{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use British English|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Mark Redshaw |image = |caption = |fullname = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1984|9|25}} |birth_place = Salford, England |height = |position = Striker |youthyears1 = 1992–2001 |youthclubs1 = Manchester United |youthyears2 = 2001–2003 |youthclubs2 = Wrexham |youthyears3 = 2003–2004 |youthclubs3 = Manchester City |years1 = 2004 |clubs1 = Radcliffe Borough |caps1 = 12 |goals1 = 3 |years2 = 2004 |clubs2 = Rossendale United |caps2 = |goals2 = |years3 = 2004–2005 |clubs3 = Caernarfon Town |caps3 = 2 |goals3 = 0 |years4 = 2005–2007 |clubs4 = Triestina |caps4 = 0 |goals4 = 0 |years5 = 2007 |clubs5 = Los Angeles Galaxy |caps5 = 0 |goals5 = 0 |years6 = 2007 |clubs6 = Rossendale United |caps6 = |goals6 = |years7 = 2007–2008 |clubs7 = Curzon Ashton |caps7 = |goals7 = |years8 = 2008 |clubs8 = Stirling Lions |caps8 = 9 |goals8 = 4 |years9 = 2009 |clubs9 = Ethnikos Piraeus |caps9 = 1 |goals9 = 0 |years10 = 2011 |clubs10 = Fram Reykjavik |caps10 = 1 |goals10 = 0 |years11 = 2011–2012 |clubs11 = FC Oss |caps11 = 3 |goals11 = 1 |years12 = 2012 |clubs12 = Buxton |caps12 = 2 |goals12 = 0 |years13 = 2013–2015 |clubs13 = Celaya |caps13 = 0 |goals13 = 0 }} '''Mark Redshaw''' (born 25 September 1984) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.
==Career== According to a 2011 interview with the player, Redshaw signed for Manchester United at the age of eight and spent almost nine years at the club alongside schoolmate Phil Bardsley.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sportsvibe.co.uk/specials/football/brits-abroad-11265/mark-redshaw-fc-oss-12492/ |title=Mark Redshaw – FC Oss |publisher=Sportsvibe |date=10 November 2011 |accessdate=9 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228001855/http://sportsvibe.co.uk/specials/football/brits-abroad-11265/mark-redshaw-fc-oss-12492/ |archivedate=28 February 2014 }}</ref> He also played for Wrexham<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wrexhamafcarchive.co.uk/player.php?id=836|title=Mark Redshaw | Player Statistics | Wrexham (Wrexham AFC Archive)|website=www.wrexhamafcarchive.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:LDPC1&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0F76E30F879253C4&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815 |title=Smith sweating on Paul after Dibble injury |first=Gil |last=Andrews |work=Daily Post |location=North Wales |date=19 November 2002 |via=NewsBank}}</ref> and Manchester City. After leaving Manchester City he played non-League football with Radcliffe Borough<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefootballarchives.com/network/player.php?ID=101782|title=thefootballarchives.com|website=www.thefootballarchives.com|access-date=26 June 2025}}</ref> and Rossendale United.<ref name="NLD111004">{{cite web|url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=21107 |title=Molyneaux signs six more |date=11 October 2004 |publisher=NonLeagueDaily.com |accessdate=18 December 2012 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224094357/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=21107 |archivedate=24 December 2013 }}</ref> He moved to Caernarfon Town in December 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.welsh-premier.com/index.php/component/playersearch/detail/313/player/130 |title=Welsh Premier career details for Mark Redshaw |publisher=Welsh Premier League |accessdate=18 December 2012}}</ref> Redshaw returned to Rossendale United in September 2007,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=45068 |title=New signings for Rossendale |date=19 September 2007 |publisher=NonLeagueDaily.com |accessdate=18 December 2012 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224091512/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=45068 |archivedate=24 December 2013 }}</ref> and joined Curzon Ashton in November.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://menmedia.co.uk/tamesideadvertiser/sport/football/s/1025329_curzon_ashton_2_rossendale_united_0 |title=Curzon Ashton 2 Rossendale United 0 |first=Graham |last=Shuttleworth |work=Tameside Advertiser |date=21 November 2007 |accessdate=18 December 2012}}</ref>
He has also played in Australia for Stirling Lions,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~jacob/wasoccer/archivednews/2008JulAug.htm |title=Archived News: July–August 2008 |publisher=footballwa.net |date=3 July 2008 |accessdate=18 December 2012}}</ref> in Greece for Ethnikos Piraeus,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epae.org/match.fds?categ=2&dior_code=103&cal_day=29&game=5&group=0&type=1&pagecode=01.02,%2001.02&langid=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301022027/http://www.epae.org/match.fds?categ=2&dior_code=103&cal_day=29&game=5&group=0&type=1&pagecode=01.02%2C%2001.02&langid=1 |url-status=usurped |archivedate= 1 March 2014 |script-title=el:ΗΛΥΣΙΑΚΟΣ ΑΟ ΤΑΠ – ΕΘΝΙΚΟΣ ΟΦΠΦ – ΑΟ ΜΑΝΗΣ |language=Greek |trans-title=Ilisiakos F.C. – Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. |publisher=Football League (Greece) |accessdate=18 December 2012 }}</ref> in Iceland for Fram Reykjavik,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ksi.is/mot/motalisti/felagsmadur/?pLeikmadurNr=257968&pListi=5 |title=Mark Redshaw: Meistaraflokkur |language=Icelandic |trans-title=Mark Redshaw: First team |publisher=Knattspyrnusamband Íslands (Football Association of Iceland) |accessdate=18 December 2012}}</ref> and in the Netherlands for FC Oss.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://espnfc.com/match?id=327896&cc=5739 |title=Dordrecht '90 3–2 FC Oss |work=ESPN FC |accessdate=23 February 2014}}</ref>
Redshaw's move to Conference North club Chester in September 2012 fell through over problems with international clearance.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/sport-news/colwyn-bay/2012/09/29/blue-square-bet-north-previews-colwyn-bay-fc-and-chester-fc-get-ready-for-action-55578-31928578/ |title=Blue Square Bet North previews: Colwyn Bay FC and Chester FC get ready for action |work=Daily Post |date=29 September 2012 |accessdate=18 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109221835/http://www.dailypost.co.uk/sport-news/colwyn-bay/2012/09/29/blue-square-bet-north-previews-colwyn-bay-fc-and-chester-fc-get-ready-for-action-55578-31928578/ |archivedate=9 November 2012 }}</ref> He played a match for League One club Bury's reserve team as a trialist in November.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.buryfc.co.uk/news/article/reserves-at-morecambe-514623.aspx |title=Reserves at Morecambe |publisher=Bury F.C |date=28 November 2012 |accessdate=18 December 2012}}</ref>
He played twice for Buxton in the Northern Premier League in October 2013 before moving to Mexico.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evostikleague.co.uk/saturdays-transfer-list-16765/ |title=Saturday's Transfer List |first=David |last=Watters |publisher=Evo-Stik Northern Premier League |date=26 October 2013 |accessdate=9 February 2014 }}<br>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/buxtonfc/s/match-centre-82321/1-793371 |title=Draw at Trafford |publisher=Buxton F.C |date=26 October 2013 |accessdate=9 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227040505/http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/buxtonfc/s/match-centre-82321/1-793371 |archivedate=27 February 2014 }}<br>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/buxtonfc/s/match-centre-82321/1-793384 |title=Unexpected Defeat |publisher=Buxton F.C |date=30 October 2013 |accessdate=9 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227035932/http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/buxtonfc/s/match-centre-82321/1-793384 |archivedate=27 February 2014 }}<br>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/buxtonfc/news/fa-carlsberg-trophy-1086632.html |title=FA Carlsberg Trophy |publisher=Buxton F.C |date=4 November 2013 |accessdate=9 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227034131/http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/buxtonfc/news/fa-carlsberg-trophy-1086632.html |archivedate=27 February 2014 }}</ref> After a trial with Mérida,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://sipse.com/deportes/el-cf-merida-se-desprende-de-su-delantero-jair-garcia-64388.html |title=Despierta el CF Mérida sin Jair García |first=Marco |last=Moreno |newspaper=Milenio Novedades |publisher=SIPSE.com |place=Mérida |date=3 December 2013 |accessdate=9 February 2014}}</ref> he signed for Ascenso MX club Celaya in December.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.oncetitular.com/mosno.php?nota=24601 |title=El inglés Mark Redshaw firmó con Celaya |publisher=OnceTitular.com |date=19 December 2014 |accessdate=9 February 2014}}</ref> and made his debut in the Copa MX group stage win at Querétaro on 22 January 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.oem.com.mx/elsoldelbajio/notas/n3266518.htm |title=Celaya motivado ante Oaxaca |first=Miguel |last=Martínez |newspaper=El Sol del Bajío |place=Celaya |date=23 January 2014 |accessdate=9 February 2014}}</ref>
==Personal life== His father is Ray Redshaw,<ref name = "NLD111004"/> and his brother is Jack, both of whom are footballers.
He was sentenced to three years imprisonment in January 2024 for his part in a major drugs operation in Darwen. Seventeen people received custodial sentences following the importation of amphetamine and cannabis from mainland Europe.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/24030974.former-man-utd-player-jailed-darwen-drugs-operation/ |title=Former Man Utd player jailed over Darwen drugs operation |first=Amy |last=Farnworth |newspaper=Lancashire Telegraph |date=6 January 2024 |access-date=9 March 2024}}</ref>
==References== '''Infobox statistics''' * {{soccerway|mark-redshaw/99197|accessdate=23 February 2014}} '''General''' {{reflist}}
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