Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Full name | Mark Francis Mercenes Swainston | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | 13 November 1999 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Tacloban City, Philippines | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Kaya F.C.–Iloilo | |||||||||||||
Number | 6 | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | KCC | |||||||||||||
2014–2016 | Kitchee | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
2016–2021 | Kitchee | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||
2018–2019 | → Hoi King (loan) | 13 | (0) | |||||||||||
2022–2023 | Eastern | 7 | (1) | |||||||||||
2023– | Kaya F.C.–Iloilo | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
2017 | Philippines U18 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
2024– | Philippines | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 |
Mark Francis Mercenes Swainston (Chinese: 史雲斯頓; born 13 November 1999) is a Filipino professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Philippines Football League club Kaya F.C.–Iloilo and the Philippines national team.
Mark moved to Hong Kong before his first birthday.[1] He would study in Island School.[2] in Sha Tin along with now-professional Rory Lonergan and Barak Braunshtain.
He joined Kitchee in 2014 and was promoted to their senior squad in July 2016.[1][3] However, in December 2016 FIFA enforced a ban on numerous foreign players in Hong Kong, including Swainston, as he did not have a Hong Kong passport, thus making him a foreign player.[4] This ruling was eventually overturned, and Swainston made his professional debut on 7 April 2017, coming on as a 69th-minute substitute for Hélio in a 10–0 victory against HKFC.[5]
On 24 July 2018, following a preseason friendly, Hoi King confirmed that they had acquired Swainston on loan.[6]
On 25 August 2021, Swainston left Kitchee.
On 24 November 2022, Swainston joined Eastern. Mark would make his debut in the 3-0 victory over HKFC in the Hong Kong FA Cup quarter-finals, coming on as a substitute for Leon Jones.[7]
Swainston made his debut for the senior Philippines national team on 26 March 2024 in a World Cup qualifier against Iraq.[8]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other Cups | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Kitchee | 2016–17 | Hong Kong Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2019–20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
Hoi King (loan) | 2018–19 | Hong Kong Premier League | 13 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 17 | 0 |
Career total | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
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