Mark Reilly

For other people named Mark Reilly, see Mark Reilly (disambiguation).
Mark Reilly
Personal information
Full name Mark Reilly
Date of birth (1969-03-30) 30 March 1969
Place of birth Bellshill, Scotland
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1991 Motherwell 4 (0)
1991–1998 Kilmarnock 203 (8)
1998 Reading 6 (0)
1998–2002 Kilmarnock 267 (11)
2002 → Airdrieonians (loan) 6 (0)
2002–2004 St Johnstone 58 (2)
2004–2006 St Mirren 49 (1)
National team
1998 Scotland B[1] 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Mark Reilly (born 30 March 1969) is a former Scottish professional footballer, who played in over 450 league matches for Kilmarnock. He was part of the side that won the 1997 Scottish Cup Final.

Reilly began his career at Motherwell in 1988 and joined Kilmarnock in 1991.[2] He spent eleven years at Kilmarnock, punctuated by a short spell at Reading in 1998, and was a member of the cup winning team of 1997.[3] His first team chances were limited in the 2001–02 season and following a loan spell with Airdrieonians, he was released by Kilmarnock in April 2002.[3][4] Two months later, he joined St Johnstone, where he linked up with former team mate and manager, Billy Stark.[5] Reilly and St Johnstone team mate Mixu Paatelainen joined St Mirren in June 2004.[6] He helped St Mirren win the First Division title in the 2005–06 season before retiring from professional football at the end of the season.[7]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.fitbastats.com/scotlandb/player.php?playerid=132
  2. ↑ Mark Reilly career statistics at Soccerbase
  3. 1 2 "Reilly released by Killie". BBC Sport. 12 April 2002. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
  4. ↑ "Airdrie double blow". BBC Sport. 12 April 2002. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
  5. ↑ "Reilly joins Saints". BBC Sport. 6 June 2002. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
  6. ↑ "Reilly in Saints switch". BBC Sport. 4 June 2004. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
  7. ↑ "Buddies veteran Reilly retiring". BBC Sport. 29 April 2006. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
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