Marcus Bean

Marcus Bean
Personal information
Full name Marcus Tristan Bean[1]
Date of birth (1984-01-02) 2 January 1984 (age 40)[2]
Place of birth Hammersmith, England
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1995–2002 Queens Park Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2006 Queens Park Rangers 67 (2)
2005 → Swansea City (loan) 8 (0)
2005 → Swansea City (loan) 9 (1)
2006–2008 Blackpool 23 (1)
2007 → Rotherham United (loan) 12 (1)
2008–2012 Brentford 144 (14)
2012–2015 Colchester United 69 (5)
2014–2015 → Portsmouth (loan) 6 (1)
2015–2019 Wycombe Wanderers 106 (3)
Total 444 (28)
International career
2011 Jamaica 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcus Tristam Bean (born 2 January 1984) is a retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the English Football League, most notably for Brentford and Wycombe Wanderers. Born in England, he represented Jamaica at full international level.

Club career

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Early career

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Born in Hammersmith, London, Bean started his youth career at local club St Joseph's, where he excelled playing his role in centre midfield, before deciding on moving on to successful youth club Northolt Villa. He captained the club to multiple trophies with dynamic midfield displays, regularly winning player of the season awards before eventually being scouted and moving to his first professional club, Queens Park Rangers at eleven years old.[4]

Queens Park Rangers

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Coming up through the youth ranks with QPR, Bean made his debut as a substitute at Wycombe in August 2002 only to suffer the ignominy of a second half red card in a game that saw four players receive their marching orders.[5] His first start came in a comprehensive 4–0 victory at Mansfield a fortnight later and although he made only eight league and cup appearances throughout 2002–03, his obvious talent and composure mark him out as a great prospect for the future.

Bean was a member of the Second Division promotion winning squad of 2003–04 and saw him awarded Rangers' Young Player of the Year,[5] an accolade he earned with his energetic style and break-up play, which allowed the more skilled-of-foot to create the play which saw Rangers' promoted to the Championship.[6]

After limited chances to play first team football came his way, Bean took up two loan spells to Swansea during 2005.[6] He made 17 league appearances for the Swans in both stints scoring one goal.[7]

Blackpool

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Bean did not make a first-team appearance for Blackpool between the Seasiders' 4–2 win over Aldershot in the third round of the FA Cup on 6 January 2007 and their 3–1 league victory at Bradford City on 26 March, and joined Rotherham United on a one-month loan on 9 August 2007.[8][9] The loan was extended until the end of October, and "Beano" scored his first goal for the Millers in their 3–2 win over Mansfield Town.

It was a frustrating second season with Blackpool for Bean, after helping them avoid relegation in his first and assisting them in promotion to the championship in his second, although playing a limited number of games and considering retiring from football.[5] On 7 May 2008, Bean was released by Blackpool.[10]

Brentford

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Brentford signed Bean in the summer of 2008 after he was released by Blackpool.[5] He was part of the Brentford squad that won the League Two championship in 2008–09 and scored 9 goals from midfield. He notched up his 100th Football League appearance for Brentford on the final day of the 2010–11 season and passed 150 appearances for The Bees in all competitions. His form at the start of the 2011–12 season earned him a call-up to the Jamaican national squad.[11] Following his retirement from football in 2019,[12] Bean returned to Brentford as a scout.[13]

Colchester United

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On 8 June 2012, Bean signed for Colchester United on a three-year deal following his release from Brentford.[14] He made his debut for the Essex club on 18 August 2012 in a 0–0 League One draw with Preston North End[15] He scored his first goal for Colchester on 22 October 2013 in a 1–1 draw with Shrewsbury Town at the New Meadow.[16] He netted the opening goal in a 2–2 draw at his former club Rotherham on 2 November for his second goal,[17] and scored his third for the season in a 4–2 win against Carlisle United at Brunton Park on 18 January 2014.[18] Bean's scoring form continued by grabbing a consolation goal as Colchester fell to a 2–1 defeat at Leyton Orient on 1 March.[19] On 26 April, he scored the opening goal in a 4–1 win against his former club, who were already promoted from League One,[5] in a result that meant that Colchester were all but safe from relegation.[20]

Portsmouth loan

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On 21 November 2014 Bean joined League Two club Portsmouth on loan until 3 January 2015.[21] He made his debut on 22 November in Pompey's 3–0 home win over Morecambe.[22] He scored his first goal for Portsmouth in his third game for the club, netting a curling effort in a 3–2 defeat to Accrington Stanley on 13 December.[23]

Wycombe Wanderers

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On 9 January 2015, he signed for League 2 club Wycombe Wanderers on an 18-month contract after being released by Colchester United. Bean had just returned to Colchester having had a short loan spell at fellow League 2 club Portsmouth. Portsmouth had also expressed an interest in signing Bean but only on a short-term basis. Bean opted for Wycombe and linking up again with Gareth Ainsworth, whom he knows from his QPR days.[24] He was released by Wycombe at the end of the 2018–19 season.[25] He announced his retirement in July 2019.[12]

International career

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Bean made a single appearance for Jamaica in a 2–1 game against Honduras in October 2011.[26] He came on as a substitute with 15 minutes to go as the "Reggae Boyz" recorded a fifth straight defeat .[27]

Career statistics

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Club

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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
Queens Park Rangers 2002–03[28] Second Division 7 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 8 0
2003–04[29] Second Division 31 1 1 0 1 0 3[a] 0 36 1
2004–05[30] Championship 20 1 1 0 1 0 ― 22 1
2005–06[31] Championship 9 0 0 0 1 0 ― 10 0
Total 67 2 2 0 3 0 4 0 76 2
Swansea City (loan) 2004–05[30] League Two 8 0 ― ― ― 8 0
Swansea City (loan) 2005–06[31] League One 9 1 0 0 ― 0 0 9 1
Total 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1
Blackpool 2005–06[31] League One 17 1 ― ― ― 17 1
2006–07[32] League One 6 0 2 0 1 0 1[a] 0 10 0
2007–08[33] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 ― 0 0
Total 23 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 27 1
Rotherham United (loan) 2007–08[33] League Two 12 1 ― 0 0 2[a] 0 14 1
Brentford 2008–09[34] League Two 44 9 2 0 1 0 1[a] 0 48 9
2009–10[35] League One 31 0 4 0 0 0 1[a] 0 36 0
2010–11[36] League One 37 3 1 0 4 1 5[a] 0 47 4
2011–12[37] League One 32 2 1 0 1 0 3[a] 0 37 2
Total 144 14 8 0 6 1 10 0 168 15
Colchester United 2012–13[38] League One 31 0 1 0 0 0 1[a] 0 33 0
2013–14[39] League One 35 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 36 5
2014–15[40] League One 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
Total 69 5 2 0 1 0 1 0 73 5
Portsmouth (loan) 2014–15[40] League Two 6 1 ― ― ― 6 1
Wycombe Wanderers 2014–15[40] League Two 17 0 0 0 0 0 3[b] 0 20 0
2015–16[41] League Two 30 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 32 0
2016–17[42] League Two 19 0 2 0 0 0 6[c] 0 27 0
2017–18[43] League Two 31 2 2 0 1 0 2[c] 0 36 2
2018–19[44] League One 9 1 1 0 1 0 3[c] 0 14 1
Total 106 3 6 0 3 0 14 0 129 3
Career total 444 28 20 0 14 1 32 0 510 29
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
  2. ^ Appearances in League Two play-offs
  3. ^ a b c Appearances in EFL Trophy

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[26]
National team Year Apps Goals
Jamaica 2011 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

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Queens Park Rangers

Blackpool

Brentford

Wycombe Wanderers

Individual

References

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  3. ^ "SoccerBase". SoccerBase. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Marcus Bean – Brentford". GFDB. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2007.
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  6. ^ a b "QPR Player Profiles – Marcus Bean". qpr.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  7. ^ "Swansea City Player Profiles – Marcus Bean". swanseacity.net. Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  8. ^ "Marcus Bean signs for Millers". 9 August 2007. Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2007.
  9. ^ "Bean set to join Rotherham". Blackpool Gazette. 9 August 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2007.
  10. ^ "Retained List Latest". Blackpool F.C. 7 May 2008. Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2008.
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  12. ^ a b Bean, Marcus (30 July 2019). "Thankyou". @MarcusBean. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  13. ^ "Marcus Bean". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  14. ^ "U's Flash: Dynamic Bean Is First Addition". cu-fc.co.uk. 8 June 2012. Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  15. ^ "U's good for battling point at Preston". EADT. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  16. ^ "Shrewsbury 1–1 Colchester". BBC Sport. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  17. ^ "Rotherham 2–2 Colchester". BBC Sport. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
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  19. ^ "Leyton Orient 2–1 Colchester". BBC Sport. 1 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
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  21. ^ "Bean and Fish arrive on loan". Portsmouth FC. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  22. ^ "Portsmouth 3–0 Morecambe". BBC Sport. 22 November 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  23. ^ "Portsmouth 2–3 Accrington". BBC Sport. 13 December 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
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