Marcelle Bruce

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Marcelle Bruce
Personal information
Full name Marcelle Eugene Bruce [1]
Date of birth (1971-03-15) 15 March 1971 (age 51) [1]
Place of birth Detroit, Michigan, United States [1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Colchester United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1989–1991 Colchester United 33 (1)
Baldock Town
Hemel Hempstead Town
Total33(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcelle Eugene Bruce (born 15 March 1971) is an American former soccer player who played as a defender in the Football League for Colchester United.

Career

Born in Detroit, Michigan, Bruce began his career with English Football League club Colchester United. [1] He made his debut for the first-team aged 18 in a 2–1 home defeat to Cambridge United on 10 November 1989. [2] He scored his only professional goal for the club and the only goal of the game in a victory over Grimsby Town on 20 February 1990. [3] Bruce made 29 league appearances for Colchester in the 1989–90 season, but could not help the club avoid relegation from the Football League to the Football Conference. [4] He made four appearances in the Conference, and played his final game for the U's in a 2–0 Conference League Cup defeat to Sutton United on 26 February 1991. [5]

Following his exit from Colchester, Bruce teamed up with non-league outfits Baldock Town and Hemel Hempstead Town. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Colchester United - Player profile". Coludata.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 October 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  2. ↑ "Colchester United - Match details - Colchester Utd 1–2 Cambridge United". Coludata.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Colchester United - Match details - Colchester Utd 1–0 Grimsby Town". Coludata.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Colchester United - Tables". Coludata.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 May 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Colchester United - Match details - Sutton United 2–0 Colchester Utd". Coludata.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.


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