Marcus Bent

Marcus Bent
Bent playing for Charlton Athletic in April 2006
Personal information
Full name Marcus Nathan Bent[1]
Date of birth (1978-05-19) 19 May 1978[2]
Place of birth Hammersmith, London, England[3]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[4]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Cornard United
Youth career
0000–1995 Brentford
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1998 Brentford 70 (8)
1998–1999 Crystal Palace 28 (5)
1999 Port Vale 23 (1)
1999–2000 Sheffield United 48 (20)
2000–2001 Blackburn Rovers 37 (8)
2001–2004 Ipswich Town 61 (21)
2003–2004 → Leicester City (loan) 33 (9)
2004–2006 Everton 55 (7)
2006–2008 Charlton Athletic 46 (4)
2007–2008 → Wigan Athletic (loan) 31 (7)
2008–2011 Birmingham City 33 (3)
2009–2010 → Middlesbrough (loan) 7 (0)
2010 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 3 (0)
2010–2011 → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) 3 (0)
2011 → Sheffield United (loan) 11 (0)
2011–2012 Mitra Kukar 11 (4)
2017–2018 Wick 0 (0)
2020 Cornard United 1 (0)
Total 501 (97)
International career
1998 England U21 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcus Nathan Bent (born 19 May 1978) is a retired English professional footballer. A former England under-21 international, he played 573 games and scored 113 goals for fourteen different clubs.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1995–96[5] Second Division 12 1 4 3 0 0 1[a] 0 17 4
1996–97[6] Second Division 34 3 2 0 4 0 5[b] 1 45 4
1997–98[7] Second Division 24 4 2 0 3 1 0 0 29 5
Total 70 8 8 3 7 1 6 1 91 13
Crystal Palace 1997–98[7] Premier League 16 5 0 0 0 0 ― 16 5
1998–99[8] First Division 12 0 1 0 2 0 ― 15 0
Total 28 5 1 0 2 0 ― 31 5
Port Vale 1998–99[8] First Division 15 0 0 0 0 0 ― 15 0
1999–2000[9] First Division 8 1 0 0 1 0 ― 9 1
Total 23 1 0 0 1 0 ― 24 1
Sheffield United 1999–2000[9] First Division 32 15 3 1 0 0 ― 35 16
2000–01[10] First Division 16 5 0 0 5 3 ― 21 8
Total 48 20 3 1 5 3 ― 56 24
Blackburn Rovers 2000–01[10] First Division 28 8 6 3 0 0 ― 34 11
2001–02[11] Premier League 9 0 0 0 1 0 ― 10 0
Total 37 8 6 3 1 0 ― 44 11
Ipswich Town 2001–02[11] Premier League 25 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 27 10
2002–03[12] First Division 32 11 2 0 1 0 3[c] 1 38 12
2003–04[13] First Division 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1
Total 61 21 4 1 2 0 3 1 70 23
Leicester City (loan) 2003–04[13] Premier League 33 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 35 10
Everton 2004–05[14] Premier League 37 6 3 0 2 1 ― 42 7
2005–06[15] Premier League 18 1 1 0 1 0 4[d] 0 24 1
Total 55 7 4 0 3 1 4 0 66 8
Charlton Athletic 2005–06[15] Premier League 13 2 0 0 0 0 ― 13 2
2006–07[16] Premier League 30 1 1 0 4 1 ― 35 2
2007–08[17] Championship 3 1 0 0 1 0 ― 4 1
Total 46 4 1 0 5 1 ― 52 5
Wigan Athletic (loan) 2007–08[17] Premier League 31 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 32 7
Birmingham City 2008–09[18] Championship 33 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 35 3
Middlesbrough (loan) 2009–10[19] Championship 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Queens Park Rangers (loan) 2009–10[19] Championship 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) 2010–11[20] Premier League 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0
Sheffield United (loan) 2010–11[20] Championship 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Mitra Kukar 2011–12[21] Indonesia Super League 11 4 ― ― ― 11 4
Wick 2017–18[22] Southern Combination
Premier Division 		0 0 0 0 ― 0 0 0 0
Cornard United 2019–20[23][24] Eastern Counties League
Division One North 		1 0 ― ― ― 1 0
Career total 501 97 32 9 29 6 13 2 575 114
  1. ↑ Appearance in Football League Trophy
  2. ↑ Three appearances and one goal in Second Division play-offs, two appearances in Football League Trophy
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Cup
  4. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Cup

Honours

Blackburn Rovers

Birmingham City

Individual

  • Premier League Player of the Month: January 2002[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Marcus Bent". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  2. ↑ Hugman, Barry J, ed. (2005). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2005/2006. Queen Anne Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-1-85291-662-6.
  3. ↑ "Marcus Bent". Holmesdale Online. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Player Profile: Marcus Bent". Premier League. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
  5. ↑ "Player Details: Marcus Bent". The English National Football Archive. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  6. ↑ "Games played by Marcus Bent in 1996/1997". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Games played by Marcus Bent in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Games played by Marcus Bent in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Games played by Marcus Bent in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Games played by Marcus Bent in 2000/2001". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Games played by Marcus Bent in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Marcus Bent in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Games played by Marcus Bent in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Marcus Bent in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Games played by Marcus Bent in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Marcus Bent in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Games played by Marcus Bent in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Games played by Marcus Bent in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Games played by Marcus Bent in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Games played by Marcus Bent in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  21. ↑ Marcus Bent at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  22. ↑ "Wick start search for new chairman as Usher steps down". Littlehampton Gazette. JPI Media. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  23. ↑ "Cornard United Player Season Totals". fulltime-league.thefa.com. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  24. ↑ "Marcus Bent player stats | Thurlow Nunn League". fulltime.thefa.com. Retrieved 2022-07-09.

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