Mark Hateley was also known as Atilla in the circles of the Rangers FC secondary to his position as a striker that inspired fear in the defenders of the opposing team. It is also this reputation as one of the greatest in English Football [Soccer] that earned him an honorable mention in this article.

Mark Hateley was born on the seventh of November 1961 in Derby, Derbyshire, England. His father whose name is Tony Hateley was a striker for Notts County, Chelsea, and Liverpool. The career of Mark Hateley spanned two decades and was notable for two hundred and twenty goals within five hundred and eighty nine appearances.

He played for Coventry City, Detroit Express, Portsmouth, and AC Milan, AS Monaco, Rangers, QPR [which is Queens Park Rangers], Leeds United, Rangers, Hull City, and Ross County. Mark Hately also played for the English National Team and was able to score sixteen goals in forty two appearances. He was a recipient of thirty two caps for the English National Team.

Regardless of his achievements in England, he was unable to prevent the

Regardless of his achievements in England, he was unable to prevent the relegation of QPR [Queens Park Ranger] during his period with the team and left afterwards in spite of scoring five goals within thirty three appearances.

Mark Hateley was also a manager of the Hull City FC for two years but left after attempting to reverse the fortunes of the club. It was also during this time that Hull City almost went into relegation status. Unfortunately, he was unable to resolve the problems of Hull City which were created by previous managers.

His biggest mark was his career with the Rangers FC in which he scored one hundred and twelve goals within two hundred and eighteen appearances. During his career with the Rangers FC, he scored a 2-0 victory against Aberdeen to win the 1990-1991 Scottish Premier Division for his team.

At a time when the Rangers were demoralized during a game against Celtic, he scored one goal and the Rangers felt better and were able to win their game. Mark Hateley remains associated with the Rangers FC in the hospitality section and works as a commentator for the Scottish Premier League Matches for the Setanta Sports Channel based in Ireland.

Mark Hateley is also a commentator for the Daily Record which is a magazine dedicated to Scottish News and Sports. He is also a recipient of the Scottish Football Writers Association Footballer of the Year. My best wishes to him.

Reference:

http://www.soccerbase.com/pla yers_details.sd?playerid=3331

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ comment/columnists/sport-colum nists/mark-hately/

http://www.helium.com/items/1397100-mark-hateley-scottish-football-rangers