Mark Gillespie (soccer player)
| Mark Gillespie | ||
 Gillespie in the jersey of Carlisle United (2015)
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Mark Joseph Gillespie | |
| birthday | March 27, 1992 | |
| place of birth | Newcastle upon Tyne , England | |
| size | 191 cm | |
| position | goalkeeper | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Newcastle United | ||
| -2010 | Carlisle United | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 2009-2017 | Carlisle United | 161 (0) |
| 2010-2011 | → Blyth Spartans (loan) | 9 (0) |
| 2017-2018 | Walsall FC | 23 (0) |
| 2018-2020 | Motherwell FC | 57 (0) |
| 2020– | Newcastle United | 0 (0) |
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1 Only league games are given. As of July 5, 2020 |
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Mark Joseph Gillespie (born March 27, 1992 in Newcastle upon Tyne ) is an English football goalkeeper who is under contract with Newcastle United in the English Premier League .
Career
Mark Gillespie began his career in his hometown with Newcastle United . At the age of 16, he moved to Carlisle United . On May 8, 2010, the last day of the third division season 2009/10 , Gillespie made his professional debut against Norwich City . In the 2-0 away win, he was substituted on in the 89th minute. Gillespie became the youngest goalkeeper in Carlisle's history when he made his debut at 18 years and 42 days, replacing record holder Tony Caig . In the 2010/11 season, the goalkeeper played on loan with the Blyth Spartans in the National League . For the club located 20 km northwest of Newcastle, he completed nine league games. After returning to Carlisle, he played his first game in the starting XI on September 4, 2012 against Preston North End in the Football League Trophy . A week later he guarded the gate in the third division game against Hartlepool United . Until the end of the season he was able to hold the regular place against the actual goalkeeper Adam Collin . As of 2013, he lost the place to Jordan Pickford , on loan from Sunderland AFC , and later in the season to Ben Amos , on loan from Manchester United . He was then a replacement behind Dan Hanford . After the club was relegated to the fourth division, Gillespie was a regular goalkeeper under Keith Curle . In June 2017 he went to third division club FC Walsall . A year later he moved to Motherwell FC in Scotland .
After his contract at Motherwell expired, he moved to Newcastle United in his native city in July 2020 .
Web links
- Mark Gillespie in the soccerway.com database
- Mark Gillespie in the soccerbase.com database
- Mark Gillespie in the weltfussball.de database
- Mark Gillespie in the database of transfermarkt.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mark Gillespie: Motherwell sign goalkeeper on two-year deal. BBC Sport, June 5, 2018, accessed December 10, 2018 .
- ^ Magpies confirm signing of goalkeeper Mark Gillespie. Newcastle United, July 3, 2020, accessed July 5, 2020 .
1 Martin Dúbravka | 2 Ciaran Clark | 3 Paul Dummett | 4 Ki Sung-yong | 5 Fabian Schär | 6 Jamaal Lascelles | 7 Andy Carroll | 8 Jonjo Shelvey | 9 Joelinton | 10 Allan Saint-Maximin | 11 Matt Ritchie | 12 Dwight Gayle | 13 Yoshinori Mutō | 14 Isaac Hayden | 15 Jetro Willems | 17 Emil Krafth | 18 Federico Fernández | 19 Javi Manquillo | 20 Florian Lejeune | 21 Rob Elliot | 22 DeAndre Yedlin | 23 Valentino Lazaro | 24 Miguel Almirón | 26 Karl Darlow | 30 Christian Atsu | 36 Sean Longstaff | 42 Nabil Bentaleb | 43 Matthew Longstaff | - Jack Colback | - Henri Saivet | - Jamie Sterry
Head Coach: Steve Bruce
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Gillespie, Mark |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gillespie, Mark Joseph (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1992 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Newcastle upon Tyne , England |