Mark Waddington (footballer)

Mark Waddington

Personal information
Full name	Mark Thomas Waddington[1]
Date of birth	11 October 1996
Place of birth	Standish, Greater Manchester, England
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Stoke City
Number	41
Youth career
2013–2015	Blackpool
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2015	Blackpool	3	(0)
2015–	Stoke City	0	(0)
2016	→ Kilmarnock (loan)	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:29, 26 August 2016 (UTC).

Mark Thomas Waddington (born 11 October 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Stoke City.

Waddington began his career with Blackpool where he progressed through the youth ranks at Bloomfield Road and into the club's first team in the 2014–15 season. He joined Stoke City in July 2015.

Early life

Waddington was born in Standish, Greater Manchester and attended Standish Community High School and began his career at Blackpool's academy.^[2]

Career

Blackpool

At age 17, he made his first-team debut for the club on 12 August 2014, as a 60th-minute substitute in a League Cup fixture against Shrewsbury Town.^[3] On 9 January 2015, after rejecting a £200-a-week professional contract, Waddington and fellow youth player Dom Telford were turned away from training by Blackpool chairman Karl Oyston and told to play for the youth team until they accepted his offer.^[4] On 13 February 2015, Waddington fractured his fifth metatarsal in his right foot during training, which ruled him out for the rest of the 2014–15 season.^[5] It was later announced that hen would have to undergo surgery on his right foot.^[6]

Stoke City

Waddington joined Stoke City in July 2015 along with Blackpool team-mate Dom Telford.^[7]

Kilmarnock (loan)

Waddington joined Kilmarnock on loan on 24 June 2016, linking up with former Blackpool manager Lee Clark who he previously played under at the club.^[8] On 23 July 2016, Waddington made his debut for Kilmarnock starting in the Scottish League Cup tie at home to Greenock Morton, playing 55 minutes before being substituted. On 13 August 2016, he appeared as a 90th minute substitute for Jordan Jones to make his league debut for Kilmarnock in the Scottish Premiership away to Hamilton. On 31 August 2016, Waddington's loan move to Kilmarnock was cut short and he returned to Stoke City.^[9]

Career statistics

As of match played 13 August 2016^[10]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Blackpool	2014–15[11]	Championship	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
Stoke City	2015–16[12]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2016–17[13]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kilmarnock (loan)	2016–17[13]	Scottish Premiership	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
Career total			4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	7	0

References

1. "The Football League Retained List". The Football League. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
2. "Standish Star signs 3 year deal…". Stadish School. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
3. "Shrewsbury 1-0 Blackpool". BBC Sport. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
4. "Liverpool flops Mario Balotelli and Rickie Lambert set to stay at Anfield while Everton missed out with late bid for Xherdan Shaqiri" - Daily Mail, 9 January 2015
5. "Albion transfer target out for the season". The Argus. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
6. "Injury Blow For Waddington". Blackpool F.C. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
7. "Blackpool pair Waddington and Telford join Stoke". Blackpool Gazette. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
8. "Kilmarnock add 11 new signings, with five of them on loan". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
9. "Kilmarnock end loans for Stoke's Mark Waddington and Swansea's Oliver Davies". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
10. "M. Waddington". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
11. "Games played by Mark Waddington in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
12. "Games played by Mark Waddington in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
13. "Games played by Mark Waddington in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 June 2016.

External links

• Mark Waddington career statistics at Soccerbase