Mark Peters (born 6 July 1972) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a defender. He made over 230 appearances in the

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Career

Playing career

Peters began his career as a trainee at

Manchester City Manchester City Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in Manchester, England, that competes in the Premier League, the English football league system, top flight of Football in England, English footbal ...

in 1990 before spending the 1992–93 season at

Norwich City Norwich City Football Club is a professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk, England. The club competes in the Championship, the second tier of English football. The club was founded in 1902. Since 1935, Norwich have played their h ...

. He moved to

Peterborough United Peterborough United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third level of the English football league system. Peterborough United formed in ...

in August 1993, where he made his first team debut in 1993. Spells at

Mansfield Town Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the third level of the English football league system. The club was formed in 1897 as Mans ...

and

Rushden & Diamonds Rushden & Diamonds Football Club was an association football club based in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, England. Nicknamed "The Diamonds", the club played at Nene Park. The club's main rivals were county neighbours Kettering Town F.C., Ket ...

between 1994 and 2003 yielded over 200 appearances with 18 goals. He joined Rushden in May 1999 and helped them win the

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title in 2001 and to promotion to Division Two (now League One) in 2003. He was released by Rushden in September 2003 when his contract was cancelled by mutual consent, and joined

Leyton Orient Leyton Orient Football Club, commonly referred to as Orient, is a professional association football club based in Leyton, Waltham Forest, London, England. The team compete in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. ...

. Peters spent two seasons with

, where after being a regular in his first season, he only made one start in the 2004–05 season before joining

Aldershot Town Aldershot Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Aldershot, Hampshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system. The club was founded in the spr ...

on a one-month loan in November 2004. A foot injury then interrupted his season and he did not play again until April 2005. He left Orient at the end of the season and joined

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in August 2005, where he combined playing coaching. He joined

King's Lynn King's Lynn, known until 1537 as Bishop's Lynn and colloquially as Lynn, is a port and market town in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk in the county of Norfolk, England. It is north-east of Peterborough, north-north-east of Cambridg ...

on a one-year contract in July 2008.

Coaching career

In 2009 Peters joined St Albans City as player/assistant manager and youth team coach. He later joined Corby Town, initially as youth manager, becoming assistant manager.Manager profile
Corby Town F.C. Following the resignation of manager Chris Plummer in August 2013, he was made interim manager until Tommy Wright and Andrew Wilson were appointed in September, after which he returned to the post of youth coach. He subsequently worked at the FootballCV Academy, before becoming Head of Academy Coaching at

in June 2015. He returned to Corby Town as manager in February 2020,Mark Peters is back taking second chance to boss Corby Town
The Non-League Football Paper, 28 February 2020 He left at the end of 2019–20 season.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Peters, Mark 1972 births Living people Footballers from St Asaph Welsh men's footballers Cambridge United F.C. players Peterborough United F.C. players Mansfield Town F.C. players Leyton Orient F.C. players Wales men's under-21 international footballers Manchester City F.C. players Norwich City F.C. players Rushden & Diamonds F.C. players Aldershot Town F.C. players King's Lynn F.C. players St Albans City F.C. players Weymouth F.C. players Mansfield Town F.C. non-playing staff Men's association football defenders Corby Town F.C. managers Welsh football managers English Football League players