Mark Kinsella

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Mark Kinsella
Full name	Mark Anthony Kinsella
Date of birth	August 12, 1972 (age 34)
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Height	5'9"
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1988-1989 1989-1996 1996-2002 2002-2004 2004 2004-2006	Home Farm Colchester United Charlton Athletic Aston Villa West Bromwich Albion Walsall	unknown 180 (27) 208 (20) 021 (0) 018 (1) 043 (1)
National team
1998-2004	Republic of Ireland	48 (3)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Mark Kinsella (born 12 August 1972) was an Irish professional football player and coach. He played as a central midfield for most of his career. He recently took a position as development coach of Charlton.

He started his career at Colchester United before earning a move 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. Following relegation after only one season in the Premiership, Mark lifted the first division championship trophy with Charlton the following year. 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. Mark 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 Statistics. His skill, talent and sometimes individual carrying of the team in the 98-99 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. As a player free from injury, he was one of the best midfielders in the country.

He later played for West Bromwich Albion before transferring to Walsall in July 2004. After two injury damaged seasons, Kinsella took caretaker charge of Walsall after Kevan Broadhurst's sacking in April 2006, earning one win and suffering one defeat in his two games in charge. he continued to combine playing and coaching at Walsall before being lured back to Charlton in December 2006. His last professional match was in Walsall's League Two home defeat to promotion rivals Swindon.

He won 48 caps for the Irish national team, scoring 3 times and was named Irish Footballer Of the Year on one occasion. Although rarely remembered, he formed an excellent midfield partnership with Roy Keane in the qualifying stages for the 2002 World Cup. Roy Keane was quoted as stating that the Republic of Ireland's form during that campaign was down to the presence and performances of Mark. After Keane's publicised walk out before the 2002 World Cup, Mark formed a solid partnership with future Charlton star Matt Holland.

Preceded by Kevan Broadhurst	Walsall manager 2006 - 2006	Succeeded by Richard Money

	Republic of Ireland squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Given \| 2 Finnan \| 3 Harte \| 4 Cunningham \| 5 Staunton \| 6 Roy Keane \| 7 McAteer \| 8 Holland \| 9 Duff \| 10 Robbie Keane \| 11 Kilbane \| 12 Kinsella \| 13 Connolly \| 14 Breen \| 15 Dunne \| 16 Kiely \| 17 Quinn \| 18 G. Kelly \| 19 Morrison \| 20 O'Brien \| 21 Reid \| 22 Carsley \| 23 A. Kelly \| Coach: McCarthy