Personal information | |||
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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 | Southend United (on loan from Salford City) | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2015 | Manchester City | ||
2015–2020 | 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– | Salford City | 12 | (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) | 10 | (1) |
International career | |||
2018 | Wales U16 | 2 | (0) |
2019 | Wales U17 | 5 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:08, 10 March 2024 (UTC) |
Marcus Matthias Dackers (born 9 January 2003) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays for Southend United, on loan from EFL League Two club Salford City, as a striker. [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]
He is a Wales youth international. [22] He played schoolboy football for Wales before being called up to the Under-17 squad. [23]
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 | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Brighton & Hove Albion | 2019–20 [24] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2020–21 [24] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
Loxwood (loan) | 2019–20 [25] | Southern Combination League Premier Division | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
Lancing (loan) | 2019–20 [25] | Southern Combination League Premier Division | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
Salford City | 2021–22 [26] | League Two | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
2022–23 [27] | League Two | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
Total | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
Stalybridge Celtic (loan) | 2021–22 [28] | Northern Premier League Premier Division | 8 | 7 | — | — | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 9 | 7 | |||
Chester (loan) | 2021–22 [24] | National League North | 20 | 9 | — | — | — | 20 | 9 | ||||
Southend United (loan) | 2022–23 [24] | National League | 6 | 3 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |||
Woking (loan) | 2022–23 [24] | National League | 19 | 3 | — | — | 1 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 20 | 3 | |||
Career total | 69 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 74 | 22 |
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