Mark Bowen (footballer)

Mark Bowen
Personal information
Full name Mark Rosslyn Bowen
Date of birth (1963-12-07) 7 December 1963 (age 60)
Place of birth Neath, Wales
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Position(s) Left back, Midfielder
Youth career
1980–1981 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1987 Tottenham Hotspur 17 (2)
1987–1996 Norwich City 321 (24)
1996–1997 West Ham United 17 (1)
1997 Shimizu S-Pulse 7 (3)
1997–1999 Charlton Athletic 42 (0)
1999 Wigan Athletic 7 (0)
1999 Reading 0 (0)
Total 411 (30)
International career
1982–1983 Wales U21 3 (0)
1986–1997 Wales 41 (3)
Managerial career
2001 Crystal Palace U23s
2012 Queens Park Rangers (caretaker)
2019–2020 Reading
2022 AFC Wimbledon (interim)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mark Rosslyn Bowen (born 7 December 1963) is a Welsh football manager and former professional footballer. He was most recently head of football operations at Reading.

A left-back who also played in midfield, Bowen played in the Premier League for Norwich City, West Ham United and Charlton Athletic, having initially played in the top flight with Tottenham Hotspur. He also played in the Football League with Wigan Athletic and Reading, as well as in Japan with Shimizu S-Pulse. He was capped 41 times by Wales, scoring 3 goals.

Since retiring in 1999, he has worked as assistant and First team coach to former international teammate Mark Hughes with Wales, Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City, Fulham, Queens Park Rangers, Stoke City and Southampton. Bowen was head coach and manager of Reading during the 2019–20 season.

  1. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 368. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.