Mark Rogers is a retired Canadian football

Football (soccer)

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Club career

While at University in Vancouver, Rogers played for Burnaby Canadians. In February 1999 he signed for Wycombe Wanderers after initially being refused a work permit. He had 5 seasons with the Chairboys, then played on loan for Stevenage Borough for whom he signed permanently in April 2004. He had to retire at 30 years of age, because of knee and back injuries.

International career

He made his debut for Canada

Canada men's national soccer team

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 in an October 2000 World Cup qualification match against Panama

Panama national football team

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 and went on to earn a total of 7 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented Canada in 1 FIFA World Cup qualification

FIFA World Cup qualification

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 match. He played at the 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup

2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup

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His final international was a November 2003 friendly match against the Republic of Ireland

Republic of Ireland national football team

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Rogers has recently been named head coach of the University of British Columbia Women's Soccer Team (2010).

External links

• Player profile - CanadaSoccer
• Profile - Wycombe Wanderers
• Bio - Delta Sports Hall of Fame