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{{Infobox football biography

| name = John Wark

| image = John Wark.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Wark in 2006

| fullname = John Wark<ref>{{Hugman|20540|access-date=19 November 2017}}</ref>

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|8|4|df=y}}

| birth_place = [[Glasgow]], Scotland

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}<ref name=stats>Wark, "Career statistics", pp. 171–176</ref>

| position = [[Midfielder]]

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1975–1984

| years2 = 1984–1988

| years3 = 1988–1990

| years4 = 1990–1991

| years5 = 1991–1997

| clubs1 = [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]]

| clubs2 = [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]

| clubs3 = [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]]

| clubs4 = [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]]

| clubs5 = [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]]

| caps1 = 266

| caps2 = 70 <!-- NOTE: League games only -->

| caps3 = 89

| caps4 = 32

| caps5 = 154

| goals1 = 94

| goals2 = 28 <!-- NOTE: League goals only -->

| goals3 = 23

| goals4 = 2

| goals5 = 18

| totalcaps = 611 |totalgoals = 165

| nationalyears1 = 1977–1980

| nationalteam1 = [[Scotland national under-21 football team|Scotland U21]]

| nationalcaps1 = 9

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| nationalyears2 = 1979–1984

| nationalteam2 = [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]

| nationalcaps2 = 29

| nationalgoals2 = 7

}}

'''John Wark''' (born 4 August 1957) is a Scottish former [[association football|footballer]] who spent most of his playing time with [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]].

== Honours ==

In 2006 Wark gained the final place in the poll [[100 Players Who Shook the Kop]], conducted by the liverpoolfc.tv website.<ref name="tv">{{cite web|url = http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/archivedirs/news/2006/oct/8/N153706061008-0859.htm|title=100 PWSTK – The Definitive List|publisher=Liverpool F.C.|access-date=27 May 2009|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080731063435/http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/archivedirs/news/2006/oct/8/N153706061008-0859.htm |archive-date = 31 July 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> The list was compiled as a result of a fan survey: "Over 110,000 supporters all nominated their own personal Top 10 players in order of impact made".<ref name="tv"/>

In 2007, the [[Professional Footballers' Association]] polled fans of all Football League clubs, as to "their No 1 player" as part of the "centenary celebrations of the players' union"; Wark was the choice of Ipswich fans.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2328937/Best-footballers-Shearer-a-hero-on-two-fronts.html|title=Best footballers: Shearer a hero on two fronts|work=Daily Telegraph|access-date=27 May 2009 | location=London | first=Martin | last=Smith | date=19 December 2007}}</ref> In the same year, Wark was one of four Ipswich Town players to be inducted into the club's Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/ipswich-town/four_town_players_in_hall_of_fame_1_215107|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130420040656/http://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/ipswich-town/four_town_players_in_hall_of_fame_1_215107|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 April 2013|title=Four Town players in Hall of Fame|work=East Anglian Daily Times|access-date=4 February 2013|date=17 April 2010}}</ref>

'''Ipswich Town'''<ref name=stats/>

* [[FA Cup]]: [[1977–78 FA Cup|1977–78]]

* [[UEFA Cup]]: [[1980–81 UEFA Cup#Final|1980–81]]

* [[Football League Second Division]]: [[1991–92_Football_League#Second_Division_2|1991–92]]

'''Liverpool'''<ref name=stats/>

* [[Football League First Division]]: [[1983–84 Football League|1983–84]], [[1985–86 Football League|1985–86]]

* [[FA Charity Shield]]: [[1986 FA Charity Shield|1986]] (shared)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1533 |title=Liverpool 1 - 1 Everton |publisher=lfchistory.net |access-date=31 March 2020}}</ref>

'''Individual'''<ref name=stats/>

* [[PFA Players' Player of the Year]]: 1980–81

* [[List of UEFA Cup and Europa League top scorers|UEFA Cup Top Scorer]]: [[1980–81 UEFA Cup|1980–81]]

* [[Bravo Award]]: 1981

* [[PFA Team of the Year (1980s)#First Division 2|PFA Team of the Year]]: [[1980–81_Football_League#First_Division|1980–81 Football League First Division]]

* [[Ipswich Town F.C. Player of the Year]]: 1988–89, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1993–94

* [[Ipswich Town F.C. Hall of Fame|Ipswich Town Hall of Fame]]: Inducted 2007<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/sport/wark_honoured_to_be_on_hall_of_fame_1_119904 |first=Elvin |last=King |work=Ipswich Star |title=Wark 'honoured' to be on Hall of Fame |date=10 August 2007 |access-date=8 August 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826024829/http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/sport/wark_honoured_to_be_on_hall_of_fame_1_119904 |archive-date=26 August 2016 }}</ref>

== Career statistics ==

=== Club ===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref name=stats/>

|-

!rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="4"|Appearances

!rowspan="2"|Goals

|-

![[Football League|Football<br />League]]

![[FA Cup]]

![[Football League Cup|League<br />Cup]]

!Other

|-

|rowspan="11"|[[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]]

|[[1974–75 in English football|1974–75]]

|3||2||0||0||0

|-

|[[1975–76 in English football|1975–76]]

|3||1||0||0||0

|-

|[[1976–77 in English football|1976–77]]

|33||3||2||0||10

|-

|[[1977–78 in English football|1977–78]]

|18||7||0||1||7

|-

|[[1978–79 in English football|1978–79]]

|42||5||1||7||9

|-

|[[1979–80 in English football|1979–80]]

|41||4||2||3||15

|-

|[[1980–81 in English football|1980–81]]

|40||7||5||12||36

|-

|[[1981–82 in English football|1981–82]]

|42||3||8||2||23

|-

|[[1982–83 in English football|1982–83]]

|42||3||2||2||23

|-

|[[1983–84 in English football|1983–84]]

|32||2||4||0||11

|-

!Total

!266||37||24||27||134

|-

|rowspan="6"|[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]

|[[1983–84 in English football|1983–84]]

|9||0||0||0||2

|-

|[[1984–85 in English football|1984–85]]

|40||7||3||12||27

|-

|[[1985–86 in English football|1985–86]]

|9||4||3||2||6

|-

|[[1986–87 in English football|1986–87]]

|11||2||3||1||7

|-

|[[1987–88 in English football|1987–88]]

|1||0||1||0||0

|-

!Total

!70||13||10||15||42

|-

|rowspan="4"|Ipswich Town

|[[1987–88 in English football|1987–88]]

|7||0||0||2||2

|-

|[[1988–89 in English football|1988–89]]

|41||1||3||4||13

|-

|[[1989–90 in English football|1989–90]]

|41||2||1||3||10

|-

!Total

!89||3||4||9||25

|-

||[[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]]

|[[1990–91 in English football|1990–91]]

|32||2||5||0||2

|-

|rowspan="7"|Ipswich Town

|[[1991–92 in English football|1991–92]]

|37||5||1||3||3

|-

|[[1992–93 in English football|1992–93]]

|37||4||7||0||7

|-

|[[1993–94 in English football|1993–94]]

|38||5||3||0||4

|-

|[[1994–95 in English football|1994–95]]

|26||2||0||0||4

|-

|[[1995–96 in English football|1995–96]]

|14||2||1||2||2

|-

|[[1996–97 in English football|1996–97]]

|2||0||1||0||0

|-

!Total

!154||18||13||5||20

|-

!colspan="2"|Career total

!611||73||56||56||223

|}

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=== International ===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name=stats/>

|-

!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals

|-

|rowspan="6"|[[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]

|1979||9||1

|-

|1980||0|| 0

|-

|1981||3||1

|-

|1982||8||4

|-

|1983||6||1

|-

|1984||3||0

|-

!colspan="2"|Total!!29!!7

|}

:''Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wark goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by John Wark<ref>[http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/football_player_profile.cfm?page=2492&playerID=113832&squadID=1 SFA profile]</ref>

|-

!scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

|-

| style="text-align:center"|1 || 26 May 1979 || [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], London, England || {{fb|ENG}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–3 || [[1978–79 British Home Championship]]

|-

| style="text-align:center"|2 || 25 March 1981 || [[Hampden Park]], [[Glasgow]], Scotland || {{fb|NIR}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || [[1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|1982 FIFA World Cup qualification]]

|-

| style="text-align:center"|3 || 28 April 1982 || [[Windsor Park]], [[Belfast]], Northern Ireland || {{fb|NIR}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || [[1981–82 British Home Championship]]

|-

| style="text-align:center"|4 || rowspan="2"|15 June 1982 || rowspan="2"|[[Estadio La Rosaleda]], [[Málaga]], Spain || rowspan="2"|{{fb|NZL}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || align="center" rowspan="2"|5–2 || rowspan="2"|[[1982 FIFA World Cup Group 6|1982 FIFA World Cup]]

|-

| style="text-align:center"|5 || align="center"|3–0

|-

| style="text-align:center"|6 || 13 October 1982 || Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland || {{fb|GDR}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || [[UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying Group 1|UEFA Euro 1984 qualification]]

|-

| style="text-align:center"|7 || 30 March 1983 || Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland || {{fb|SUI}} || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || UEFA Euro 1984 qualification

|}

== References ==

;General

* {{Cite book | first=John| last= Wark| title = Wark On – The Autobiography of John Wark| date= February 2009| isbn=978-1-84818-511-1| publisher = Know the Score Books}}

;Specific