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| Mark Fish |
| Position |
Defender |
| DOB |
14/03/74
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| P.O.B. |
Cape Town, South Africa |
| Height |
6'24 |
| Club |
Charlton |
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FULHAM are still hopeful of signing Mark Fish from Charlton.
But Craven Cottage boss Chris Coleman will get his man only if Valley chief Alan Curbishley lands Nottingham Forest defender Michael Dawson.
Coleman is desperate to end Fulham’s defensive problems and has already agreed a £500,000 fee for Manchester City left-back Ben Thatcher.
Now, Coleman is hoping to bring in South African centre-back Fish, 30 despite failing in his initial approach.
Fish comes to the end of his deal in May so will cost just £100,000.
Yet first, Charlton chief Curbishley must land highly-rated defender Dawson. Charlton are set to table a £2m bid but are prepared to go to £2.5m.
The idea is for Fish to help bring on youngsters such as Zat Knight and Zesh Rehman.
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Plenty of Premiership clubs were sniffing around Fish, but he opted to join Bolton Wanderers from Italian Serie A side Lazio for a £2million fee in August 1997.
He became unsettled as Bolton struggled to return to the Premiership after relegation and he joined Charlton Athletic for £700,000 in November 2000 and was immediately a regular in the side.
Born in Cape Town, Fish began his career with Arcadia Shepherds and made his debut for Jomo Cosmos in 1992.
He then moved to the Orlando Pirates in 1993 - where he spent three-years before turning down Manchester United for a move to Lazio.
The South African international had racked up 60 caps and won the African Nations Cup and Super Cup in 1996, the Four Nations Cup in 1995 and 1996 and the African Champions Cup in 1995 when he 'retired' in 1990.
He made his Charlton debut in a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Ipswich Town, and soon became a vital player in Alan Curbishley's side, netting his first goal against former courters Manchester United.
However, his 2001/02 season finished in mid-February after a knee injury sustained in training ended his campaign. He returned to the first team in October.
He deputised as captain in 2002/03, but again his season ended prematurely by injury. As it was in March 2004 - after he fell on a glass vase in his home and needed multiple stitches for the wound! But he did make his 100th club appearance in 2003/04.
And in May 2004 he made his return to the international arena, four years after his least appearance, for South Africa's World Cup qualifying campaign.
source: soccernet
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