Marcus Bent
(Marcus Nathan Bent)
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Born
1978 (48 years old)
Hammersmith, EnglandPosition
Forward
Status
Retired
Ethnicity
Black
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1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
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Cornard United
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Description
Marcus Nathan Bent (born 19 May 1978) is an English retired professional footballer. A former England under-21 international, the journeyman striker played 573 games and scored 113 goals for 14 different clubs. His numerous transfer fees totalled over £10 million.
He began his career at Brentford in 1995 before he signed with Crystal Palace in 1998, where he made his Premier League debut. The next year, he joined Sheffield United via Port Vale. In 2000, he transferred to Blackburn Rovers, before he moved on to Ipswich Town in 2001. He spent 2003–04 on loan at Leicester City before he transferred to Everton in 2004.
Two years later, he was sold to Charlton Athletic. He spent the 2007–08 season on loan at Wigan Athletic before he moved on to Birmingham City in 2008. He spent three years with Birmingham, during which he spent time on loan at Middlesbrough, Queens Park Rangers, Wolverhampton Wanderers, and Sheffield United. After leaving the club, he spent six months in Indonesia with Mitra Kukar. After five years out of the game, during which time he faced legal issues, he then had brief spells in non-League football with Wick and Cornard United.
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Former Youth Teams
 Brentford | 0000-1995 | Youth | - | - |
Former Senior Teams
| Brentford | 1995-1998 | Permanent | 70 app | 8 gls | |
 Crystal Palace | 1998-1999 | Permanent | 28 app | 5 gls | |
 Port Vale | 1999 | Permanent | 23 app | 1 gls | |
 Sheffield United | 1999-2000 | Permanent | 48 app | 20 gls | |
 Blackburn | 2000-2001 | Permanent | 37 app | 8 gls | |
 Ipswich | 2001-2004 | Permanent | 61 app | 21 gls | |
 Leicester | 2003-2004 | Loan | 33 app | 9 gls | |
 Everton | 2004-2006 | Permanent | 55 app | 7 gls | |
 Charlton | 2006-2008 | Permanent | 46 app | 4 gls | |
 Wigan | 2007-2008 | Loan | 31 app | 7 gls | |
 Birmingham | 2008-2011 | Permanent | 33 app | 3 gls | |
 Middlesbrough | 2009-2010 | Loan | 7 app | 0 gls | |
 QPR | 2010 | Loan | 3 app | 0 gls | |
 Wolves | 2010-2011 | Loan | 3 app | 0 gls | |
| Sheffield United | 2011 | Loan | 11 app | 0 gls | |
 Wick | 2017-2018 | Permanent | 0 app | 0 gls | |
 Cornard United | 2020 | Permanent | 1 app | 0 gls |
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Statistics
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| Goals | English League Championship | 1999-2000 | 15 |
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| Appearances | English League Championship | 1999-2000 | 32 |
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| Appearances | FA Cup | 1999-2000 | 1 |
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| Goals | English League Championship | 1999-2000 | 1 |
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| Appearances | English League Championship | 1999-2000 | 8 |
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