years clubs caps goals birth_place height article_title position birth_date currentclub name
1998 -- 2003 darlington 23 1 sunderland , england 5 11 mark kilty
 defender 24 june 1981 retired mark kilty
mark kilty

mark kilty -lrb- born 24 june 1981 in sunderland , england -rrb- is a former english professional football defender who played 23 league games scoring 1 time in 7 years for darlington between the years of 1997 -- 2004 .
marks professional football career was cruelly cut short by injury aged only 23 after suffering 2 ruptured anterior cruciate knee ligaments in his right knee and also a tear to his left patella tendon .
in his injury ravaged career mark was operated on a remarkable 8 times .
after 3 years of physiotherapy and rehabilitation mark was finally forced to retire in 2004 on medical grounds .
with help from the pfa he graduated from the university of salford in 2009 with a degree in physiotherapy mark is now widely considered as tyne & wear 's go-to expert physiotherapist .
he is a sought after health care consultant , an author , & founder of physioblu ltd based in team valley in marks native north east england .
mark has appeared on bbc , itv , sky sports , sky sports news , and has been seen in the journal , the chronicle & the northern echo .
