Mark Reilly

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{other people}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Mark Reilly

| image =

| fullname = Mark Francis Reilly{{Hugman|16542|accessdate=25 February 2017}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|3|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bellshill, Scotland

| height = 1.73 m{{cite web |url=https://www.motherwellnet.com/database/player-archive/r/mark-reilly/ |title=Mark Reilly |publisher=motherwellnet.com |access-date=25 September 2024 |language=en}}

| position = Midfielder

| years1 = 1988–1991 | clubs1 = Motherwell | caps1 = 4 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1991–1998 | clubs2 = Kilmarnock | caps2 = 205 | goals2 = 8

| years3 = 1998 | clubs3 = Reading | caps3 = 6 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1998–2002 | clubs4 = Kilmarnock | caps4 = 62 | goals4 = 3

| years5 = 2002 | clubs5 = → Airdrieonians (loan) | caps5 = 6 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2002–2004 | clubs6 = St Johnstone | caps6 = 59 | goals6 = 2

| years7 = 2004–2006 | clubs7 = St Mirren | caps7 = 49 | goals7 = 1

| totalcaps = 391

| totalgoals = 14

| nationalyears1 = 1998

| nationalteam1 = Scotland B{{Cite web|url=http://www.fitbastats.com/scotlandb/player.php?playerid=132|title = Scotland B Player Mark Reilly Details}}

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Mark Francis "Mavis" Reilly (born 30 March 1969) is a Scottish former professional footballer, who played in over 250 league matches for Kilmarnock. He was part of the side that won the 1997 Scottish Cup Final.

Reilly began his career at Motherwell in 1988 and joined Kilmarnock in 1991.{{soccerbase|id=9252}} He spent eleven years at Kilmarnock, punctuated by a short spell at Reading in 1998, and was a member of the cup winning team of 1997.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/k/kilmarnock/1924997.stm|title=Reilly released by Killie|date=12 April 2002|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=2009-06-20}} His first team chances were limited in the 2001–02 season and following a loan spell with Airdrieonians, he was released by Kilmarnock in April 2002.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1876366.stm|title=Airdrie double blow|date=12 April 2002|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=2009-06-20}} Two months later, he joined St Johnstone, where he linked up with former teammate and manager, Billy Stark.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/st_johnstone/2014282.stm|title=Reilly joins Saints|date=6 June 2002|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=2009-06-20}} Reilly and St Johnstone teammate Mixu Paatelainen joined St Mirren in June 2004.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/st_mirren/3793993.stm|title=Reilly in Saints switch|date=4 June 2004|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=2009-06-20}} He scored his first and only goal for the club in a 3-0 win over Queen of the South in April 2005.{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/match?gameId=155011|title=St Mirren 3-0 Queen of the South |publisher=ESPN |date=9 April 2005 |accessdate=11 August 2020}} He helped St Mirren win the First Division title in the 2005–06 season and played as a substitute as they won the 2005 Scottish Challenge Cup Final,{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/4403942.stm |title=St Mirren 2-1 Hamilton Accies |publisher=BBC |date=6 November 2005 |accessdate=11 August 2020}} before retiring from professional football at the end of the season.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/st_mirren/4957092.stm|title=Buddies veteran Reilly retiring|date=29 April 2006|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=2009-06-20}}