International Career
Blake won 29 caps for Wales, scoring 4 times. He made his debut on 9 March 1994 in a 1–3 friendly loss to Norway, that marked the only game of John Toshack's first spell in charge. He scored his first goal against Moldova in a 1–3 Euro 96 qualifying defeat. His other three international goals came against Turkey (August 1997), Norway (October 2000) and Poland (June 2001). He also set the unfortunate record of being the first player to score an international goal at Wales' Millennium Stadium when he put through his own net against Finland on 29 March 2000.
He announced his retirement in September 2004, 10 months after playing his final match in the Euro 2004 play-off loss to Russia.
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