Mark Kennedy (footballer)

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Personal information
Mark Kennedy
Date of birth	May 15, 1976 (age 30)
Place of birth	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Height	180cm
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Crystal Palace
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992-1995 1995-1998 1998 1998-1999 1999-2001 2001-2005 2006-	Millwall Liverpool → Queens Park Rangers (loan) Wimbledon Manchester City Wolverhampton Wanderers Crystal Palace	043 (19) 020 0(0) 008 0(2) 028 0(1) 077 (11) 187 (14) 033 0(0)
National team²
	Republic of Ireland	034 0(3)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2007-02-24. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 2007-02-08. * Appearances (Goals)

Mark Kennedy (born May 15, 1976, Dublin, Republic of Ireland) is a footballer who plays for Crystal Palace and his position is winger or midfielder. He wears the number 15 shirt.

Kennedy began his career in south-east London, at Millwall, and impressed hugely, eventually joining 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 £3million. 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.

He has 34 caps for the Republic of Ireland national football team. Kennedy has scored only twice in 93 FA Premier League appearances.^[1]