Place of birth Edmonton, England 1999 → Motherwell (loan) Weight 71 kg Playing position Name Mark Gower Career start 1998 | Years Team Role Footballer Position Midfielder 1996–2001 Tottenham Hotspur Height 1.80 m | |
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Date of birth (1978-10-05) 5 October 1978 (age 37) Number 27 (Swansea City A.F.C. / Midfielder), 27 (Charlton Athletic F.C. / Midfielder) | ||
My hero is mark gower
Mark Gower (born 5 October 1978) is an English footballer, who played for several clubs including Barnet, Southend United and Swansea City.
Contents
- My hero is mark gower
- Mark gower interview swansea 3 0 norwich
- Career
- Career statistics
- Honours
- References
Mark gower interview swansea 3 0 norwich
Career
Born in Edmonton, London and moving to Romford, Gower began his career at Tottenham Hotspur where he was a member of the League Cup winning squad in the 1998–99 season. He had a spell on loan at Motherwell before joining Barnet in January 2001 for £32,500. At Motherwell he scored his first career goal in a 2-1 loss at Rangers. He joined Swansea City after declining a new contract at Southend United. He has the ability to play across the midfield, and he signed for Swansea City on a free transfer.
A midfielder, he is predominantly right-footed but can play on either flank or in the middle. Gower played for England schoolboys through to the under 18 team from the age of 14.
Gower played for Southend for five seasons, scoring 39 goals in the process. He moved to Swansea City when his contract at Southend expired. Gower failed to score in his first season with Swansea.
Before the start of the 2009–10 season, Gower revealed he would be ditching his number 11 shirt, when he chose that number all the squad told him it was 'cursed' and fail to find good form. Gower now wears the number 27 shirt. Shortly after changing shirt numbers he scored four goals in two pre-season friendlies. He finally scored his first league goal for Swansea in the 2–0 win over Queens Park Rangers. Since the start of the 2010–11 season under new manager Brendan Rodgers, Gower has adapted a new role in the centre of midfield and had played with eight different players this season in that very same position: Jordi López, Andrea Orlandi, Kemy Agustien, Darren Pratley, Joe Allen, David Cotterill, Scott Donnelly and the returning Leon Britton. Gower signed a one-year extension to his contract in November 2010, the extension proved Gower was viewed as integral to Brendan Rodgers plans.
Gower scored two 25-yard goals in consecutive games against Norwich City and Hull City respectively.
Gower signed for Charlton Athletic on a free from Swansea City on 3 June 2013, after a successful loan spell towards the end of the 2012–13 Football League season. On 22 May 2014, he was released from Charlton Athletic.