Mark Swainston
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Personal information | |||||||||||||
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Full name | Mark Francis Baclia-An Mercenes Swainston | ||||||||||||
Date of birth | 13 November 1999 | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Philippines | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||
Current team |
Hoi King (on loan from Kitchee) | ||||||||||||
Number | 35 | ||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||
2014 | HKFC | ||||||||||||
2014–2017 | Kitchee | ||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
2017– | Kitchee | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||
2018– | → Hoi King (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||
2017 | Philippines U18 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 July 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 08:51, 18 July 2018 (UTC) |
Mark Francis Mercenes Swainston (Chinese: 史雲斯頓; born 13 November 1999) is a Filipino professional footballer player who currently plays for Hong Kong Premier League club Hoi King, on loan from Kitchee.
Club career
He moved to Hong Kong before his first birthday.[1]
He joined Kitchee in 2014, and was promoted to their senior squad in July 2016.[1][2] However, in December 2016 FIFA enforced a ban on numerous foreign players in Hong Kong, including Swainston, as he did not have a Hong Kong passport, thus making him a foreign player.[3] This ruling was eventually overturned, and Swainston made his professional debut on 7 April 2017, coming on as a 69th-minute substitute for Hélio in a 10–0 victory against Hong Kong FC.[4]
On 24 July 2018, following a preseason friendly, Hoi King confirmed that they had acquired Swainston on loan.[5]
Club
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Kitchee | 2016–17 | Hong Kong Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Career total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
- Notes
- ↑ Appearances in the Sapling Cup
- ↑ Appearances in the Hong Kong Community Cup
Personal Life
Swainston was educated at Island School.[8]
References
- 1 2 "傑志簽下銳兵 放眼亞洲 誓要重奪聯賽冠軍". Kitchee SC (in Chinese). 12 July 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ↑ "【港超】傑志改朝換代 新季簽三援升四小將". 香港01 (in Chinese). 12 July 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ↑ "Hong Kong youth system crippled after 49 'foreign' youngsters are sidelined by Fifa ruling on minors". South China Morning Post. 30 December 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ↑ "港超聯 天堂與地獄!傑志10蛋贈港會". Oriental Daily News (in Chinese). 7 April 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ↑ Hseung, Ka Man. "組軍進度遜預期 凱景將洽商借用外援". Apple Daily. Retrieved 24 July 2018. (in traditional Chinese (HK))
- ↑ Mark Swainston at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- ↑ "Mark Swainston". HKFA. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ↑ "Alumni and Students Make Premier League Debut". Island School. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
External links
- Mark Swainston at TheFinalBall.com