Mark Elrick

{{short description|New Zealand footballer}} {{update|date=May 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Mark Elrick | fullname = Mark Elrick | image = Mark_Elrick.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1967|04|07}} | birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand | height = {{convert|1.68|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | currentclub = | position = striker | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1992–1995 | years2 = 1996 | years3 = 1996–1999 | years4 = 1999–2000 | years5 = 2000–2001 | years6 = 2001–2002 | years7 = 2006–2007 | clubs1 = North Shore United | clubs2 = Waitakere City F.C. | clubs3 = Central United | clubs4 = Football Kingz | clubs5 = Central United | clubs6 = Onehunga Sports | clubs7 = Hawke's Bay United | caps1 = | caps2 = | caps3 = | caps4 = 6 | caps5 = | caps6 = | caps7 = 4 | goals1 = | goals2 = | goals3 = | goals4 = 1 | goals5 = | goals6 = | goals7 = 1 | nationalyears1 = 1995–2000 | nationalteam1 = New Zealand | nationalcaps1 = 30 | nationalgoals1 = 3 }}

'''Mark Elrick''' (born 7 April 1967 in Auckland) is a former New Zealand soccer player who played as a striker.

He has played for several teams in his native country and came out of retirement in November 2006 to join struggling Hawke's Bay. He had been player-coach at Onehunga Sports in Auckland for the last two years. A spectator at Hawke's Bay's 2–1 loss to Waitakere United Elrick approached Jonathan Gould after the match and asked if the Park Island club would be interested in his services. An agreement was immediately reached on the spot. Also, he works occasionally as a football commentator for SKY TV.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bidwell|first1=Hamish|title=SOCCER: Veteran striker signs up|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503460&objectid=10947689|accessdate=8 January 2018|work=The New Zealand Herald |date=15 November 2006}}</ref>

Elrick scored a hat-trick in the final of the 1999 New Zealand National Soccer League, a match which Central United won 3–1 over Dunedin Technical.

He has played 40 times for the New Zealand national soccer team, the All Whites, including 30 A-internationals in which he scored 3 goals.<ref name="aapp">{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1708.htm |title=A-International Appearances - Overall |publisher=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website |accessdate=2008-07-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007054503/http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1708.htm |archivedate=7 October 2008 }}</ref><ref name="agoal">{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1842.htm |title=A-International Scorers - Overall |publisher=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website |accessdate=2008-07-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616123344/http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1842.htm |archivedate=16 June 2009 }}</ref>

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