Mark Kennedy (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Mark John Kennedy | ||
| Date of birth | 15 May 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Left back/Left winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Manchester City (academy coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| St.Mochta's FC | |||
| Belvedere | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1995 | Millwall | 43 | (9) |
| 1995–1998 | Liverpool | 16 | (0) |
| 1998 | → Queens Park Rangers (loan) | 8 | (2) |
| 1998–1999 | Wimbledon | 21 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Manchester City | 66 | (8) |
| 2001–2006 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 167 | (12) |
| 2006–2008 | Crystal Palace | 46 | (1) |
| 2008–2010 | Cardiff City | 66 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Ipswich Town | 33 | (0) |
| Total | 466 | (32) | |
| National team | |||
| 1992 | Republic of Ireland U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 1994–1996 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 4 | (4) |
| 1995–2002 | Republic of Ireland | 34 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Mark John Kennedy (born 15 May 1976 in Clonsilla, Dublin) is an Irish retired footballer who is part of the coaching staff at Manchester City.
As a player he was a left back and left winger from 1992 to 2012. He notably featured in the Premier League with Liverpool, Wimbledon, Manchester City and Wolverhampton Wanderers, as well as in the Football League for Millwall, Queens Park Rangers, Crystal Palace, Cardiff City and Ipswich Town. He has been capped 34 times by Ireland, scoring 4 goals.
Kennedy began his professional career at Millwall, making his senior debut on 24 April 1993 in a 1–0 win over Charlton, when still only 16. He developed over his three-year stay at The Old Den, and broke into the Republic of Ireland Under-21 side. He particularly gained attention for a powerful run and goal at Highbury that eliminated Arsenal from the FA Cup in 1995.
He eventually left to join Liverpool in March 1995 for an initial £1.5 million fee (potentially rising to £2.3 m), making him then the most expensive teenage footballer in British history. However, opportunities at Anfield were scarce, and he managed just 18 appearances over three seasons, which also saw him loaned to Queens Park Rangers to gain first team action. He found a permanent route to regular football when he moved back to the capital with Wimbledon in 1998, for £1.75 million, but he stayed for just one season with the "Dons", scoring once against Bolton in the League Cup, before returning to the north, this time to Manchester City, for £1.6 million, in 1999.
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