Mark Schulte

Personal information
Full name	Mark Schulte
Date of birth	October 4, 1977 (1977-10-04) (age 32)
Place of birth	Brecksville, Ohio, United States
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Carolina RailHawks
Number	13
Youth career
1996–1999	Dayton Flyers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1998–1999	Twin Cities Tornado
2000	Tampa Bay Mutiny	0	(0)
2000	→ Minnesota Thunder (loan)	17	(0)
2001–2003	Minnesota Thunder
2002–2003	Cleveland Force (indoor)	16	(0)
2004	ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar
2005	Columbus Crew	19	(0)
2005–2006	Montevideo Wanderers
2006	ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar
2007–2008	Cleveland City Stars	38	(4)
2008	→ Minnesota Thunder (loan)	6	(0)
2009–	Carolina RailHawks	28	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 October, 2009. † Appearances (Goals).

Mark Schulte (born October 4, 1977 in Brecksville, Ohio) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Carolina RailHawks in the USL First Division.

He is a two time USL Second Division player of the year and has played professionally in Iceland and Uruguay was well as with the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer.

[edit] Career

[edit] College and Amateur

Schulte attended the University of Dayton, playing on the men’s soccer team from 1996 to 1999. In 1998 and 1999, he played as an amateur with the Twin Cities Tornado of the USL Premier Development League during the college off seasons. He was named the 1999 PDL Defender of the Year.^[1]

[edit] Professional

In February 2000 the Tampa Bay Mutiny selected Schulte in the fifth round (fifty-first overall) in the 2000 MLS SuperDraft. The Mutiny sent him on loan to the Minnesota Thunder of the USL A-League for the 2000 season before waiving him in 2001. He then played from 2001 through 2003 with the Thunder. Schulte also played for the Cleveland Force in Major Indoor Soccer League from 2001 to 2002. In 2004, he had an unsuccessful trial with Crewe Alexandra before signing with ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild (First Division).

He returned to the United States and joined the Columbus Crew for the 2005 Major League Soccer season. At the end of 2005, Schulte moved to Uruguay where he signed with the Montevideo Wanderers of the Primera División Uruguaya, but saw very little playing time due to a chipped bone in his ankle,^[2] and moved back to ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar for the 2006 Icelandic season.

On February 22, 2007, the expansion Cleveland City Stars of the USL Second Division announced that Schulte had become the first player to sign with the team.^[3] He was the 2007 USL-2 Defender of the Year.^[4] In 2008, the Stars won the USL-2 championship. Following the championship game, Schulte signed with the Minnesota Thunder of USL-1 on loan from the Stars.^[5] On February 3, 2009, Schulte signed with the Carolina RailHawks of USL-1.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Carolina RailHawks bio
• Cleveland City Stars bio
• MLS player profile