page_title: Mark Ridgers
section_title: Hearts
hierarchical_section_title: Mark Ridgers / Club career / Hearts
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of Mark Ridgers in goals for Hearts Under 20's versus Hamilton
context_page_description: Mark Ridgers is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Scottish Championship club Inverness Caledonian Thistle. He has previously played for Heart of Midlothian, Ross County, St Mirren, Partick Thistle and Orlando City B in the United Soccer League, as well as Airdrie United, East Fife and Kilmarnock on loan. He has also represented Scotland at under-21 level.
context_section_description: In May 2007, he transferred to Heart of Midlothian for a £40,000 fee. Whilst playing for Hearts under 19 squad Ridgers impressed manager Csaba Laszlo and was promoted to the first team signing a new contract keeping him at the club until 2012. In November 2009, he was sent on loan to East Fife on a monthlong loan deal to give him first team experience. Despite subsequent loans to Airdrie United and a return to East Fife he was yet to make a first team appearance for Hearts, although had been named on the bench.
  On his return from loan at East Fife, he was named on the bench again as a substitute against Auchinleck Talbot in the Scottish Cup. On 30 January 2012, he was rewarded with a new two-year contract extending his stay at the club until 2014. On 24 March 2012, he made his senior debut for the club, coming on as a half time substitute in a Scottish Premier League match against St Johnstone, replacing Jamie MacDonald in a 2–1 loss. He went on to make his first start on 5 May, against St Johnstone. He was on the bench when Hearts won the 2012 Scottish Cup Final.
caption: Ridgers playing for Hearts U-20 in 2013
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