Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marcus Vincent Williams [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 8 April 1986||
Place of birth | Doncaster, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Youth career | |||
–2003 | Scunthorpe United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2010 | Scunthorpe United | 166 | (0) |
2010–2012 | Reading | 3 | (0) |
2010 | → Peterborough United (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2011 | → Scunthorpe United (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2011 | → Sheffield United (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2012–2014 | Sheffield United | 28 | (0) |
2013–2014 | → Scunthorpe United (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Scunthorpe United | 61 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Kerala Blasters | 5 | (0) |
2016–2018 | Guiseley | 38 | (0) |
2018 | → York City (loan) | 1 | (0) |
Total | 326 | (0) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Marcus Vincent Williams (born 8 April 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left back.
Williams started his career at Scunthorpe United before moving to Reading and then to Sheffield United. Williams has signed for Scunthorpe on four occasions, twice on a permanent contract and twice on loan, as well as spending a short period on loan with Peterborough United.
Williams was born in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. [4] He began his career as a trainee with Scunthorpe United, signing a professional contract on 3 August 2005. [4]
He signed for Championship club Reading on 11 May 2010 on a free transfer, signing a three-year contract after he turned down a new contract at Scunthorpe. [5] He joined League One club Peterborough on 12 November 2010 on a one-month loan. [6] On 24 March 2011, Williams rejoined Scunthorpe United on loan until the end of the 2010–11 season. [7]
He joined League One club Sheffield United on 13 September 2011 on a 28-day emergency loan as cover for the injured Lecsinel Jean-François. [8] He made his debut the same day in a 3–0 home loss to Huddersfield Town. [9] The loan was extended for further two months to keep him at United until 13 December 2011. [10]
Williams joined United permanently on 1 January 2012, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract on a free transfer. [11] Following his transfer, however, Williams rarely featured for the Blades and spent much of the following eighteen months sat on the side lines.[ citation needed ] With the arrival of new manager David Weir, Williams was restored to the starting line up for the opening matches of the 2013–14 season. [12]
On 28 November 2013, Williams re-joined Scunthorpe United on loan until 1 January 2014. [13] He signed permanently for Scunthorpe on 10 January 2014 on a one-and-a-half-year contract, [14] having had his contract with Sheffield United cancelled. [15]
Williams signed for Indian Super League club Kerala Blasters on 29 August 2015. [16]
Williams signed for National League club Guiseley on 4 August 2016. [17] On 13 February 2018, Williams joined National League North club York City on loan until the end of the 2017–18 season. [18] He made his debut four days later as a sixth-minute substitute for the injured Alex Pattison in a 4–1 defeat away to Curzon Ashton. [19] [20] He did not play again [19] before being recalled by Guiseley on 20 March 2018. [21] He was released at the end of 2017–18. [22]
Williams plays at left back. [23] Upon signing for Reading in May 2010, he was described as a "modern attacking full back". [24]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Scunthorpe United | 2003–04 [25] | Third Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2004–05 [26] | League Two | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
2005–06 [27] | League One | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |
2006–07 [28] | League One | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 42 | 0 | |
2007–08 [29] | Championship | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 36 | 0 | ||
2008–09 [30] | League One | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 34 | 0 | |
2009–10 [31] | Championship | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 43 | 0 | ||
Total | 166 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 196 | 0 | ||
Reading | 2010–11 [32] | Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
2011–12 [9] | Championship | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
Peterborough United (loan) | 2010–11 [32] | League One | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
Scunthorpe United (loan) | 2010–11 [33] | Championship | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
Sheffield United | 2011–12 [9] | League One | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
2012–13 [34] | League One | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
2013–14 [35] | League One | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 39 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 0 | ||
Scunthorpe United | 2013–14 [35] | League Two | 26 | 0 | — | — | — | 26 | 0 | |||
2014–15 [36] | League One | 40 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 47 | 0 | |
Total | 66 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 0 | ||
Kerala Blasters | 2015 [19] | Indian Super League | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
Guiseley | 2016–17 [19] | National League | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
2017–18 [19] | National League | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
Total | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
York City (loan) | 2017–18 [19] | National League North | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Career total | 326 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 379 | 0 |
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