Marcus Bent

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.

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 (age 47)[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

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

• Football League First Division second-place promotion: 2000–01^[10]

Birmingham City

• Football League Championship second-place promotion: 2008–09^[18]

Individual

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