Marvel Ekpiteta

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Marvel Ekpiteta
Personal information
Full name Marvel Oghenetega Peter Edet Ekpiteta [1]
Date of birth (1995-08-26) 26 August 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth London, England
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Folkestone Invicta
Youth career
Oxford United
Stevenage
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014 North Greenford United 23 (2)
2015 AFC Hayes 11 (0)
2015–2016 Chelmsford City 24 (1)
2015–2016 → Heybridge Swifts (loan)
2016 Heybridge Swifts
2016 Bishop's Stortford 8 (0)
2016–2017 East Thurrock United 6 (0)
2017–2018 Bishop's Stortford 36 (3)
2018 Wealdstone 0 (0)
2018–2019 Hungerford Town 36 (3)
2019–2020 Newport County 0 (0)
2019–2020 → Ebbsfleet United (loan) 20 (2)
2020 → Ebbsfleet United (loan) 0 (0)
2020 Macclesfield Town 0 (0)
2020–2021 Dover Athletic 10 (0)
2021–2023 Billericay Town 33 (0)
2023 Dulwich Hamlet 3 (0)
2023–2024 Hayes & Yeading United 24 (2)
2024– Folkestone Invicta 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:40, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

Marvel Oghenetega Peter Edet Ekpiteta (born 26 August 1995) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Folkestone Invicta.

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Club career

Non-League football

Ekpiteta began his career in the youth academies of Oxford United and Stevenage. [2] In 2014, Ekpiteta began his senior career at North Greenford United, playing for the club over the course of two seasons. In 2015, Ekpiteta signed for AFC Hayes, making 11 league appearances for the club. For the 2015–16 season, Ekpiteta signed for National League South club Chelmsford City. [3] In December 2015, Ekpiteta signed dual-registration forms with Heybridge Swifts, [4] playing for the club over the winter period, before returning to Chelmsford, finishing on 24 appearances for the season for the club. In 2016, Ekpiteta joined Bishop's Stortford, making ten appearances in all competitions, before signing for East Thurrock United. [5] In 2017, Ekpiteta re-joined Bishop's Stortford, making 36 league appearances, scoring three times, in the 2017–18 season. [3] In May 2018, Wealdstone signed Ekpiteta, [6] however by the start of the 2018–19 season, Ekpiteta had signed for Hungerford Town, where he made 36 league appearances during the season. [5] now signed for Macclesfield

Newport County

On 15 June 2019, Ekpiteta signed a two-year contract with League Two club Newport County. [7] On 4 September 2019, he made his debut for Newport in the starting line up for the 5–4 defeat to West Ham United Under-23s in the EFL Trophy Southern Group E. [8]

In an interview following the West Ham Under 21s game, Newport manager Michael Flynn stated Newport would not have signed both Ekpiteta and Lazar Stojsavljevic, now that defender Mickey Demetriou had in fact re-signed with the side. [9] At the time, Demetriou had been expected to depart, and the two signings were made as cover. Stojsavljevic departed the club after appearing only once, for 29 minutes. [9]

On 12 October 2019 Ekpiteta joined Ebbsfleet United on loan until 2 January 2020. [10] Ekpiteta scored his first goal for Ebbsfleet on 29 October 2019 in a 4–0 win at Chorley. [11] It was announced on 30 December 2019 that Ekpiteta's loan would be extended until the end of the season. [12] He scored his second goal for the club in a 1–1 draw with Sutton on 1 February 2020. [13] In August 2020 Ekpiteta re-signed on loan to Ebbsfleet United until January 2021. [14] However, on 8 September 2020 his loan at Ebbsfleet was terminated and his contract at Newport was cancelled by mutual consent so that Ekpiteta could sign for Macclesfield Town on a permanent deal until the end of the 2020–21 season. [15] However, on the 16 September 2020 Macclesfield Town was wound-up in the High Court. [16]

Dover Athletic

On 3 October 2020, Ekpiteta joined Dover Athletic, one of four new signings on the day of the season commencement, [17] making his debut later that day in a 1–0 victory over Notts County. [18] Following's Dover's decision to not play any more matches in the 2020–21 season, made in late January, and subsequent null and voiding of all results, on 5 May 2021 it was announced that Ekpiteta was out of contract and had left the club. [19]

Billericay Town

It was announced on 4 July 2021 that Marvel had joined Billericay Town. [20]

Dulwich Hamlet

It was announced on 2 September 2023 that Ekpiteta had joined Dulwich Hamlet. [21]

Folkestone Invicta

In June 2024, Ekpiteta joined Isthmian League Premier Division side Folkestone Invicta. [22]

Personal life

Ekpiteta's brother, Marvin, plays for Blackpool. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Newport County" (PDF). English Football League. p. 47. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Marvel Ekpiteta". Chelmsford City F.C. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Marvel Ekpiteta". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "Swifts Add Two To Squad". Pitchero. 25 December 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  5. 1 2 Marvel Ekpiteta at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  6. ↑ Hayden, Bradley (23 May 2018). "Wealdstone have signed 12 new players and extended their lease at Grosvenor Vale". Harrow Times. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  7. ↑ "Defender Marvel Ekpiteta Signs 2-year-deal with the Exiles". Newport County A.F.C. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  8. ↑ "Newport County vs. West Ham United U21 – 4 September 2019 – Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  9. 1 2 Penman, Andrew (5 September 2019). "Lazar Stojsavljevic 'tore up' Exiles deal to head home to Serbia". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  10. ↑ Penman, Andrew (13 October 2019). "Newport County defender seals National League loan move". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  11. ↑ "Chorley 0–4 Ebbsfleet United". BBC Sport. 29 October 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  12. ↑ Panting, Matthew (30 December 2019). "Marvel stays at Fleet". Kent Online. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  13. ↑ Miller, Ed (1 February 2020). "Fleet 1–1 Sutton United". Ebbsfleet United F.C. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  14. ↑ "National League News: May–August (28 August 2020)". BBC Sport. 28 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  15. ↑ Ekpiteta joins Macclesfield
  16. ↑ Macclesfield town wound up
  17. ↑ "HESS MAKES HIS MOVE". www.doverathletic.com. 3 October 2020.
  18. ↑ "Dover Athletic 1-0 Notts County". BBC Sport. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  19. ↑ "RETAINED AND RELEASED LIST". www.doverathletic.com. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  20. ↑ Billericay sign Marvel
  21. ↑ @DulwichHamletFC (2 September 2023). "WELCOME MARVEL" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  22. ↑ "Welcome: Marvel Ekpiteta". folkestoneinvictafc.co.uk. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
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