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From : Syed Akber Ali Wahidi (Lahore)

Mark Hager’s record of All-time Leading Scorer (32 goals) is about to vanish as Sohail Abbas also reaches the figure of 32 goals and Pakistani PC Master requires one more goal in at least 210 minutes of hockey left for him and Pakistan .

Mark Hager was a deadly striker in his hey-days and later on occupied the coaching business. He was Assistant Coach of Australian Women hockey team that finished fifth in Athens Olympics 2004. He will swap from the women’s to the men’s program to be the national junior men’s coach – a newly created role. His position commences on 1 January 2005 as Australian team is hoping gold in 8th Junior World Cup 2005 at 8000-seat, 24 million guilder stadium at HC Rotterdam.


Hager played 11 Champions Trophy from 1985-1995 and pocketed nine medals (4 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze)


He scored 179 goals in 230 International Caps 230. His 179 goals are Most international goals by an Australian male player to date. Hager was captain of the Australian men's hockey team that won bronze at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics after a bad luck four years previously. He suffered a stress fracture of his right foot and had to pull out of the Australian squad immediately before the tournament began in Barcelona.

He was previously at the men's intensive training centre coach at the Western Australian Institute of Sport and a specialist coach of the national men's team.

He originally came from Queensland, and played rugby league. His brother played hockey through school .He suffered concussion and had to give football away. Hockey is a team sport and what attracted him most is that he had a dream as a youngster that Australia would never win a hockey gold medal unless he was playing.


Nickname “Horrible”, now living at Perth with three children, Hager will celebrate his 41st birthday on 28 April 2005. His favorite food is BBQ chips and favorite film star is Sharon Stone. He used to enjoy James Bond movies. His role models are rugby international David Campese and Liverpool soccer player Ian Rush.
Olympics
1988 Seoul - 4th place
1992 Barcelona - Omitted through injury
1996 Atlanta - BRONZE - Australian Captain
World Cup :
1986 London GOLD
1994 Sydney - BRONZE - Australian Vice Captain
MARK HAGER (AUSTRALIA)’S 32 GOALS IN ELEVEN EDITIONS

YEAR GOALS AUSTRALIA’S POSITION
1985……………..2 Gold
1986……………..3 Silver
1987…………….4 Bronze
1988……………..0 Bronze
1989…………….5 Gold
1990…………….2 Gold
1991…………….0 4th
1992…………….5 Silver
1993…………….7 Gold
1994…………….1 4th
1995…………….3 Silver

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