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BORO'S undisputed number one for more than a decade, Mark also holds the all-time record for international caps won while with the club.

He began his career in his homeland, with Marconi in Australia, where Christian Vieri was a team-mate, moving to Europe with Dynamo Dresden and then Kaiserslautern.

Chris Kamara signed Mark for Bradford City in November 1996 and just four months later the big keeper moved to Boro in time to make an impressive debut in the Coca-Cola Cup semi-final at Stockport.

A broken leg forced him out of action after only a handful of games but on his return he quickly established himself as a commanding figure and a terrific shot-stopper.

Mark is an Australian international, although he grew tired of playing understudy to Mark Bosnich and made himself unavailable to the Socceroos to concentrate on his Boro career.

He reconsidered his position however, deciding to re-enter the international arena and has become first choice for his country, starring in their Confederations Cup campaign and the ultimately unsuccessful World Cup qualifying campaign of 2006 in Germany.

Widely regarded as one of the very best keepers in the Premiership, he fought off a strong challenge from understudy Mark Crossley to win back his place after a hernia operation in the 2001/2 campaign.

Helped Boro to win the 2004 Carling Cup with penalty shoot-out heroics then a superb display in the final against Bolton in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, recovering from a mistake of in letting in a harmless-looking striker from Kevin Davies.  

Mark was heavily linked with a move to Manchester United in 2004 and transfer-listed at his own request during the 2005/06 season, but returned to re-establish himself at the club's number one, pledging his long-term future to Boro by signing a new three-year contract in January 2005.

A brilliant last-minute penalty save from Robbie Fowler at Manchester City on the final day of the 2004/05 season secured Boro's second successive UEFA Cup place. Although Mark was injured in a clash with West Ham's Dean Ashton in the following year's FA Cup semi-final at Villa Park, he returned wearing a facial mask for the UEFA Cup final against Sevilla in Eindhoven.

More penalty heroics followed for his country as he twice denied Uruguay in a spot-kick shoot-out to enable Australia to qualify for the World Cup finals for the first time since 1974.

Although he was dropped for the Croatia game he returned in the second round game against Italy, where he was only beaten by a harshly-awarded penalty kick with the last kick of the game.

Mark was Australia's number one throughout the 2006-7 campaign and was part of the Australia squad which contested the Asia Cup for the first tme in July 2007.

Having written a diary of a season, Mark My Words, early in his Boro career, Mark continued his literary ambitions when he co-wrote a children's book, Megs and the Vootball Kids, in 2007.

He saved another vital last-gasp penalty for his country in a 0-0 World Cup qualifier draw against China in Beijing in March 2008.