| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marcus Matthias Dackers [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 9 January 2003 | ||
| Height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) [2] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Kilmarnock | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2015 | Manchester City | ||
| 2015–2019 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2021 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Loxwood (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Lancing (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2021–2025 | Salford City | 15 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Stalybridge Celtic (loan) | 8 | (7) |
| 2022 | → Chester (loan) | 20 | (9) |
| 2022 | → Southend United (loan) | 6 | (3) |
| 2023 | → Woking (loan) | 19 | (3) |
| 2023–2024 | → Altrincham (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| 2024 | → Southend United (loan) | 17 | (1) |
| 2024–2025 | → Morecambe (loan) | 36 | (1) |
| 2025– | Kilmarnock | 2 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2018 | Wales U16 | 2 | (0) |
| 2019 | Wales U17 | 5 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:08, 17 August 2025 (UTC) | |||
Marcus Matthias Dackers (born 9 January 2003) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a striker for Scottish Premiership club Kilmarnock. [3]
Dackers played youth football with Manchester City and Brighton & Hove Albion. [4] Whilst at Brighton, he spent time on loan at Lancing. [5] His Lancing debut came in a match on 6 February 2020 against Lingfield. [6]
He signed for Salford City on a two-year contract in July 2021, [4] and moved on loan to Stalybridge Celtic in October 2021. [7] He scored eight goals in 10 games, and received comparisons to former Celtic loanee Dominic Calvert-Lewin. [2] During his time at Celtic, he was managed by fellow Welsh striker Simon Haworth, who helped develop his game. [2] Salford recalled Dackers on 12 November 2021. [8] He made his debut for Salford City on 13 November 2021 in the league. [9]
In January 2022, he joined Chester on an initial one-month loan, with manager Steve Watson describing it as a "natural progression" in his career. [10] Dackers scored his first goal in a 5–0 win against Southport on 5 February, [11] and later that month his loan was extended for a further month, [12] and again in March until the end of the season. [13] By March he had scored seven goals for the club in all competitions and said "I feel like I have come on and been improving in every single game. Now to get my first brace for the club was a great feeling". [14]
Dackers moved on a month-long loan to Southend United in September 2022, [15] and scored on his début against Chesterfield. [16] Dackers said playing against league-leaders Chesterfield and Wrexham in his first two games was important to test himself as a player. [17] Later that month Southend said they wished to extend the loan. [18]
He moved on loan to Woking in January 2023, [19] and to Altrincham in November 2023. [20] In January 2024, he returned to Southend United on loan until the end of the season. [21]
In August 2024 he moved on loan to Morecambe. [22]
On 12 May 2025, Salford announced he would be released in June when his contract expires. [23] He then signed a one-year contract with Scottish Premiership club Kilmarnock. [24]
He is a Wales youth international. [25] He played schoolboy football for Wales before being called up to the Under-17 squad. [26]
His manager at Chester, Steve Watson, described him as "a big lad but he is a good mover. You get people of that size and they can be immobile but he's not. He is a good athlete". [10]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 2019–20 [27] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 [27] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Loxwood (loan) | 2019–20 [28] | Southern Combination League Premier Division | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Lancing (loan) | 2019–20 [28] | Southern Combination League Premier Division | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Salford City | 2021–22 [29] | League Two | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 [30] | League Two | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 [31] | League Two | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 [a] | 1 | 12 | 1 | ||
| 2024–25 [32] | League Two | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 1 | |||
| Stalybridge Celtic (loan) | 2021–22 [33] [34] | Northern Premier League Premier Division | 8 | 7 | — | — | 2 [b] | 1 | 10 | 8 | |||
| Chester (loan) | 2021–22 [27] | National League North | 20 | 9 | — | — | — | 20 | 9 | ||||
| Southend United (loan) | 2022–23 [27] | National League | 6 | 3 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |||
| Woking (loan) | 2022–23 [27] | National League | 19 | 3 | — | — | 1 [c] | 0 | 20 | 3 | |||
| Altrincham (loan) | 2023–24 [27] | National League | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 [d] | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Southend United (loan) | 2023–24 [27] | National League | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | ||
| Morecambe (loan) | 2024–25 [32] | League Two | 36 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1 | |
| Kilmarnock | 2025–26 | Scottish Premiership | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | 6 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 137 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 159 | 29 | |||