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Mark Sykes (born 4 August 1997) is an Irish[3] professional footballer who plays for English club Bristol City, as a midfielder.

Mark Sykes

Personal information
Full name	Mark Sykes[1]
Date of birth	(1997-08-04) 4 August 1997 (age 25)
Place of birth	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.82 m)[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Bristol City
Number	17
Youth career
	Glenavon
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2019	Glenavon	117	(16)
2019–2022	Oxford United	104	(9)
2022–	Bristol City	17	(0)
National team
	Northern Ireland U18
	Northern Ireland U19
2016–2018	Northern Ireland U21	11	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:55, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Glenavon

Born in Belfast,[4] Sykes began his career with Glenavon. In December 2017 he was linked with a transfer away from the club.[5] In February 2018 he signed a new contract until the end of the 2018–19 season.[6] In March 2018 he was described by a journalist as "one of the most outstanding young prospects in the Irish League".[7]

Oxford United

In January 2019 he signed for English club Oxford United,[8] making his debut on 8 January 2019 in the EFL Trophy.[9] He scored his first goal for Oxford against Millwall in the EFL Cup on 27 August 2019, and his first league goal in a 2–1 victory over AFC Wimbledon on 29 December 2019.[10] In his three and a half seasons at the club he made 137 appearances and scored 12 times,[11] including Oxford's consolation goal in their 2–1 defeat to Wycombe Wanderers in the 2020 EFL League One play-off Final at Wembley Stadium.[12]

Bristol City

In May 2022, Bristol City announced that they had signed Sykes, with the transfer becoming official on 1 July 2022, on a three-year deal with the option of a further year.[13][14]

International career

He has also played for Northern Ireland at under-18, under-19 and under-21 youth levels.[15] He made his debut for the under-21 side in September 2016, in a 2–0 defeat to Macedonia and as of 28 January 2019 had 11 caps and 2 goals.[4]

He received his first call-up to the Northern Ireland senior team in May 2019.[16] He was called up again in September 2019.[17] In August 2020 he informed the Irish Football Association (which governs football in Northern Ireland) that he no longer wished to be considered for their squad, instead opting for the Republic of Ireland.[18] In March 2022, he was named in Stephen Kenny's Republic of Ireland squad for forthcoming friendly matches.[19][20]

Sykes was named as a late inclusion to the squad in November 2022 for the Republic of Ireland's November friendlies with Norway and Malta, following the withdrawals of two players through injury.[21][22]

Career statistics

As of match played 23 April 2022

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Glenavon	2013–14[23]	Premiership	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	2014–15[23]		2	0	0	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	3	0
	2015–16[23]		25	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	29	1
	2016–17[23]		33	2	3	1	2	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	40	3
	2017–18[23]		30	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	32	9
	2018–19[23]		22	4	0	0	0	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	24	4
	Total		117	16	9	1	2	0	5	0	133	17
Oxford United	2018–19[9]	League One	9	0	0	0	0	0	2[lower-alpha 2]	0	11	0
	2019–20[10]		23	1	4	0	4	1	7[lower-alpha 3]	1	39	3
	2020–21[24]		32	0	1	0	1	0	8[lower-alpha 4]	0	42	0
	2021–22[25]		40	8	2	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	44	8
	Total		104	9	7	0	6	1	18	1	135	11
Career total			221	25	16	1	8	1	23	1	267	28

Honours

Glenavon

• Irish Cup: 2015–16[26]

Individual

• Ulster Young Footballer of the Year 2017–18[15]

References

На других языках

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- [en] Mark Sykes (footballer)

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[it] Mark Sykes (calciatore)

Mark Sykes (4 agosto 1997) è un calciatore nordirlandese, centrocampista del Bristol City.

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