	3	0	–		–		31	14
	1988–89		18	6	1	1	–		2Template:Efn	0	21	7
	1989–90		13	2	1	1	–		2	0	16	3
	Total		59	22	5	2	—		4	0	68	24
Rangers	1990–91	Scottish Premier Division	33	10	3	2	4	2	2Template:Efn	1	42	15
	1991–92		30	21	2	2	2	0	1Template:Efn	0	35	23
	1992–93<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>		37	19	5	2	4	3	8Template:Efn	3	54	27
	1993–94<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>		42	22	6	4	5	2	2Template:Efn	2	55	30
	1994–95		23	13	1	0	2	2	2Template:Efn	0	28	15
	1995–96<ref name=roth96>Template:Cite book</ref>		0	0	0	0	2	2	2Template:Efn	0	4	2
	Total		165	85	17	10	19	11	17	6	218	112
Queens Park Rangers	1995–96	Premier League	14	2	1	0	1	0	–		16	2
	1996–97	Division One	13	1	4	2	0	0	–		17	3
	Total		27	3	5	2	1	0	—		33	5
Leeds United (loan)	1996–97	Premier League	6	0	0	0	0	0	–		6	0
Rangers	1996–97	Scottish Premier Division	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Hull City	1997–98	Division Three	9	0	0	0	5	0	–		14	0
	1998–99		12	3	0	0	1	0	–		13	3
	Total		21	3	0	0	6	0	—		27	3
Ross County	1999–2000	Scottish Second Division	2	0	0	0	0	0	–		2	0
Career total			500	180	56	23	38	16	25	8	619	227

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="England Football Online"/>

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
England	1984	6	3
	1985	8	3
	1986	7	3
	1987	4	0
	1988	6	0
	1992	1	0
Total		32	9

Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hateley goal.<ref name="England Football Online"/>

List of international goals scored by Mark Hateley

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	10 June 1984	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Template:Fb	2–0	2–0	Friendly
2	17 October 1984	Wembley Stadium, London, England	Template:Fb	1–0	5–0	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
3				3–0
4	27 February 1985	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Template:Fb	1–0	1–0
5	22 May 1985	Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland	Template:Fb	1–1	1–1
6	6 June 1985	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	Template:Fb	1–1	1–2	Ciudad de México Cup
7	17 May 1986	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States	Template:Fb	1–0	3–0	Friendly
8				2–0
9	24 May 1986	Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, Canada	Template:Fb	1–0	1–0

Managerial stats

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Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Hull City	Template:Flagicon	15 July 1997	11 November 1998

Honours

Monaco

• Ligue 1: 1987–88<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Rangers

• Scottish Premier League: 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1996–97<ref name="Hayes 2007 58">Template:Cite book</ref>
• Scottish Cup: 1991–92, 1992–93
• Scottish League Cup: 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94

England U21

• European Under-21 Football Championship: 1982, 1984<ref name="England Football Online"/>

Individual

• Serie A Team of The Year: 1985Template:Citation needed
• SFWA Footballer of the Year: 1993–94<ref name="Hayes 2007 58"/>
• SPFA Players' Player of the Year: 1993–94<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Golden Player: 1984<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• SPFA Team of the Year: 1994<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Ballon d'Or: 1987 (14th),<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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