Marcus Williams (footballer)

Marcus Vincent Williams (born 8 April 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left back.

Marcus Williams

Personal information
Full name	Marcus Vincent Williams[1]
Date of birth	(1986-04-08) 8 April 1986 (age 39)[2]
Place of birth	Doncaster, England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[3]
Position(s)	Left back
Youth career
0000–2003	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

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.

Career

Scunthorpe 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]

Reading

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]

Sheffield United

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]

Return to Scunthorpe United

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]

Kerala Blasters

Williams signed for Indian Super League club Kerala Blasters on 29 August 2015.^[16]

Guiseley

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]

Style of play

Williams plays at left back.^[23] Upon signing for Reading in May 2010, he was described as a "modern attacking full back".^[24]

Career statistics

As of end of 2017–18 season

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		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[a]	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[a]	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[a]	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[a]	0	23	0
	2012–13[34]	League One	18	0	3	0	1	0	2[a]	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[a]	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[b]	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

1. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
2. Appearances in FA Trophy

Honours

Scunthorpe United

• Football League One: 2006–07^[28][37]
• Football League Two runner-up: 2013–14^[35][38]
• Football League Trophy runner-up: 2008–09^[39]