Mark Kennedy (footballer)
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| Mark Kennedy | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | May 15, 1976 | |
| Place of birth | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |
| Playing position | Defensive Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | None | |
| Number | N/A | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Home Farm | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1992-1995 1995-1998 1998 1998-1999 1999-2001 2001-2005 2006-2008 |
Millwall Liverpool → Queens Park Rangers (loan) Wimbledon Manchester City Wolverhampton Wanderers Crystal Palace |
43 (9) 16 (0) 8 (2) 21 (0) 66 (8) 167 (12) 46 (1) |
| National team | ||
| 1995-2000 1994-1995 |
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland U21 |
34 (3) 4 (0) |
|
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Mark Kennedy (born May 15, 1976, Dublin, Republic of Ireland) is a footballer who plays as a winger or midfielder. He is currently without a club after being released by Crystal Palace.
After impressing at Millwall, Kennedy joined Liverpool for £2.3million, in 1995.
Having developed further at Anfield (a development which included a loan spell back in the capital with Queens Park Rangers), Kennedy saw fit to move back to the capital to Wimbledon, for £1.75million, but he spent just one year at Selhurst Park before returning to the north, this time to Manchester City, for £1million, in 1999.
He stayed at City until 2001, when he moved to Wolverhampton Wanderers for £2million. At Wolves, he was again successful, and scored in their 3-0 Division One Play-off final win over Sheffield United, in 2003. However, the Midlands club were relegated the next season, and Wolves found themselves with a new manager in 2004, with Glenn Hoddle replacing Dave Jones. Hoddle preferred to play Kennedy in a more restrained left midfield role, rather than his original position on the wing.
With Hoddle departing in 2006, so did Kennedy, after refusing the terms of a reduced contract, he moved back to Selhurst Park on a free transfer to play under new manager Peter Taylor at Crystal Palace.
Kennedy spent the majority of the 2006-07 season in Palace's first team line-up, but largely disappointed fans. Early in the following season Taylor was replaced by Neil Warnock, and Kennedy hardly featured for the Eagles after that, and was released at the end of that campaign.
He has 34 caps for the Republic of Ireland national football team. Kennedy has scored only twice in 93 FA Premier League appearances.[1]
His brother Brendan Kennedy played in the Eircom League for a number of years for clubs including Shamrock Rovers and Kildare County.
[edit] External links
- Mark Kennedy player profile at cpfc.co.uk
- Mark Kennedy player profile at wolves.co.uk
- Mark Kennedy career stats at Soccerbase
- Photos and stats at sporting-heroes.net
- Mark Kennedy Millwall Stats
[edit] References
- ^ Mark Kennedy. Football Heroes. Retrieved on 16 July 2006.
