Mark McChrystal
McChrystal playing for Bristol Rovers in 2016
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Mark Thomas McChrystal | ||
| Date of birth | 26 June 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Derry, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2003 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Bradford City (loan) | ||
| 2003–2006 | Derry City | 44 | (1) |
| 2003 | → Institute (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2007 | Partick Thistle | 15 | (1) |
| 2007–2009 | Derry City | 28 | (0) |
| 2009 | Lisburn Distillery | 3 | (0) |
| 2010 | Derry City | 30 | (3) |
| 2011–2013 | Tranmere Rovers | 41 | (1) |
| 2012 | → Scunthorpe United (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2013–2017 | Bristol Rovers | 114 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| Northern Ireland Schoolboys | |||
| Northern Ireland U18 | |||
| 2004–2006 | Northern Ireland U21 | 9 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:40, 10 February 2017 (UTC). |
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Mark Thomas McChrystal (born 26 June 1984) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who played for League One club Bristol Rovers. Born in Derry, County Londonderry, he is a left-footed defender, he has in the past also captained the Northern Ireland under-21 side.
McChrystal began his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers where he was one of a plethora of young players from Northern Ireland playing there. After spending three years at Molineux, including a spell on loan at Bradford City in 2003, he was released by the Midlands club and he eventually returned home to sign for his local team Derry City of the League of Ireland in April 2003, despite interest from other English clubs. He was then loaned out to near neighbours Institute by Dermot Keely on a three-month deal.
His stay in the Irish League was short-lived however, and after just six games for the club, he picked up an injury in the quarter-final of the North-West Cup against Moyola Park which hastened his return to Derry City. He fought his way back into the team under Gavin Dykes and Peter Hutton but did not appear regularly during the reign of Stephen Kenny due to stiff competition in defence. Seen to be surplus to demands, he was released on 14 December 2006 after the appointment of Pat Fenlon as manager.
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