Marcus Phillips (footballer)

Marcus Stuart Phillips (born 17 October 1973) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a winger in England, the Netherlands, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and New Zealand.

Marcus Phillips
Personal information
Full name Marcus Stuart Phillips[1]
Date of birth (1973-10-17) 17 October 1973
Place of birth Trowbridge, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1995 Swindon Town 0 (0)
Cheltenham Town
1995–1996 Gloucester City 15 (6)
1996 FC Utrecht 7 (0)
Witney Town
1997 Oxford United 1 (0)
1997–1998 Sydney United 17 (2)
1998–1999 Marconi Stallions 22 (1)
1999–2000 Olympic Sharks 16 (0)
2000–2001 Canberra Cosmos 24 (0)
Sengkang Marine
2002 Brunei
2002–2003 Northern Spirit
2003 Brunei
2003–2004 Blacktown City 13 (3)
Geylang United
Albany United
2004 Auckland City
Waitakere United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Born in Trowbridge,[1] Phillips began his career with Swindon Town, making one League Cup appearance in the 1992–93 season.[3] He then played for non-league clubs Cheltenham Town and Gloucester City.[3][4] He also played for Dutch club FC Utrecht, signing for them in March 1996 until the end of the season,[5] and making 7 appearances in the Eredivisie.[6] He then returned to non-league Football with Witney Town.[3] He signed for Oxford United in February 1997, making one appearance in the Football League.[1]

He later played in Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and New Zealand for Sydney United, Marconi Stallions, Olympic Sharks, Canberra Cosmos, Sengkang Marine, Brunei, Northern Spirit, Blacktown City, Geylang United, Albany United, Auckland City and Waitakere United.[3][7][8]

References
  1. "Marcus Phillips". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  2. Marcus Phillips at Soccerbase
  3. "Profile". Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  4. "Profile". Tiger Roar. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  5. "Blinker tekent contract bij Sheffield Wednesday" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 2 March 1996. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  6. "Profile" (in Dutch). Voetbal.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  7. "Pfrengle-Pitcairn". Australian Player Database. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  8. Terry Maddaford (12 November 2004). "Soccer: Canterbury United form means changes at City". NZ Herald. Retrieved 5 June 2018.


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