Mark Snijders

Mark Werner Snijders (born 12 March 1972) is a Dutch former footballer. He spent eight years with AZ Alkmaar and then three years playing in the Football League with Port Vale.

Mark Snijders
Personal information
Full name Mark Werner Snijders[1]
Date of birth (1972-03-12) 12 March 1972
Place of birth Alkmaar, Netherlands
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1977–1985 Alkmaarsche boys
1985–1987 AFC '34
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1997 AZ Alkmaar 172 (4)
1997–2000 Port Vale 55 (2)
Total 227 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Snijders left his home town club AZ Alkmaar for English First Division club Port Vale following a successful trial in the summer of 1997, leaving behind a newly signed contract with AZ.[3] He was one of a number of John Rudge's Dutch signings. He made his Vale debut in a 2–1 win over Stockport County at Vale Park on 9 September 1997. He scored his first goal for the club eighteen days later, in a 2–0 home win over Queens Park Rangers. In all he made 25 appearances that season, picking up his second goal in a 3–2 win over Manchester City at Maine Road. His classy play and skilful reading of the game impressed the Vale faithful.[4]

In 1998–99 the club were battling against relegation, Snijders played five games in August, but fell out of the first team and only made a total of twelve appearances. He had suffered with injuries and a loss of form.[4] The 1999–2000 season saw Vale suffer relegation and the departure of Rudge. Snijders was a semi-regular under both Rudge and his replacement Brian Horton, playing 22 games that season. He was sent off at the Alexandra Stadium, in a 2–1 defeat to near rivals Crewe Alexandra on 7 March. He was released by the club at the end of the season and joined his old amateur side AFC '34, back in the Netherlands.[4]

Career statistics

Source:[5][6]

Club Season Division League National Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AZ Alkmaar1989–90Eerste Divisie50000050
1990–91Eerste Divisie2100000210
1991–92Eerste Divisie3001000310
1992–93 Eerste Divisie 34 0 2 0 0 0 36 0
1993–94 Eerste Divisie 32 1 2 0 0 0 34 1
1994–95 Eerste Divisie 22 1 4 0 0 0 26 1
1995–96 Eerste Divisie 3 0 3 0 0 0 6 0
1996–97 Eredivisie 25 2 3 0 0 0 28 2
Total 1724150001874
Port Vale1997–98First Division2422000262
1998–99First Division1000020120
1999–2000First Division2101000220
Total 5523020602
Career total 2276180202476

References
  1. "Mark Snijders". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. "FootballSquads - Port Vale - 1999/00". www.footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  3. "Snijders: Potteries Folk so Friendly". onevalefan.co.uk. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  4. "Mark Snijders". dutchplayers.nl. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
  5. Mark Snijders at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  6. Mark Snijders at Soccerbase
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