Mark Cullen (English footballer)

Mark Cullen
Personal information
Full name Mark Cullen[1]
Date of birth (1992-04-21) 21 April 1992 (age 32)[2]
Place of birth Ashington, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.76 m)[3]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Bamber Bridge
Youth career
0000–2006 Newcastle United
2008–2010 Hull City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Hull City 24 (1)
2011Bradford City (loan) 4 (0)
2011–2012Bury (loan) 4 (0)
2012Bury (loan) 10 (1)
2013Stockport County (loan) 16 (4)
2013–2015 Luton Town 71 (21)
2015–2019 Blackpool 89 (21)
2019Carlisle United (loan) 9 (0)
2019–2021 Port Vale 36 (7)
2021–2022 Hartlepool United 17 (4)
2022–2023 AFC Fylde 4 (1)
2023– Bamber Bridge 29 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:58, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Mark Cullen (born 21 April 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Northern Premier League Premier Division club Bamber Bridge.

A former Newcastle United youth-team player, he went on to graduate from the Hull City Academy and make his Premier League debut for the club in the 2009–10 season. He spent the next three seasons on loan at Bradford City, Bury and Stockport County, before taking a free transfer move to Luton Town in May 2013. Luton won promotion back into the English Football League as champions of the Conference Premier at the end of the 2013–14 season. He was sold to Blackpool for a fee of £180,000 in June 2015 after a successful season in League Two. Blackpool were relegated from League One the next year but secured an immediate promotion after Cullen scored the winning goal in the 2017 League Two play-off final. He then struggled with injuries over the next two years, spending time on loan at Carlisle United before he was allowed to move on to Port Vale in June 2019. He spent two seasons at the Vale, though he struggled for first-team appearances, and moved on to Hartlepool United in August 2021. He then signed permanently for National League North side AFC Fylde six months later. He started the 2023–24 season with Bamber Bridge.

  1. ^ "EFL: Club retained and released lists published". English Football League. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  2. ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 102. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
  3. ^ "Mark Cullen". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 5 February 2018.