From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marcos Painter
Marcos Painter
Marcos Painter 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
Marcos David Painter (born 17 August 1986) is a foot-
baller who is currently contracted to Brighton & Hove Al-
bion.
Career
Born in Birmingham, Painter was brought up in the
Chelmsley Wood area of Solihull and attended the Arch-
bishop Grimshaw secondary school.
Painter is a product of the Academy at Birmingham
City and has been capped for the Republic of Ireland at
Under 19, 20 and Under 21 level.[2] Painter can operate as
a centre-half or left back but did play left midfield in his
younger days.
The tough-tackling defender was handed a new one-
year professional contract at the start of the 2005/06 sea-
Personal information
son and got a taste of the first team action during the
Full name Marcos David Painter[1] club’s pre-season tour of Norway. During a game against
Date of birth 17 August 1986 (1986-08-17) Brann, he launched a two footed tackle on Slovenian in-
ternational, Fabijan Cipot, causing a career threatening
Place of Birmingham, England injury. Painter only received a yellow card. He made his
birth
first team debut against Scunthorpe United in the League
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Cup in September 2005.
At the beginning of the 2006–07 season, Painter
Playing Defender
position played in two league and cup games to increase his total
appearances to seven games. In November 2006 he joined
Club information Swansea City on a month’s loan to cover for the injured
Current club Brighton & Hove Albion Tom Williams. In January, after playing eight league
games, the Swans extended his loan for a third month
Number 22
with a view to making the move permanent.
Senior career* After Birmingham manager Steve Bruce admitted
that Painter would have trouble getting back into the
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
first team,[citation needed] the player moved permanently to
2005–2007 Birmingham City 5 (0) Swansea on 31 January 2007 for an initial fee of £25,000
with a further £25,000 to be paid a year later. Swansea Ci-
2006–2007 → Swansea City (loan) 8 (0)
ty would also pay an additional sum if promoted.[3] He es-
2007–2010 Swansea City 60 (0) tablished himself as Swansea’s first choice left back, but
2010 → Brighton & Hove Albion 18 (0) after an off the ball incident Painter sustained cruciate
(loan) ligament damage in his right knee following the 3–0 win
over Southampton on 25 October 2008. He did not feature
2010– Brighton & Hove Albion 60 (1)
for Swansea for the rest of the season through injury. He
National team joined Brighton & Hove Albion on loan until the end of
the 2009–10 season in January 2010.
2005–2007 Republic of Ireland U21
It was revealed on 7 May 2010 that Painter had agreed
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the a two-year contract with Brighton.[4] Painter scored his
domestic league only and correct as of 18:58, 29 October
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marcos Painter
first goal in 81st minutes which turns out to be a winner http://www.seagulls.co.uk/page/Latest/
against Walsall.[5] 0,,10433~2046419,00.html. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
[5] {{cite web|url=http://www.seagulls.co.uk/page/
References MatchReport/0,,10433~52775,00.html
[1] "Search 1984 to 2006 – Birth, Marriage and Death
indexes". Findmypast.com.
External links
http://www.findmypast.com/ • Marcos Painter career stats at Soccerbase
post84BMDSearchStart.action?redef=0&searchType=B. Persondata
Retrieved 2010-01-13.
Name Painter, Marcos
[2] "Cyprus U21 1–1 Rep of Ireland U21". BBC Sport.
2005-10-07. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/ Alternative names
football/internationals/4320386.stm. Retrieved Short description
2008-02-25. Date of birth 17 August 1986
[3] "Swans secure Painter from Blues". BBC Sport.
Place of birth Birmingham, England
2007-01-31. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/
football/teams/s/swansea_city/6176473.stm. Date of death
Retrieved 2007-01-31. Place of death
[4] "Painter agress pre-contract". Brighton & Hove
Albion F.C.. 2010-05-07.
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• 1986 births
• Living people
• People from Birmingham, West Midlands
• English footballers
• Republic of Ireland association footballers
• Republic of Ireland under-21 international footballers
• Association football defenders
• Birmingham City F.C. players
• Swansea City A.F.C. players
• Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
• Premier League players
• The Football League players
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