Welcome to this weeks issue of Airtricity/Eircom man. Today we will be discussing the career of Mark Quigley. Let’s begin!
Playing Career.
Mark was born in October of 1985, and in 2003 he moved from the Belvedere Academy to Millwall. He would be here for 2 years, and in 2005, he went on loan to Shamrock Rovers, where he made 12 appearances and scored once under Roddy Collins’ management.
In 2006 he signed for St Pats, and in 2007 he had his true breakout year. He ended the year as the second top scorer, alongside the PFAI Young Player of the Year award. He received call up to the Ireland u23s.
In Pats’ 2008-2009 UEFA Cup run, he scored three goals, scoring against JFK Olimps at home and away against Elfsborg.
After 148 appearances, and over 40 goals, it was time for Quigley to make the move to Dalymount for the 2010 season.
Quigley’s life in Dalymount started slow, It took till May for him to score his first goal, a winner against Sligo. Despite being a forward, Pat Fenlon decided to use him more as a winger, and this played part in his poor statistic of four goals in 34 games for the Gypsies. He was released by Bohemians in 2010.
He later has a quick one year spell with Dundalk before moving to Sligo in December of 2011. Quigley famously scored from the penalty spot against his former club, St Pats, to win the league for Sligo for the first time since 1977. He was also awarded the PFAI Player of the year award for 2012.
He had a brief spell at Shamrock Rovers before returning to Inchicore again to play for another season. After spending the first half of 2015 injured, he would go on to sign for Derry City, which turned out to be an unsuccessful spell.
He would decide to return to Dalymount again. He made his second debut for them in the opening fixture of the 2016 season against Cork City.
Post-career.
After retiring from playing football at the end of the 2016 season, he would go on to manage his local club Sheriff YC.
Honours.
In his career he would win two Setanta cups, one league, one FAI Cup and one LOI Cup. Other honours included the Presidents Cup, two Leinster Senior Cups, a PFAI Young Player of the Year and a PFAI Player of the year.
The Final Word.
Mark Quigley had a storied career, and his name will go down in fans mind’s for many years.