Mark Cartwright

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Mark Cartwright

| image =

| fullname = Mark Neville Cartwright{{Cite book

| editor-first = Barry J.

| editor-last = Hugman

| title = The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004

| year = 2003

| publisher = Queen Anne Press

| isbn = 1-85291-651-6

| page = 82 }}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|1|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Chester, England

| height = {{height|ft=6|in=2}}

| death_date =

| currentclub =

| position = Goalkeeper

| years1 = 1990–1991 | clubs1 = York City | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1991–1994 | clubs2 = Stockport County | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1994–1999 | clubs3 = Wrexham | caps3 = 37 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1999 | clubs4 = → Bury (loan) | caps4 = 0 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2000–2001 | clubs5 = Brighton & Hove Albion | caps5 = 13 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2002–2003 | clubs6 = Shrewsbury Town | caps6 = 27 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2003–2005 | clubs7 = Halifax Town | caps7 = 32 | goals7 = 0

| totalcaps = 109 | totalgoals = 0

| manageryears1 = 2006 | managerclubs1 = Leek Town

}}

Mark Neville Cartwright (born 13 January 1973) is an English former footballer and manager. He was most recently sporting director at Huddersfield Town.

Playing career

Cartwright was born in Chester and played as a goalkeeper with York City, Stockport County before making his professional debut for Wrexham in 1996. He was a bit-part player at Wrexham until the 1998–99 season where he played in 43 matches and produced a fine performance in a 0–0 draw at Manchester City.{{cite web|title=The year we very nearly went down|url=http://www.redpassion.co.uk/oldsite/issue9/review/down.htm|work=Red Passion|accessdate=1 June 2013}} However, he was overlooked in favour of Kevin Dearden and joined Brighton & Hove Albion in 2000. He played in 15 matches for the Seagulls in 2000–01 helping the side win the Third Division title. He joined Shrewsbury Town in July 2001 where he spent two seasons before retiring due to injury.{{cite news|title=Shrews in keeper search|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/shrewsbury/2083321.stm|work=BBC Sport|date=2 July 2002 |accessdate=1 June 2013}}

He later had a short spell as manager of Leek Town in 2006 before resigning due to work commitments.{{cite web|url=http://www.leektown.co.uk/info/history.php#managers |title=Leek Town FC Managers |publisher=Leek Town F.C. |accessdate=2010-02-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928120057/http://www.leektown.co.uk/info/history.php |archivedate=28 September 2007 }} He later became goalkeeping coach at Livingston,[http://www.unibondleague.com/news.php?nid=4626 Northern Premier League website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111030048/http://www.unibondleague.com/news.php?nid=4626 |date=11 November 2007 }} and following this became involved with Colwyn Bay.

He played for Florida Institute of Technology Panthers in Melbourne, Florida during a period when the team recorded 56 wins, 5 losses, and 2 ties. During this time, the Panthers won three consecutive Sunshine State Conference crowns, the 1991 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II National Championship, and had an undefeated season in 1992. He graduated with a business degree in 1992, and was inducted in the college's Hall of Fame in 2016.

Later career

He was a football agent for Beswicks Sports, his client list included Adam Yates and Liam Bridcutt.{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/portvale/Port-Vale-Yates-moves-closer-deal/article-1064182-detail/article.html#StartComments|title=Port Vale: Yates moves closer to deal|last=Shaw|first=Steve|date=10 June 2009|work=The Sentinel|accessdate=2009-06-10}} He was also involved in a number of overseas transfers from the United States to Korea.{{cite web|title=Stoke City technical director Mark Cartwright searches the world for Potters' talent|url=http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/Michael-Baggaley-column-Stoke-City-technical/story-18462047-detail/story.html#axzz2Ufc641kI|work=The Sentinel|accessdate=1 June 2013}}

On 10 December 2012 Cartwright was appointed technical director at Premier League club Stoke City.{{cite web|title=City Appoint Technical Director|url=http://www.stokecityfc.com/news/article/technical-director-536547.aspx?pageView=full|work=Stoke City F.C|accessdate=11 December 2012}} In July 2019 it was announced that Cartwright will leave his position at Stoke on 13 September 2019.{{cite web |title=Mark Cartwright looking forward to exploring new opportunities |url=https://www.stokecityfc.com/news/technical-director-to-depart |website=Stoke City |accessdate=25 July 2019}}

On 3 July 2023, Cartwright was announced as the new Sporting Director at Huddersfield Town.{{cite news |title= MARK CARTWRIGHT APPOINTED SPORTING DIRECTOR |url= https://www.htafc.com/MarkCartwright |publisher=Huddersfield Town}} On 18 April 2025, he was sacked from his role. {{cite web|url=https://www.htafc.com/news/2025/april/18/club-statement--mark-cartwright/|title=CLUB STATEMENT: MARK CARTWRIGHT|website=www.htafc.com|date=18 April 2025|accessdate=19 April 2025}}

Career statistics

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