Mark Bowen

**Mark Bowen** (born 7 December 1963) is a former Welsh football player. He has played for Wales national team.

## Career statistics

- Sourced from

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|FA Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="5"|Tottenham Hotspur|1983–84|First Division|7|0|3|0|0|0|0|0|9|0|
|1984–85|First Division|6|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|6|0|||
|1985–86|First Division|2|1|0|0|0|0|1|0|3|0|||
|1986–87|First Division|2|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|2|1|||
|rowspan="10"|Norwich City|1987–88|First Division|24|1|2|0|3|1|2|0|31|2|
|1988–89|First Division|35|2|6|0|3|0|1|0|45|2|||
|1989–90|First Division|38|7|4|0|3|0|2|0|47|7|||
|1990–91|First Division|37|1|4|0|2|0|5|0|48|1|||
|1991–92|First Division|36|3|4|1|5|0|1|0|46|4|||
|1992–93|Premier League|42|1|2|0|3|0|0|0|47|1|||
|1993–94|Premier League|41|5|2|0|4|0|6|1|53|6|||
|1994–95|Premier League|36|2|3|0|5|0|0|0|44|2|||
|1995–96|First Division|31|2|1|0|6|0|0|0|38|2|||
|West Ham United|1996–97|Premier League|17|1|0|0|3|0|0|0|20|1||
|Shimizu S-Pulse|1997|J.League|7|3|0|0|0|0|0|0|7|3||
|rowspan="3"|Charlton Athletic|1997–98|First Division|36|0|3|0|0|0|3|0|42|0|
|1998–99|Premier League|6|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|6|0|||
|Wigan Athletic|1999–2000|Second Division|7|0|0|0|3|0|0|0|10|0||
|Reading|1999–2000|Second Division|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|1|0||

- A.  The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League Trophy, Football League play-offs and Full Members Cup, Screen Sport Super Cup and UEFA Cup.

### International

Bowen made his senior debut for Wales on 10 May 1986, aged 22, in a 2–0 friendly defeat to Canada in North America. His final Wales appearance came 11 years later on 11 February 1997 in a goalless friendly draw with the Republic of Ireland at Cardiff Arms Park. He was capped 41 times as a full international for Wales, scoring three goals.

|colspan=3|Wales national team||
| --- | --- | --- |
|1986|2|0|
|1987|0|0|
|1988|2|0|
|1989|6|1|
|1990|1|0|
|1991|3|0|
|1992|8|2|
|1993|3|0|
|1994|4|0|
|1995|6|0|
|1996|5|0|
|1997|1|0|

### Managerial

|rowspan=2|Team|rowspan=2|From|rowspan=2|To|colspan=5|Record|rowspan=3||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Queens Park Rangers (caretaker)|align=left|23 November 2012|align=left|24 November 2012|||||
|align=left|Reading|align=left|14 October 2019|align=left|29 August 2020|||||
|align=left|AFC Wimbledon|align=left|30 March 2022|align=left|7 May 2022|||||

## Honours

**Tottenham Hotspur**
- UEFA Cup winner: 1984

**Norwich City**
- Norwich City player of the year: 1990

**Charlton Athletic**
- Football League First Division play-off final winner: 1998

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Mark Bowen
- **fullname**: Mark Rosslyn Bowen
- **height**: 5 ft 8 in
- **birth place**: Neath, Wales
- **position**: Defender (association football), Left back, Midfielder
- **youthyears1**: 1980–1981
- **youthclubs1**: Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur
- **currentclub**: Reading F.C., Reading (head of football operations)
- **years1**: 1981–1987
- **clubs1**: Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur
- **caps1**: 17
- **goals1**: 2
- **years2**: 1987–1996
- **clubs2**: Norwich City F.C., Norwich City
- **caps2**: 321
- **goals2**: 24
- **years3**: 1996–1997
- **clubs3**: West Ham United F.C., West Ham United
- **caps3**: 17
- **goals3**: 1
- **years4**: 1997
- **clubs4**: Shimizu S-Pulse
- **caps4**: 7
- **goals4**: 3
- **years5**: 1997–1999
- **clubs5**: Charlton Athletic F.C., Charlton Athletic
- **caps5**: 42
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 1999
- **clubs6**: Wigan Athletic F.C., Wigan Athletic
- **caps6**: 7
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 1999
- **clubs7**: Reading F.C., Reading
- **caps7**: 0
- **goals7**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 411
- **totalgoals**: 30
- **nationalyears1**: 1982–1983
- **nationalteam1**: Wales national under-21 football team, Wales U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 3
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 1986–1997
- **nationalteam2**: Wales national football team, Wales
- **nationalcaps2**: 41
- **nationalgoals2**: 3
- **manageryears1**: 2001
- **managerclubs1**: Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace U23s
- **manageryears2**: 2012
- **managerclubs2**: Queens Park Rangers F.C., Queens Park Rangers (caretaker)
- **manageryears3**: 2019–2020
- **managerclubs3**: Reading F.C., Reading
- **manageryears4**: 2022
- **managerclubs4**: AFC Wimbledon (interim)