Clint Marcelle

{{Short description|Trinidadian footballer and coach}} {{Sources|date=September 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Clint Marcelle | image = | fullname = Clint Sherwin Marcelle | height = {{height|ft=5|in=4}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|11|9|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Port of Spain]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]] | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1989–1990 | clubs1 = [[United Petrotrin F.C.|United Petrotrin]] | caps1 = – | goals1 = – | years2 = 1990–1991 | clubs2 = [[Académica de Coimbra (football)|Académica]] | caps2 = 1 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1991–1992 | clubs3 = [[R.D. Águeda|Águeda]] | caps3 = 23 | goals3 = 4 | years4 = 1992–1993 | clubs4 = [[Vitoria F.C.|Vitoria Setubal]] | caps4 = 29 | goals4 = 3 | years5 = 1993–1994 | clubs5 = [[Rio Ave F.C.|Rio Ave]] | caps5 = 33 | goals5 = 4 | years6 = 1994–1996 | clubs6 = [[FC Felgueiras|Felgueiras]] | caps6 = 51 | goals6 = 3 | years7 = 1996–1999 | clubs7 = [[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]] | caps7 = 69 | goals7 = 8 | years8 = 1999 | clubs8 = → [[Scunthorpe United F.C.|Scunthorpe United]] (loan) | caps8 = 10 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2000 | clubs9 = [[Goole A.F.C.|Goole]] | caps9 = – | goals9 = – | years10 = 2000–2001 | clubs10 = [[Hull City A.F.C.|Hull City]] | caps10 = 23 | goals10 = 2 | years11 = 2001–2002 | clubs11 = [[Darlington F.C.|Darlington]] | caps11 = 15 | goals11 = 0 | years12 = 2002 | clubs12 = [[Harrogate Town A.F.C.|Harrogate Town]] | caps12 = 14 | goals12 = 2 | years13 = 2002–2003 | clubs13 = [[Hucknall Town F.C.|Hucknall Town]] | caps13 = 20 | goals13 = 6 | years14 = 2003 | clubs14 = [[Stevenage F.C.|Stevenage Borough]] | caps14 = 3 | goals14 = 0 | years15 = 2003 | clubs15 = [[Ossett Town A.F.C.|Ossett Town]] | caps15 = 1 | goals15 = 0 | years16 = 2003–2004 | clubs16 = [[Scarborough F.C.|Scarborough]] | caps16 = 29 | goals16 = 4 | years17 = 2004 | clubs17 = [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]] | caps17 = 3 | goals17 = 0 | years18 = 2005 | clubs18 = [[Tamworth F.C.|Tamworth]] | caps18 = 10 | goals18 = 0 | years19 = 2005 | clubs19 = [[Arnold Town F.C.|Arnold Town]] | caps19 = 0 | goals19 = 0 | years20 = 2005 | clubs20 = [[Gainsborough Trinity F.C.|Gainsborough Trinity]] | caps20 = 7 | goals20 = 1 | years21 = 2005–2006 | clubs21 = [[Armthorpe Welfare F.C.|Armthorpe Welfare]] | caps21 = 34 | goals21 = 6 | totalcaps = 376 | totalgoals = 43 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = [[Trinidad and Tobago national football team|Trinidad and Tobago]] | nationalcaps1 = 11 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | manageryears1 = 2007–2010 | managerclubs1 = [[North East Stars]] | pcupdate = | ntupdate = }}

'''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 [[Premier League]] football for [[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]] as well as also playing for [[United Petrotrin|Trintoc]], [[RD Agueda]], [[Vitoria F.C.|Vitoria Setubal]], [[Rio Ave F.C.|Rio Ave]], [[FC Felgueiras]], [[Scunthorpe United F.C.|Scunthorpe United]], [[Goole A.F.C.|Goole]], [[Hull City A.F.C.|Hull City]], [[Darlington F.C.|Darlington]], [[Harrogate Town A.F.C.|Harrogate Town]], [[Hucknall Town F.C.|Hucknall Town]], [[Stevenage F.C.|Stevenage Borough]], [[Ossett Town A.F.C.|Ossett Town]], [[Scarborough F.C.|Scarborough]], [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]], [[Tamworth F.C.|Tamworth]], [[Arnold Town F.C.|Arnold Town]], [[Gainsborough Trinity F.C.|Gainsborough Trinity]] and [[Armthorpe Welfare F.C.|Armthorpe Welfare]]. He previously managed the [[North East Stars]] in Trinidad and Tobago's [[Professional Football League (Trinidad and Tobago)|Professional Football League]].<ref>[http://youth.ttproleague.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=152&Itemid=1 Ken Elie axed by North East Stars]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 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 F.C.|Barnsley]].

===Barnsley=== Marcelle signed a contract with Barnsley who were playing in the [[EFL Championship|First Division]]. He scored on his debut against [[West Bromwich Albion]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/fixtures-2016-17-opening-days-to-remember-and-forget-for-yorkshire-s-clubs-1-7974752 |title=Fixtures 2016-17: Opening days to remember ... and forget for Yorkshire's clubs |newspaper=The Yorkshire Post |date=21 June 2016 |accessdate=17 October 2018}}</ref> and further glory came for Marcelle, when he scored in the game against [[Bradford City]] that ensured Barnsley would be playing their football in the [[Premier League]] for the [[1997–98 FA Premier League|1997–98 season]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-barnsley-board-the-premiership-1269494.html |title=Football: Barnsley board the Premiership |work=The Independent |date=27 April 1997 |accessdate=17 October 2018}}</ref> Marcelle played alongside seasoned veterans such as [[John Hendrie (Scottish footballer)|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 F.C.|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 A.F.C.|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 [[EFL League Two|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 F.C.|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 A.F.C.|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 F.C.|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 F.C.|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 [[Russell Slade]] at cash strapped [[Scarborough F.C.|Scarborough]]. For a brief moment, Marcelle found some consistent form and during his time with the Seadogs, he helped the club on their impressive [[FA Cup]] run which saw with them defeat [[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]] amongst others before finally hosting [[Chelsea F.C.|Cheslea]] at the [[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 [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]]. Following a trial month, in which Marcelle never really got a look in, in any of the teams friendly games, he was still offered a short-term deal and joined [[Ashley Sestanovich]] and [[Glen Downey]] as one of three players taken to [[Blundell Park]] from his former club. Grimsby was to be his first professional football club in two years. Despite being offered a contract, Marcelle found it extremely hard to break into the team and was often looked past in favour for [[Michael Reddy]], [[Andy Parkinson]] and [[Darren Mansaram]], and would often find it very difficult on winning a place on the substitute bench. Marcelle made his only start for the Mariners against [[Carlisle United F.C.|Carlisle United]] in the [[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 (footballer)|Jon Daly]] and [[Chris Williams (English footballer)|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 F.C.|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 F.C.|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 F.C.|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 [[Trinidad and Tobago]] and entered into management. He managed the [[North East Stars]] from 2007 until 2010 before opening his own football academy.

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{Soccerbase}} * {{ForaDeJogo}} *{{NFT player|17039}}

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