Background
Mark Hateley was born in Derby on 7 November 1961. His father, Tony Hateley, was also a professional football player who played as a striker for clubs including N ottinghamshire County, Aston Villa, Chelsea and Liverpool.
Mark Hateley was born in Derby on 7 November 1961. His father, Tony Hateley, was also a professional football player who played as a striker for clubs including N ottinghamshire County, Aston Villa, Chelsea and Liverpool.
He was capped 32 times for the English national team (including games in the 1986 World Cup), and played in top-level football leagues in England, Italy, France and Scotland. His nickname is "Attila". Hateley started his career at Coventry City, playing over 90 games in the First Division before moving to Portsmouth in the summer of 1983.
He scored 22 league goals for them in the 1983-1984 season
On 28 June 1984 he was transferred to A.C. (before Christ) Milan for £1million.
However, his move did not come at one of the famous Italian side"s greatest times, since they were still re-establishing themselves in Serie A after slipping out of it twice (the first time due to demotion as a result of a match fixing scandal) in the previous six years. He then joined AS Monaco in 1987, where he spent three years before transferring to Rangers in the summer of 1990.
Manager Graeme Souness had attempted to bring him to Ibrox three years earlier from Air Corps Milan. Hateley became a key part of the Rangers side, and was voted player of the year by the Scottish Football Writers in 1993/94.
After making 165 League appearances with Rangers he moved to Queen"s Park Rangers in November 1995, for a fee of £1.5million.
His contract was not renewed and he spent the following season back in England, with a spell as player-manager of Division Three club Hull City. He ended his playing career after being given a free transfer by Ross County in September 1999 due to several poor performances. On 2 June 1984 Hateley was capped for England at senior level for the first time in a 2–0 friendly defeat to the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. In his next game eight days later, he scored in a 2–0 victory over Brazil.
By the end of 1984, he had been capped six times by England and scored three goals.
He made the last of his 32 England appearances in a 2–2 friendly draw with Czechoslovakia in 1992. Following his departure from Rangers for a second time he became player manager for Hull City.
Hateley managed Hull from the summer of 1997 until November 1998
Mark"s son, Tom is also a football player.