Clint Marcelle

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Clint Marcelle
Personal information
Full name Clint Sherwin Marcelle
Date of birth (1968-11-09) 9 November 1968 (age 55)
Place of birth Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1990 United Petrotrin (–)
1990–1991 Académica 1 (0)
1991–1992 Águeda 23 (4)
1992–1993
Vitoria Setubal
29 (3)
1993–1994 Rio Ave 33 (4)
1994–1996
Felgueiras
51 (3)
1996–1999 Barnsley 69 (8)
1999Scunthorpe United (loan) 10 (0)
2000 Goole (–)
2000–2001 Hull City 23 (2)
2001–2002 Darlington 15 (0)
2002 Harrogate Town 14 (2)
2002–2003 Hucknall Town 20 (6)
2003 Stevenage Borough 3 (0)
2003 Ossett Town 1 (0)
2003–2004 Scarborough 29 (4)
2004 Grimsby Town 3 (0)
2005 Tamworth 10 (0)
2005 Arnold Town 0 (0)
2005 Gainsborough Trinity 7 (1)
2005–2006 Armthorpe Welfare 34 (6)
Total 376 (43)
International career
Trinidad and Tobago 11 (0)
Managerial career
2007–2010
North East Stars
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Clint Sherwin Marcelle (born 9 November 1968) is a

Trinidadian
former professional footballer and coach.

As a player he was a striker and between 1995 and 2006. He notably played

Professional Football League.[1]
He also played internationally for his country and now runs his own Football Academy named the "Clint Marcelle Football Academy".

Playing career

Felgueiras

Clint began his professional career in Portugal in 1995 with Felgueiras and made 21 appearances for the club in his first season. After the end of the 1994–95 campaign, Marcelle opted for a transfer and he moved across Europe to join Barnsley.

Barnsley

Marcelle signed a contract with Barnsley who were playing in the

Bradford City that ensured Barnsley would be playing their football in the Premier League for the 1997–98 season.[3] Marcelle held his own in England's top flight and flourished alongside the likes of seasoned veterans such as John Hendrie, Ashley Ward and Neil Redfearn. However, despite his efforts, Marcelle suffered relegation with Barnsley, and the club were to play the 1998–99 season back in the second tier of English football. The new season saw him have a loan spell with Scunthorpe United
in 1999, before he was released by the club.

Hull City

Despite other offers Marcelle decided to remain in Yorkshire and sign with rivals Hull City in 2000. City at the time were at the lower breaches of the professional football system in England and were playing in the Third Division. Despite dropping down two league's this failed to help Marcelle and his time at Boothferry Park was not long lived. After a handful of games he was released at the end of the season and a move up north to join up with fellow Third Division rivals Darlington.

Darlington

He remained at Darlington for the entire 2001–02 season, making 10 appearances and scored no goals. Without surprise, he was amongst the players that the club let go in the summer. Following a long summer spell and with limited interest about his services in the professional leagues of England, Marcelle opted to drop out of the professional leagues.

Harrogate Town

Following his release from Darlington, he joined up with semi-professional

Conference North outfit Harrogate Town
, with the Yorkshire club giving Marcelle a short-term deal. He was to remain with Harrogate until December 2002, when he was released from the club after a fruitless five-month spell.

Hucknall Town

His next port of call was to sign another short-term contract with another semi-professional club, this time moving to Nottinghamshire outfit Hucknall Town. Marcelle would see out the rest of the 2002–03 campaign with Hucknall before leaving at the end of the season.

Stevenage Borough

In July it was announced that Marcelle would move up a league to the

Conference National and join Stevenage Borough
, who also gave him a short term playing contract. Marcelle would only make three appearances for Borough, all of them coming on as a substitute and after two months of football with the club, Stevenage decided to let him leave.

Scarborough

After initially struggling to find a new club he was eventually signed by

McCain Stadium. Chelsea were able to out power Scarborough, but only just. A goal from John Terry
was the only goal in the game, in which Marcelle played the entire 90 minutes. Marcelle went on to chalk up over 30 appearances with the club, but left the club at the end of the season, with his contract expired, Scarborough were more tangled up in searching for a manager to replace the departed Russell Slade.

Grimsby Town

In a reward for his consistency in the previous season, Slade contacted Marcelle again and was invited for a pre-season trial with his new club

Football League Trophy, and following only four other sub appearances, Marcelle would not play again for Grimsby. Slade decided to bring in two more strikers in Martin Gritton and Colin Cramb, and that coupled with loan signings such as Jon Daly and Chris Williams
, Marcelle was eventually released by Grimsby on 31 October 2004.

Tamworth

Marcelle would find it extremely hard to find a new club, and it wasn't until March that he finally signed with a new club. Following an impressive trial he joined Conference side Tamworth who gave Marcelle a contract until the end of the 2004–05 season. He went on to make nine appearances for Tamworth and was released at the end of the season.

Gainsborough Trinity

After training with several non-League clubs in the summer of 2005, Marcelle was given a short-term contract by Gainsborough Trinity, but after a few games at The Northolme he was unable to dislodge Dave Reeves and Jonathan Rowan as the first choice attacking force available to manager Paul Mitchell. It was not long before Trinity would release him.

Armthorpe Welfare

Upon leaving Trinity, he dropped even further down the English league system to sign with Armthorpe Welfare. He would play a brief part for the club, but notably formed a short strike partnership with David Soames, who he had played with at Grimsby. Marcelle left Armthorpe by mutual consent before the close of the 2005–06 season. He subsequently retired from playing therefore after.

Managerial career

Following his mutual decision to leave Armthorpe, Marcelle's retirement would see him leave England and return to his native

North East Stars
from 2007 until 2010 before opening his own football academy.

References

  1. ^ Ken Elie axed by North East Stars[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Fixtures 2016-17: Opening days to remember ... and forget for Yorkshire's clubs". The Yorkshire Post. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Football: Barnsley board the Premiership". The Independent. 27 April 1997. Retrieved 17 October 2018.

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