A magnetic card reader, four directions in the front and back / right and left in either direction in a card travel through parts simplification can read information from the magnetic strip is provided. Four directions, magnetic card reader according to the present invention is the that is installed projecting in the opening provided in the housing such that by a predetermined distance from the center wall of the opposing pair exposed on the housing and a drive forming the driving card magnetic head, and provided extending to the rear of the magnetic head and the back plate to be installed on the center wall supporting the magnetic head, elastic, it is a magnetic head and electrically connected to and includes an interface board for processing the information extracted from the magnetic head, wherein a back plate by providing a metal material having elastic force was simplify the part. Also, this may result because the head module can be read from left / right, a total of four directions, in left / right, back from the front of it is available to the card, which provided on both sides instead of one surface of a card traveling may be maximized user convenience .