Marcus Bent

Marcus Bent
Marcus Bent
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Bent playing for Charlton Athletic, April 2006
Personal information
Full name Marcus Nathan Bent
Date of birth 19 May 1978 (1978-05-19) (age 33)[1]
Place of birth Hammersmith, London, England
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Mitra Kukar
Number 9
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– Mitra Kukar 0 (0)
National team
1998 England U21 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:50, 5 November 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Marcus Nathan Bent (born 19 May 1978) is an English football striker who plays for Indonesian club Mitra Kukar. A former England under-21 international, the journeyman striker has played for fourteen different clubs, playing over 570 games and scoring 110 goals in the process.

A England under-21 international, he began his career at Brentford in 1995, before he signed with Crystal Palace in 1998. The next year he joined Sheffield United via Port Vale. In 2000 he transferred to Blackburn Rovers, where he got his first taste of Premier League football, 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 on 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.

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Early life

Bent was born in Hammersmith, London,[1] to parents of Jamaican origin.[3] He attended St Paul's College in Sunbury-on-Thames.[4]

Club career

Early clubs

Bent graduated through the Brentford youth ranks, usually playing as a forward. He played his first senior game at Bury on 17 August 1996, and scored his first senior goal on 10 September the same year, helping Brentford achieve a 3–2 victory over Blackpool. He was almost ever-present in a successful season that saw Brentford reach the Football League Second Division play-offs in May 1997, only to be beaten by Crewe Alexandra. In January 1998, he moved to Crystal Palace for £300,000. He scored 5 goals for the South London side. Almost exactly a year later, in 1999, he went on to become a Port Vale player for £375,000, but stayed only nine months, scoring once against Grimsby Town.[5] Bent was then released by Port Vale and joined Sheffield United.

Into the Premier League

An impressive 20 goals in 48 league appearances for Sheffield United earned Bent a transfer to promotion chasing Blackburn Rovers for a fee of £2,050,000 in November 2000.[6] Bent would go on to play Premier League football for Blackburn before being sold to Ipswich Town for £3 million in November 2001.[7] Bent was named Premier League Player of the Month for January 2002,[8] the only Ipswich player ever to receive the honour.[citation needed] Despite Bent scoring 9 times in 22 league starts,[9] Ipswich were relegated from the Premiership at the end of the 2001–02 season. He stayed at Ipswich for another season before joining newly promoted Leicester City on loan for the 2003–04 campaign. However he again suffered relegation as Leicester made an instant return to the Football League.

Before the start of the 2004–05 season, Bent transferred to Everton for a fee of £450,000.[10] He became a regular starter at Everton in the lone centre forward role, but only managed seven goals, which were key in securing draws away to Southampton and at home to Aston Villa, as well as decisive goals against Middlesbrough and Manchester City.

Later career

Bent became a more peripheral figure in his second season at Everton where he was regularly used as back up for new signing James Beattie. In January 2006, it was announced that Bent had signed for Charlton Athletic in a deal worth £2.3 million.[11] He scored on his debut as a substitute against league champions Chelsea in a 1–1 draw, but was again a member of a relegated side as Charlton suffered relegation in May 2007.

He had been stuck on 99 career goals since November 2006 until he netted in Charlton's first game of the 2007–08 season against Scunthorpe in August 2007. Bent joined Wigan Athletic on 31 August 2007 on "deadline day" on a season long loan move.[12] Bent scored a hat-trick, his first in the Premier League, against Blackburn Rovers in a 5–3 win, on 15 December 2007. At the end of the season, Wigan manager Steve Bruce chose not to make the deal permanent, feeling Bent was too similar in style to Emile Heskey. He returned to Charlton where he was placed on the transfer list.[13]

Birmingham City

Bent signed a three-year deal for Birmingham City on 16 July 2008 for a fee in excess of £1 million,[14] after rejecting the opportunity to join Cardiff City.[15][16] He scored 3 goals from 16 starts and 17 substitute appearances as they were promoted to the Premier League.

He did not feature at the higher level for the "Blues". Instead, he became Gordon Strachan's first signing for Middlesbrough when he joined on a two-month loan deal on 30 October 2009,[17] later extended to 16 January 2010. He spent the final three months of the 2009–10 season on loan at a second Championship club, Queens Park Rangers, whom he joined in February 2010.[18]

Remaining out of Birmingham's first team plans he again moved on loan in August 2010, as he joined Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers until 4 January 2011.[19] He made five appearances without scoring, before joining Sheffield United on loan until the end of the 2010–11 season.[20] With the Blades in free-fall Bent made ten appearances, mainly from the bench, before returning early to Birmingham in mid-April having failed to score a goal.[21] Birmingham decided against taking up the option of another season, and Bent was released when his contract expired at the end of the 2010–11 season.[22]

Bent signed a one-year contract with Indonesia Super League club Mitra Kukar on 3 November 2011.[23]

International career

Bent has twice represented his country at under-21 level, scoring one goal.[24]

Personal life

Bent had been engaged to Kelly Clark, with whom he has a daughter, but their relationship broke down and they split up. He has since been involved with model Danielle Lloyd[25] and actress Gemma Atkinson,[26] to whom he was briefly engaged.[27]

Career statistics

As of 1 June 2011.
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
1995–96 Brentford Second Division 9 0 5 3 1 0 - 20 4
1996–97[28] 37 4 1 0 4 0 - 42 4
1997–98[29] 24 4 2 0 3 1 - 29 5
1997–98[29] Crystal Palace Premier League 16 5 - - - 16 5
1998–99[30] First Division 12 0 1 0 2 0 - 15 0
1998–99[30] Port Vale First Division 15 0 - - - 15 0
1999–2000[31] 8 1 - 1 0 - 9 1
1999–2000[31] Sheffield United First Division 32 15 3 1 - - 35 16
2000–01[32] 16 5 - 5 3 - 21 8
2000–01[32] Blackburn Rovers First Division 28 8 6 3 - - 34 11
2001–02[33] Premier League 9 0 - 1 0 - 10 0
2001–02[33] Ipswich Town Premier League 25 9 2 1 - - 27 10
2002–03[34] First Division 32 11 2 0 1 0 3 1 38 12
2003–04[35] 4 1 - 1 0 - 5 1
2003–04[35] Leicester City Premier League 33 9 2 1 - - 35 10
2004–05[36] Everton Premier League 37 6 3 0 2 1 - 42 7
2005–06[37] 18 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 24 1
2005–06[37] Charlton Athletic Premier League 13 2 - - - 13 2
2006–07[38] 30 1 1 0 4 1 - 35 2
2007–08[39] Championship 3 1 - 1 0 - 4 1
2007–08[39] Wigan Athletic Premier League 31 7 1 0 - - 32 7
2008–09[40] Birmingham City Championship 33 3 1 0 1 0 - 35 3
2009–10[41] Middlesbrough Championship 7 0 1 0 - - 8 0
2009–10[41] Queens Park Rangers Championship 3 0 - - - 3 0
2010–11[42] Wolverhampton Wanderers Premier League 3 0 - 2 0 - 5 0
2010–11[42] Sheffield United Championship 11 0 - - - 11 0
Total England 489 93 32 9 30 6 7 1 571 110
Career total 489 93 32 9 30 6 7 1 571 110

Honours

Individual

References

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  18. ^ "Striker Marcus Bent joins QPR on loan from Birmingham". BBC Sport. 1 February 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/q/qpr/8491225.stm. Retrieved 11 September 2010. 
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  21. ^ "Loan duo return". Sheffield United F.C. 16 April 2011. http://www.sufc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10418~2340465,00.html. Retrieved 17 April 2011. 
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  23. ^ "Marcus Bent Resmi Gabung Mitra Kukar [Marcus Bent joins Mitra Kukar]" (in Indonesian). Mitra Kukar FC. 3 November 2011. http://www.mitrakukar.com/berita.php?id=404. Retrieved 5 November 2011. 
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  30. ^ a b "Games played by Marcus Bent in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=619&season_id=128. Retrieved 11 September 2011. 
  31. ^ a b "Games played by Marcus Bent in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=619&season_id=129. Retrieved 11 September 2011. 
  32. ^ a b "Games played by Marcus Bent in 2000/2001". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=619&season_id=130. Retrieved 11 September 2011. 
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  34. ^ "Games played by Marcus Bent in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=619&season_id=132. Retrieved 11 September 2011. 
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