Mark Kinsella
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mark Anthony Kinsella | ||
| Date of birth | 12 August 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1988–1989 | Home Farm | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1996 | Colchester United | 180 | (27) |
| 1996–2002 | Charlton Athletic | 208 | (20) |
| 2002–2004 | Aston Villa | 21 | (0) |
| 2004 | West Bromwich Albion | 18 | (1) |
| 2004–2006 | Walsall | 43 | (1) |
| 2008 | Lewes | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 471 | (49) | |
| National team | |||
| 1991–1994 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 8 | (1) |
| 1998 | Republic of Ireland B | 1 | (0) |
| 1998–2004 | Republic of Ireland | 48 | (3) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2006 | Walsall (caretaker) | ||
| 2006–2008 | Charlton Athletic Reserves | ||
| 2011–2012 | Daventry Town | ||
| 2012–2014 | Colchester United (assistant) | ||
| 2014–2015 | Drogheda United (assistant) | ||
| 2015 | Drogheda United | ||
| 2016– | Drogheda United (assistant) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 August 2015. |
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Mark Anthony Kinsella (born 12 August 1972) is an Irish football coach and former player who is currently the manager of Drogheda United after previously being the assistant manager. He played as a central midfielder for most of his career. He is the father of Liam Kinsella.
Kinsella began his career at Colchester United, before spells at Charlton Athletic, Aston Villa, West Bromwich Albion, Walsall and Lewes. He played 48 times for the Republic of Ireland, scoring three goals and playing in the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Japan and South Korea. Kinsella is a former manager of Daventry Town.
Kinsella joined Colchester United as a 17-year-old (he was actually signed by the legendary ex-Rangers manager Jock Wallace) and played there for seven seasons, including two in the Conference, and played at Wembley in 1992 when Colchester won the FA Trophy. He was nicknamed "Sheedy" by the fans, in honour of the Everton player, and is among the club's most revered former players.
He moved to Charlton Athletic in September 1996 for £150,000. At Charlton he captained the team to a dramatic victory over Sunderland in the 1998 Division 1 Play-off Final, with Kinsella scoring one of the penalties in the shootout. Following relegation after only one season in the Premiership, Kinsella lifted the First Division championship trophy with Charlton the following year.
Kinsella is remembered by Charlton fans as a turning point in their recent history, he was the first player in the modern era to stay with Charlton when his performances placed him as a top ten midfielder in the country via the Carling Opta Stats. His skill, talent and sometimes individual carrying of the team in the 1998–99 season places him above that of Richard Rufus, Clive Mendonca, Andy Hunt and John Robinson in Charlton's list of greats in the late 90's teams. In 2001, he suffered an injury, which allowed Scott Parker to take his place in the team. Kinsella could not reclaim his place in the Charlton first team after coming back from injury, so he was sold to Aston Villa in 2002, for a fee of £1m.
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