{{short description|Scottish footballer}} {{BLP sources|date=February 2010}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Mark McCulloch | fullname = | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|5|19|df=y}} | birth_place = Inverness, Scotland | height = | position = Defender | years1 = 1993–1994 | years2 = 1994–1997 | years3 = 1997–2000 | years4 = 2000–2001 | years5 = 2001–2002 | years6 = 2002–2009 | years7 = 2009–2014 | years8 = 2016-2017 | clubs1 = Clachnacuddin | clubs2 = Dunfermline Athletic | clubs3 = Inverness Caledonian Thistle | clubs4 = Livingston | clubs5 = Partick Thistle | clubs6 = Ross County | clubs7 = Forfar | clubs8 = Rosyth | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | caps2 = 16 | goals2 = 0 | caps3 = 100 | goals3 = 8 | caps4 = 35 | goals4 = 5 | caps5 = 14 | goals5 = 1 | caps6 = 226 | goals6 = 4 | caps7 = 149 | goals7 = 1 }}
'''Mark McCulloch''' (born 19 May 1975) is a Scottish retired professional footballer, who played for Dunfermline Athletic, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Livingston, Partick Thistle, Ross County and Forfar Athletic. McCulloch mainly played as a full-back, but was also used as a midfielder.
==Career==
McCulloch started his career with Highland Football League side Clachnacuddin before moving to Dunfermline Athletic in 1994.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19920825/535/0018|title=FAST LANE Mleol hits target SQUASH|publisher=Aberdeen Evening Express|date=25 August 1992}}</ref> After 3 season with the Pars, he returned to the Highlands and signed for his home-town team Inverness Caledonian Thistle.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005278/19990425/551/0057|title= McCulloch takes Galey to the SECOND DIVISION|publisher=Scotland on Sunday|date=25 April 1999}}</ref> McCulloch captained the Inverness side that won a famous cup tie against Celtic, 3–1 at Celtic Park in February 2000.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19991218/769/0036|title=Mark 100 not out at Caley Jags|publisher=Aberdeen Press and Journal|date=18 December 1999}}</ref> He was one of three Caley Thistle players that joined Livingston in one season in 2001, the others being Barry Wilson and Davide Xausa.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/20001023/491/0028|title=Livingston’s cash crop fails to provide rich pickings|publisher=The Scotsman|date=23 October 2000}}</ref>
McCulloch was part of the Livingston team that was promoted to the Scottish Premier League, although he left the club before they played in the top division.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/20011102/269/0021|title=Finn plugs gap at Hearts lain Collin|publisher=The Scotsman|date=2 November 2001}}</ref> He was also part of the Partick Thistle side that won promotion to the SPL the following season, but again he was transferred out of the club before playing any matches in the top tier.
He joined Ross County in 2002 and served the club for seven seasons, before moving in 2009 to Forfar Athletic, where he was captain.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/20040110/522/0040|title=Ross County are going in with two Celtic giant-killers|publisher=Aberdeen Press and Journal|date=10 January 2004}}</ref> He retired in the summer of 2014 after failing to recover from a knee injury suffered in a cup tie against Dundee in August 2013.
McCulloch came out of retirement in 2016 to Rosyth, but hung up his boots again in 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/rosythfcjuniors/teams/165901/match-centre/0-3465306/report|title=Match Report: Rosyth FC (Juniors) 0 - 6 Pumpherston Juniors|publisher=Pitchero|date=27 August 2016}}</ref>
==Honours== '''Ross County''' *Scottish Challenge Cup: 2006–07<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/6137982.stm |title=Ross County 1-1 Clyde (aet) |publisher=BBC |date=12 November 2006 |access-date=31 March 2021}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Soccerbase}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:McCulloch, Mark}} Category:1975 births Category:Living people Category:Scottish men's footballers Category:Clachnacuddin F.C. players Category:Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players Category:Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. players Category:Livingston F.C. players Category:Partick Thistle F.C. players Category:Ross County F.C. players Category:Forfar Athletic F.C. players Category:Scottish Football League players Category:Footballers from Inverness Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Men's association football full-backs Category:Highland Football League players
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