Mark Kinsella

Where is Mark Kinsella now?

Regarded by many as one of Charlton Athletic’s greatest players of the modern era, Mark Kinsella finally retired from playing in 2006 after a couple of years playing and coaching at Walsall.

Starting his professional career at Colchester United in 1989, he went onto make over 500 first-team appearances for five different clubs over a 17-year period winning the old First Division title with the Addicks in 2000.

He was also an international player with the Republic of Ireland winning 48 caps and featuring in the 2002 FIFA World Cup finals in South Korea and Japan.

Upon retiring from playing, Kinsella returned to Charlton Athletic as a development coach and was promoted to reserve team manager when Alan Pardew was appointed manager in 2006. He left this post in 2008 to assist caretaker manager Phil Parkinson with first-team affairs until a new manager was appointed.

When Parkinson was appointed as Charlton manager on a permanent basis in December 2008, Kinsella was appointed as his first-team coach but the pair were sacked in January 2011 after failing to win promotion from League One over the previous two seasons and a poor run of form where the side hadn’t won a game since November 2010.

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Kinsella returned to football just six months later when he was appointed manager of non-league Daventry Town but his lack of experience at step four level football saw his side drop from a play-off position the previous season to 16th place under his management. He left Daventry in July 2012 following a cost-cutting exercise by the club’s owner.

Later that year he moved to former club Colchester United as assistant manager to Joe Dunne but they both left in September 2014 by mutual consent.

Kinsella wasn’t out of the game for long and was appointed assistant manager of League of Ireland side Drogheda in November 2014 before moving into the manager’s hotseat to replace the outgoing Johnny McDonnell. Unfortunately he was unable to keep the club from relegation and moved back into a coaching role in the club after they appointed a new permanent manager.

He has since assisted with the coaching of the Republic of Ireland under-21’s side as part of the FAI’s Emerging Talent programme.

His children have followed him into sport, his son Liam is a professional footballer and his daughter Alice Kinsella is a gymnast who won a gold medal for England in the 2018 Commonwealth Games at the age of 17 as well as a bronze medal at the 2020 Olympic Games.

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Mark Kinsella: Premier League Statistics

NationalityIrish
PositionMidfielder
Appearances108
Goals5
Yellow Cards11
Red Cards0
Premier League Teams Played forCharlton Athletic, Aston Villa

Statistics courtesy of www.premierleague.com

Last Updated on 15 September 2023 by Admin