Mark Daniel Little (born 20 August 1988) is an English professional

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who plays for

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club

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as a defender.

Career

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Born in

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and educated at

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, Little began his career as a youth player in Wolves' Academy and played a major role in the side who made it to the last four of the

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in 2005. He signed a three-year professional contract in August 2005 and had become a regular in the reserve side by the end of the 2005–06 season, and featured as an unused substitute for the first team throughout April 2006. He made his first team debut in the

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on 23 August 2006. This was followed by his league debut off the bench (on the opposite flank at left-back) at

Leeds United Leeds United Football Club is a professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire in England. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of England's football league system, and plays its home matches at Elland Road S ...

on 10 September 2006. Little went on to feature regularly throughout the season but didn't manage to continue this in the 2007–08 campaign. He was sent out on loan to

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side

Northampton Town Northampton Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Northampton, England. The team plays in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1897, the club competed in the Midland ...

for a month in January 2008, later extended to three months. After beginning the following season with his parent club, but without breaking into the first team, he again returned to

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on loan until the end of October. In late 2009, Little went out on loan again, this time for two months at

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side

Peterborough United

In March 2010 Little joined

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strugglers

Peterborough United Peterborough United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Peterborough have a long-standing ...

on loan for the remainder of the season. After he was not offered a new contract at Wolves, Little signed for Peterborough in a three-year deal on 25 May 2010.

Bristol City

On 5 June 2014, Little left

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after turning down a new contract offer. On 25 June 2014 it was confirmed Little would join

Bristol City Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England, which compete in the , the second tier of English football. They have played their home games at Ashton Gate since moving from St John's Lane in 1904. The ...

on a three-year contract from 1 July 2014. Little was part of the Bristol City squad that won League One (securing promotion to the Championship) and the Football League Trophy (meaning Little had been part of the winning side of the cup competition for two years running), scoring City's second goal and winning man of the match in the final of the latter. He was a regular starter in the Championship for Bristol City under Steve Cotterill and later, Lee Johnson.

Bolton Wanderers

His contract with Bristol City was not renewed after the 2016–17 season and he joined

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Bristol Rovers

On 4 June 2019, Little joined

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on a free transfer. He scored his first goal for Rovers when he scored in an

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tie against

Swindon Town Swindon Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The team currently competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club has played home matches at the County Ground sin ...

on 13 November 2019. In February 2021, Little spoke out about racial abuse that he had received in response to a post he made on Instagram, joining a host of footballers to have received racial abuse on social media in early 2021 as there were calls for social media companies to tackle abuse with real-life consequences. It was announced at the end of the 2020–21 season that Little's contract would not be renewed and he would be leaving the club.

Yeovil Town

On 25 June 2021, Little agreed a deal to join

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side

Yeovil Town Yeovil Town may refer to: * Yeovil Town F.C., an English football team based in Yeovil, Somerset * Yeovil Town L.F.C. Bridgwater United Women's Football Club are an English women's association football club based in Bridgwater, Somerset who wer ...

. At the end of the 2021–22 season, Little was released by Yeovil following the expiry of his contract.

Penybont

On 3 June 2022, Little joined

club

following his release from Yeovil.

Career statistics

Honours

Peterborough United * League One play-offs:

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: 2013–14 Bristol City *

: 2014–15 *Football League Trophy: 2014–15

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Little, Mark 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Worcester, England Footballers from Worcestershire English men's footballers England men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders Chesterfield F.C. players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Northampton Town F.C. players Peterborough United F.C. players Bristol City F.C. players Bolton Wanderers F.C. players Bristol Rovers F.C. players Yeovil Town F.C. players Penybont F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Black British sportsmen