 Bent playing for Charlton Athletic in April 2006 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marcus Nathan Bent[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 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 | |||
| –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 an English retired professional footballer. A former England under-21 international, the journeyman striker played 573 games and scored 113 goals for fourteen 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 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. 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.
- ^ "Marcus Bent". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ^ Hugman, Barry J, ed. (2005). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2005/2006. Queen Anne Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-1-85291-662-6.
- ^ "Marcus Bent". Holmesdale Online. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ^ "Player Profile: Marcus Bent". Premier League. Retrieved 16 March 2011.