Mark Kerr
Personal information
Full name	Mark Kerr
Date of birth	March 2, 1982 (1982-03-02) (age 27)
Place of birth	Coatbridge, Scotland
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Central midfield
Club information
Current club	Aberdeen
Number	8
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998–2003 2003–2008 2008–	Falkirk Dundee United Aberdeen	107 0(8) 164 0(2) 042 0(0)
National team2
2005	Scotland B	001 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:47, 4 November 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 19:42, 10 September 2006 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Mark Kerr (born March 2, 1982 in Coatbridge) is a Scottish professional football player, who is currently the captain of Scottish Premier League club Aberdeen

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Domestic 1.1.1 Falkirk 1.1.2 Dundee United 1.1.3 Aberdeen 1.2 International 2 Statistics 3 Honours 3.1 Falkirk 3.2 Dundee United 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Domestic

[edit] Falkirk

Kerr began his career with Falkirk, where he played from 1998 until 2003. He had joined Falkirk from Moodiesburn Boys Club as a sixteen-year-old and progressed through the Youth Development scheme at Brockville and was already well known to then-manager Ian McCall and his management team. McCall had been keeping tabs on the Scotland Under-21 player since he himself left Falkirk.

Mark made his Falkirk debut towards the end of the 1998-99 season at the age of only 17 against Clydebank. The following season he turned out seven times and scored his first goal in a 3-3 draw at Ayr United. For the next three seasons he hardly missed a game for Falkirk and by the time he left, he had accumulated 125 appearances and scored nine times.

[edit] Dundee United

In July 2003, he moved to Dundee United on a Bosman transfer.^[1] Mark soon settled at Tannadice and became a regular in the side, and by the end of his first season, he had racked up 33 League and two cup appearances. His tenacity in midfield was a feature of the latter part of the campaign in which United finished strongly to take fifth place. He netted only once in the season but it was a goal to savour, a stunning volley for the opener against Rangers in a 2-0 win at Tannadice.

Commencing the season 2004-05 in the starting eleven, Mark suffered a dip in form and only appeared another four times before making his way back into the first team at the turn of the year. He went on to miss only one more match throughout the rest of the season, and became a vital part of the midfield as Gordon Chisholm became manager. His two goals in that term came in the Cup competitions, one in the 3-0 CIS Cup win over Stranraer at Tannadice and the other in the thrilling 4-3 Scottish Cup tie against Gretna. Kerr played in the majority of matches in every season but chose to leave when his contract expired at the end of June 2008.^[2]

[edit] Aberdeen

In July 2008, it was reported that Kerr was on the verge of a move to New Firm rivals Aberdeen,^[3] and he subsequently moved to Pittodrie on a Bosman transfer, taking over the number 8 shirt vacated by Barry Nicholson.^[4]

[edit] International

In December 2005, Mark made his debut for the Scotland B team, coming on as a sub against Poland in the Future Cup 2005 competition.

[edit] Statistics

Correct as of 2 November 2008

[edit] Honours

[edit] Falkirk

• Scottish First Division Winner: 1
  

2002-03

[edit] Dundee United

• Scottish Cup Runner-up: 1
  

2004-05

• Scottish League Cup Runner-up: 1
  

2007-08

[edit] See also

• Dundee United F.C. season 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08

• Aberdeen F.C. season 2008-09

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Mark Kerr career stats at Soccerbase
• Official website profile

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Persondata
NAME	Kerr, Mark
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	2 March 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH	Coatbridge, Scotland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH