About Mark Pembridge
Mark Anthony Pembridge (born 29 November 1970) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, and a current coach at the academy for Fulham. He played 333 matches in England's top division for Luton Town, Sheffield Wednesday, Everton and Fulham, scoring 25 goals, and he made 140 appearances for Derby County in the second tier, just missing out on promotion in the play-off final 1994. He spent the 1998–99 season at Benfica in Portugal. Pembridge won 54 caps for Wales, and scored six goals, in a 13-year international career. == Club career == === Early career === Pembridge began his career at Luton Town in the First Division. He joined as a trainee in 1989. === Derby County === Having established as a left midfielder, 21-year old Pembridge signed for Derby County by manager Arthur Cox in the summer of 1992 for a fee of £1.25 million. He racked up 140 appearances and netted 37 goals over his time with Derby and played at Wembley twice – once in a 3–1 defeat to Cremonese in 1993 and then in a 2–1 defeat to Leicester City in the 1994 Football League First Division play-off final. Pembridge moved to Premier League Sheffield Wednesday for a fee of £900,000 in the summer of 1995. === Sheffield Wednesday === Pembridge played for Wednesday in the Premier League until 1998, when he left for Portuguese side Benfica on a free transfer after Wednesday finished 16th in the season.
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