fullname youthclubs years clubs caps goals birth_place height totalcaps position birth_date totalgoals article_title name
mark abraham bright port vale 1981 1992 -- 1997 1996 1997 1997 -- 1999 -- 1984 1984 -- 1986 1986 -- 1992 port wednesday → millwall -lrb- loan -rrb- sion charlton athletic vale port vale leicester city crystal palace sheffield ? 29 42 227 135 3 0 27 ? 10 6 92 48 1 0 10 stoke-on-trent , england 6 0 463 forward 6 june 1962 167 mark bright
 mark bright
mark bright

mark abraham bright -lrb- born 6 june 1962 -rrb- is an english former footballer who is now a sports pundit on bbc , british eurosport and al jazeera , as well as a coach at crystal palace .
he made the move from non-league leek town to port vale in 1981 , where he remained for three years before he signed with leicester city .
in 1986 he transferred to crystal palace , where he would score 92 league goals over the next six years .
joining sheffield wednesday in 1992 , he stayed with the club for five years before moving to swiss side fc sion in 1997 , following a short loan stay at millwall .
he returned to england later in 1997 to play for charlton athletic , before he announced his retirement in 1999 .
a forward , he scored 167 goals in 463 league games throughout an 18-year career in the football league .
he played in one league cup and two fa cup finals , all of which ended in defeat .
he helped crystal palace and charlton athletic to win promotion to the top-flight via the play-offs .
