{{Short description|Association football player (born 1986)}} {{Use British English|date=July 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Marcos Painter | image = Marcos Painter Brighton.jpg | caption = In Brighton colours, April 2011 | fullname = Marcos David Painter<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/RulesandRegulations/~/media/Files/PDF/TheFA/PlayerRegistrations/January%202010.ashx/January%202010.pdf |title=List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/01/2010 and 31/01/2010 |publisher=The Football Association |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120428045432/http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/RulesandRegulations/~/media/Files/PDF/TheFA/PlayerRegistrations/January%202010.ashx/January%202010.pdf |archive-date=28 April 2012 }}</ref> | height = {{convert|1.83|m|ftin|order=flip}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/2855/Marcos-Painter/overview |title=Marcos Painter: Overview |publisher=Premier League |accessdate=21 November 2019}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|8|17|df=y}}<ref>{{Hugman|24863|accessdate=21 November 2019}}</ref> | birth_place = Solihull, England | currentclub = Birmingham City (under-21s assistant coach) | position = Left back | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2005 | youthclubs1 = Birmingham City | years1 = 2005–2007 | clubs1 = Birmingham City | caps1 = 5 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2006–2007 | clubs2 = → Swansea City (loan) | caps2 = 8 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2007–2010 | clubs3 = Swansea City | caps3 = 60 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2010 | clubs4 = → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) | caps4 = 19 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2010–2013 | clubs5 = Brighton & Hove Albion | caps5 = 71 | goals5 = 1 | years6 = 2013 | clubs6 = → AFC Bournemouth (loan) | caps6 = 2 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2013–2014 | clubs7 = Portsmouth | caps7 = 17 | goals7 = 0 | totalcaps = 182 | totalgoals = 1 | nationalyears1 = 2005–2007 | nationalteam1 = Republic of Ireland U21 | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = }} '''Marcos David Painter''' (born 17 August 1986) is a football coach and former professional player who played predominantly as a left back.
Painter started his professional career with Birmingham City in 2005, having progressed through the youth ranks at the club. He only made seven appearances for the club in a two-year spell, and moved to League One club Swansea City in November 2006, initially on loan, but on a permanent transfer in January 2007. He played 68 league games in three seasons for Swansea. He then spent three and a half years with Brighton & Hove Albion, for whom he played 90 league games, and had a brief loan spell with League One AFC Bournemouth in February 2013. Released at the end of the 2012–13 season, he signed for Portsmouth in August 2013.
He represented the Republic of Ireland at under-21 level.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/4320386.stm |title=Cyprus U21 1–1 Rep of Ireland U21 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=7 October 2005 |access-date=16 August 2013}}</ref>
==Career== ===Early career=== Painter was born in Solihull<ref>{{cite book |editor1=Rollin, Glenda |editor2=Rollin, Jack |title=Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 |date=2012 |publisher=Headline |location=London |isbn=978-0-7553-6356-8 |page=440 |edition=43rd}}</ref> and brought up in the Chelmsley Wood area,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/marcos-painter-misses-chance-to-show-236296 |title=Marcos Painter misses chance to show Birmingham City how much he has improved |newspaper=Sunday Mercury |location=Birmingham |date=21 November 2008 |accessdate=16 August 2013}}</ref> where he attended Archbishop Grimshaw secondary school.<ref name=suffers>{{cite news |url=https://www.business-live.co.uk/economic-development/painter-suffers-with-the-fans-3988994 |title=Painter suffers with the fans |author=Clarkson, Ian |newspaper=Birmingham Post |date=23 December 2005 |accessdate=8 November 2024}}</ref> He came through the Birmingham City Academy.
Painter was handed a new one-year professional contract at the start of the 2005–06 season, and was involved with the first team during the club's pre-season tour of Norway. During a game against SK Brann, his tackle on Slovenian international, Fabijan Cipot, broke both bones of the player's lower leg. The tackle was described by Brann's manager as "a really bad tackle, a possible career-ender", though Birmingham manager Steve Bruce insisted it had not been deliberate. Painter received a yellow card and was immediately substituted.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/bruce-defends-painter-tackle-12318 |title=Bruce defends Painter tackle |first=Colin |last=Tattum |newspaper=Birmingham Evening Mail |date=20 July 2005 |accessdate=8 November 2024}}</ref> He made his competitive debut against Scunthorpe United in the League Cup in September 2005,<ref name=suffers/> and played his first game in the Premier League in the starting eleven as Birmingham beat Fulham 1–0 in December. He finished the season with nine appearances in all competitions.<ref name=sb0506/>
===Swansea City=== At the beginning of the 2006–07 season, Painter played in one league and one cup game for Birmingham,<ref name=sb0607/> then, in November 2006, he joined League One club Swansea City on a month's loan, to cover for the injured Tom Williams.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/swansea_city/6146602.stm |title=Swans take Painter on loan deal |publisher=BBC Sport |date=14 November 2006 |access-date=16 August 2013}}</ref> The loan was extended to three months, and, after Birmingham manager Steve Bruce admitted that he could not guarantee Painter regular first-team football,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bcfc.com.p.preprod.performgroup.com/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10412~972445,00.html |title=Painter turns into a Swan |publisher=Birmingham City F.C. |date=31 January 2007 |accessdate=5 April 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416090724/http://www.bcfc.com.p.preprod.performgroup.com/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10412~972445,00.html |archivedate=16 April 2016}}</ref> the player moved permanently to Swansea on 31 January 2007, for an initial fee of £25,000 with a further £25,000 to be paid a year later. Swansea City would also pay an additional sum if promoted.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/swansea_city/6176473.stm |title=Swans secure Painter from Blues |publisher=BBC Sport |date=31 January 2007 |access-date=31 January 2007}}</ref> He established himself as Swansea's first-choice left back, playing 31 league games as the club were promoted to the Championship,<ref name=sb0708/> and was a regular selection at the higher level until, in October 2008, he sustained cruciate ligament damage in his right knee during a 3–0 win over Southampton.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/swansea_city/7691995.stm |title=Painter ruled out for six months |publisher=BBC Sport |date=27 October 2008 |access-date=8 April 2012}}</ref> He did not feature for Swansea for the rest of the season.<ref name=sb0809/>
===Brighton & Hove Albion=== Painter made only six appearances for Swansea in the first half of the 2009–10 season.<ref name=sb0910/> In January 2010, he joined League One club Brighton & Hove Albion on loan until the end of the season, and then signed a two-year deal with the club to begin on 1 July when his Swansea contract expired.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seagulls.co.uk/page/Latest/0,,10433~2046419,00.html |title=Painter agrees pre-contract |publisher=Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. |author=Camillin, Paul |date=7 May 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100510062507/http://www.seagulls.co.uk/page/Latest/0,,10433~2046419,00.html |archivedate=10 May 2010}}</ref> He scored his first career goal after 81 minutes of the League One match against Walsall on 28 August, which proved to be the winner.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seagulls.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10433~52775,00.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407020506/http://www.seagulls.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10433~52775,00.html |title=Brighton vs Walsall |author=Dudding, Tim |publisher=Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. |date=28 August 2010 |archivedate=7 April 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
On 15 February 2013, Painter joined League One club AFC Bournemouth on loan for the remainder of the season.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/21477848 |title=Bournemouth: Brighton defender Marcos Painter joins Cherries |publisher=BBC Sport |date=15 February 2013 |access-date=16 August 2013}}</ref> After playing twice in a month for Bournemouth, he was recalled by Albion because of an injury to first-choice left back Wayne Bridge.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seagulls.co.uk/news/article/painter-returns-to-albion-714691.aspx |title=Painter returns to Albion |author=Jago, Will |publisher=Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. |date=14 March 2013 |accessdate=16 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317043413/http://www.seagulls.co.uk/news/article/painter-returns-to-albion-714691.aspx |archive-date=17 March 2013}}</ref> He played twice more for Albion in what remained of the season,<ref name=sb1213/> and was released when his contract expired.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22556309 |title=Brighton release Gary Dicker, Marcos Painter & Vicente |publisher=BBC Sport |date=16 May 2013 |access-date=17 May 2013}}</ref>
===Portsmouth=== On 15 August, Painter joined Portsmouth of League Two on a short-term contract.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/23711733 |title=Marcos Painter: Portsmouth sign former Brighton defender |publisher=BBC Sport |date=15 August 2013 |access-date=16 August 2013}}</ref>
==Coaching career== After ending his playing career, Painter returned to Birmingham City as an academy coach, working with the under-16 team for nine years before being appointed assistant to under-21s coach Steve Spooner in October 2024.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bcfc.com/pages/en/media-article/marcos-painter-named-blues-under-21s-assistant |title=Marcos Painter named Blues Under-21s Assistant |publisher=Birmingham City F.C. |date=28 October 2024 |access-date=8 November 2024}}</ref>
==Career statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Club statistics |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3"|Birmingham City |2005–06<ref name=sb0506>{{Soccerbase season|41646|2005|access-date=16 August 2013}}</ref> |Premier League |4||0||3||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||9||0 |- |2006–07<ref name=sb0607>{{Soccerbase season|41646|2006|access-date=16 August 2013}}</ref> |Championship |1||0||colspan="2"|—||1||0||colspan="2"|—||2||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !5!!0!!3!!0!!3!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!11!!0 |- |rowspan="5"|Swansea City |2006–07<ref name=sb0607/> |League One |23||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||24||0 |- |2007–08<ref name=sb0708>{{Soccerbase season|41646|2007|access-date=16 August 2013}}</ref> |League One |30||0||2||0||1||0||4{{efn|Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy|name=AppsFLT}}||0||37||0 |- |2008–09<ref name=sb0809>{{Soccerbase season|41646|2008|access-date=16 August 2013}}</ref> |Championship |11||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||12||0 |- |2009–10<ref name=sb0910>{{Soccerbase season|41646|2009|access-date=16 August 2013}}</ref> |Championship |4||0||1||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||6||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !68!!0!!4!!0!!3!!0!!4!!0!!79!!0 |- |Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) |2009–10<ref name=sb0910/> |League One |19||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||19||0 |- |rowspan="4"|Brighton & Hove Albion |2010–11<ref name=sb1011>{{Soccerbase season|41646|2010|access-date=16 August 2013}}</ref> |League One |46||1||6||0||1||0||1{{efn|name=AppsFLT}}||0||54||1 |- |2011–12<ref name=sb1112>{{Soccerbase season|41646|2011|access-date=16 August 2013}}</ref> |Championship |20||0||0||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||22||0 |- |2012–13<ref name=sb1213>{{Soccerbase season|41646|2012|access-date=16 August 2013}}</ref> |Championship |5||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||5||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !90!!1!!6!!0!!3!!0!!1!!0!!100!!1 |- |AFC Bournemouth (loan) |2012–13<ref name=sb1213/> |League One |2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||2||0 |- |Portsmouth |2013–14<ref name=sb1314>{{Soccerbase season|41646|2013|access-date=8 November 2024}}</ref> |League Two |17||0||0||0||0||0||1{{efn|name=AppsFLT}}||0||18||0 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !182!!1!!13!!0!!9!!0!!6!!0!!210!!1 |} {{notelist}}
==Honours==
'''Brighton & Hove Albion''' *Football League One: 2010–11<ref>{{cite book |editor1-first=Glenda |editor1-last=Rollin |editor2-first=Jack |editor2-last=Rollin |title=Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2011–2012 |year=2011 |publisher=Headline Publishing Group |location=London |isbn=978-0-7553-6231-8 |pages=39, 104–105}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Soccerbase}}
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