Full name Mark Stephen Kitching 0000–2013 Middlesbrough Weight 74 kg Number 34 Height 1.88 m | Role Footballer Name Mark Kitching | |
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Date of birth (1995-09-04) 4 September 1995 (age 20) Current team Middlesbrough F.C. (#37 / Defender, Midfielder) | ||
Playing position Place of birth Guisborough, England |
Mark kitching
Mark Stephen Kitching (born 4 September 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for League one club Rochdale. Kitching started his career with Middlesbrough and a loan spell with League Two club York City from 2015 to 2016. He joined Rochdale in 2017, initially on loan.
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Middlesbrough
Kitching was born in Guisborough, North Yorkshire. He progressed through the academy of Middlesbrough, the club he grew up supporting. His first involvement with the first team was as an unused substitute for a 1–0 home win over Derby County on 5 April 2014. Kitching signed a two-year professional contract with Middlesbrough in April 2014. He joined League Two club York City on a one-month youth loan on 26 November 2015, and made his debut two days later when starting in a 5–1 home defeat to Accrington Stanley. He lost his place in the team to Femi Ilesanmi, and returned to Middlesbrough in January 2016 without making any further appearances.
Rochdale
On 27 January 2017, Kitching joined League One club Rochdale on loan until the end of the 2016–17 season. He made his debut a day later as a 12th-minute substitute in a 4–0 home defeat by Huddersfield Town. He signed for Rochdale permanently on a one-and-a-half-year contract on 31 January 2017.