Mark Foy is a former

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who represented

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at international level and played for

Gippsland Falcons Falcons 2000 Soccer Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in the regional Victorian city of Morwell. Founded in 1961 by the local Italian community, the club has participated in the Victorian state league system at multiple ...

and

Adelaide City Adelaide City Football Club is a soccer club based in Adelaide, South Australia. The club was known historically as Juventus — the original name given to the club by its founders in Adelaide's Italian community. Adelaide City is one of Aust ...

in the Australian

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Playing career

Club career

Ahead of the

1996 National Summer Soccer League The 1996 National Summer Soccer League was the inaugural season of a short-lived nationwide association football club competition in New Zealand. The competition replaced the Superclub competition, which operated until 1995. The 1996 series was w ...

, Foy joined

North Shore United North Shore United Association Football Club is an amateur football club based in the North Shore, Auckland. They compete in the Northern League, where they last won the competition in 2019. Their home ground is Allen Hill Stadium, which is lo ...

. Playing with Mount Wellington, Foy was the best player in the final of the 1996 Chatham Cup in a 3–1 loss to

Waitakere City FC Waitakere City F.C. was a New Zealand football club. They merged with Norwest United in 2021 to form West Coast Rangers. They last competed in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier League. History It was formed in 1989 with the purpose of represe ...

. Soon after his final appearance, Foy joined

in the Australian

(NSL), where he played 50 times between 1996 and 1998. At the end of the 1997–98 NSL season, Foy headed to Europe, where he spent time with

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in Ireland and

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in Germany. In February 1999, Foy returned to Australia, joining

on a four-week contract. He played for the Zebras in a friendly match against

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Sanfrecce Hiroshima ( ja, サンフレッチェ広島, translit=''Sanfuretche Hiroshima'') is a Japanese professional football club based in Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the coun ...

but was released in March, having played once in the league as a late substitute in a loss to

Melbourne Knights Melbourne Knights Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in the suburb of Sunshine North, Melbourne. The club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Victoria, the second-tier of the Australian soccer league ...

International career

In 1996, Foy was a member of the New Zealand team at the

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, scoring five goals. Foy played three official full internationals for New Zealand, making his debut in a 0–5 loss to

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on 21 September 1997. His other two matches were a 0–0 draw with

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

on 4 February and a 0–1 loss to

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on 7 February 1998.

References

Living people New Zealand association footballers New Zealand international footballers 1973 births National Soccer League (Australia) players Association football forwards Falcons 2000 SC players Adelaide City FC players {{NewZealand-footy-forward-stub