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Marcus Bent
Personal information
Full name Marcus Nathan Bent
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Middlesbrough (on loan from Birmingham City)
Number 19
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:44, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Marcus Nathan Bent (born 19 May 1978) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Middlesbrough on loan from Birmingham City. At club level, he previously played for Brentford, Crystal Palace, Port Vale, Sheffield United, Blackburn Rovers, Ipswich Town, Leicester City, Everton, Charlton Athletic and Wigan Athletic. Bent has twice represented his country at under-21 level, scoring one goal. Bent is not related to former Ipswich and Charlton team-mate Darren Bent.[1] Bent has been relegated with four different clubs (with Crystal Palace, Ipswich, Leicester and Charlton).

Club career

Brentford

Bent was born in Hammersmith, London to parents of Jamaican origin.[1] He attended St Paul's College in Sunbury-on-Thames and graduated through the Brentford F.C. 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.

Crystal Palace & Port Vale

In January 1998, he moved to Crystal Palace for £300,000. Almost exactly a year later, in 1999, he went on to become a Port Vale player for £375,000, but stayed only nine months before being released and joining Sheffield United.

Blackburn Rovers

After 56 appearances for the Blades, he was sold for £2,050,000 to Blackburn Rovers in November 2000.[2]

Ipswich

In November 2001 he was sold to Ipswich for £3 million.[3] Bent was named Premier League Player of the Month for January 2002,[4] the only Ipswich player ever to receive the honour.[citation needed] Despite this he did not establish himself in the Suffolk side and went on loan to Premiership side Leicester City for the 2003–04 season during which they were relegated to the Football League First Division.

Everton

Before the start of the 2004–05 season, Bent transferred to Everton for a fee of £450,000.[5] He became a regular starter at Everton in the lone centre forward role, and proved to be an exceptional asset to the club,[citation needed] and although he only managed seven goals, proved to be an excellent team player[citation needed] who proved key in securing draws at Southampton and at home to Aston Villa, as well as winning goals against Middlesbrough and Manchester City.

Charlton Athletic

In January 2006, it was announced that Bent had signed for Charlton Athletic in a deal worth £2.3 million,[6] re-uniting him with his former teammates Hermann Hreiðarsson (from Ipswich and Palace) and Darren Bent (unrelated) (from Ipswich). Everton manager David Moyes said "It represents a good profit for us for an average player". Bent had only cost the Toffees £450,000 from Ipswich Town. He scored on his debut as a substitute against league champions Chelsea in a 1-1 draw.

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. He joined Wigan on the 31 August 2007 on "deadline day" on a season long loan move.[7] Bent scored a hat-trick, his first in the Premier League, against Blackburn in a 5–3 win, on 15 December 2007. At the end of the season, however, Wigan turned down the opportunity to sign him and he returned to Charlton where was placed on the transfer list. Steve Bruce stated the reason for this is he was looking for someone different to work with Wigan front man Emile Heskey.

Birmingham City

He signed a three-year deal for Birmingham City on 16 July 2008 for a fee in excess of £1 million,[8] after rejecting the opportunity to join Cardiff City.[9][10]

Middlesbrough

He became Gordon Strachan's first signing for Middlesbrough when he joined on a two-month loan deal on 30 October 2009.[citation needed]

Personal life

Bent had been engaged to Kelly Clark, with whom he has a daughter, but their relationship broke down and they split up.Marcus also recently accused of hittinghis brother darren at a club. (Darren Bent) Sunderland. He has since been involved with model Danielle Lloyd[11] and actress Gemma Atkinson,[12] to whom he was briefly engaged.[13]

Career statistics

Template:Football player statistics 1 Template:Football player statistics 2 |- |1995-96||rowspan="3"|Brentford||rowspan="3"|Second Division||12||2||4||3||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||16||5 |- |1996-97||37||3||2||0||4||0||colspan="2"|-||43||3 |- |1997-98||24||4||2||0||3||1||colspan="2"|-||29||5 |- |1997-98||rowspan="2"|Crystal Palace||Premier League||16||5||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||16||5 |- |1998-99||First Division||12||0||1||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||15||0 |- |1998-99||rowspan="2"|Port Vale||rowspan="2"|First Division||15||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||15||0 |- |1999-00||8||1||colspan="2"|-||1||0||colspan="2"|-||9||1 |- |1999-00||rowspan="2"|Sheffield United||rowspan="2"|First Division||32||15||3||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||35||16 |- |2000-01||16||5||colspan="2"|-||5||3||colspan="2"|-||21||8 |- |2000-01||rowspan="2"|Blackburn Rovers||First Division||28||8||6||3||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||34||11 |- |2001-02||Premier League||9||0||colspan="2"|-||1||0||colspan="2"|-||10||0 |- |2001-02||rowspan="3"|Ipswich Town||Premier League||25||9||2||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||27||10 |- |2002-03||rowspan="2"|First Division||32||11||2||0||1||0||3||1||38||12 |- |2003-04||4||1||colspan="2"|-||1||0||colspan="2"|-||5||1 |- |2003-04||Leicester City||Premier League||33||9||2||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||35||10 |- |2004-05||rowspan="2"|Everton||rowspan="2"|Premier League||37||6||3||0||2||1||colspan="2"|-||42||7 |- |2005-06||18||1||1||0||1||0||4||0||24||1 |- |2005-06||rowspan="3"|Charlton Athletic||rowspan="2"|Premier League||13||2||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||13||2 |- |2006-07||30||1||1||0||4||1||colspan="2"|-||35||2 |- |2007-08||Championship||3||1||colspan="2"|-||1||0||colspan="2"|-||4||1 |- |2007-08||Wigan Athletic||Premier League||31||7||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||32||7 |- |2008-09||Birmingham City F.C.||Championship||27||3||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |2009-10||Middlesbrough F.C.||Championship||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 Template:Football player statistics 3435||91||30||9||26||6||7||1||498||107 Template:Football player statistics 5435||91||30||9||26||6||7||1||498||107 |}

References

  1. ^ a b Roach, Stuart (24 September 2007). "Bent targets revival at Wigan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2008-12-27.
  2. ^ "Bent completes Rovers switch". BBC Sport. 2000-11-24. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
  3. ^ "Bent completes Ipswich move". BBC Sport. 2003-11-23. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
  4. ^ "Strachan scoops award". BBC Sport. 2002-02-08. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  5. ^ "Everton clinch Bent signing". BBC Sport. 2004-06-23. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
  6. ^ "Charlton complete Bent transfer". BBC Sport. 2006-01-17. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
  7. ^ "Marcus Bent joins Wigan on loan". BBC Sport. 2007-08-31. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
  8. ^ "Bent becomes a blue". Birmingham City F.C. 2008-07-16. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
  9. ^ "Cardiff Bent double". Sky Sports. 2008-07-14. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
  10. ^ "Marcus Bent signs for Bluebirds". Wales Online. 2008-07-12. Retrieved 2008-07-12.
  11. ^ "Danielle Lloyd splits from Marcus Bent". Now Magazine. 2007-06-29. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
  12. ^ "I'm A Celeb's Gemma revives romance with Marcus Bent, scuppering hopes of jungle love". Daily Mail. 2007-11-09. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
  13. ^ "Gemma Atkinson splits from Marcus Bent". Now Magazine. 2008-12-22. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
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