Bignot playing for Queens Park Rangers in 2005
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marcus Bignot | ||
Date of birth | 22 August 1974 | ||
Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
Playing position | Right back | ||
Youth career | |||
Birmingham City | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992–1996 | Telford United | 149 | (14) |
1996–1997 | Kidderminster Harriers | 43 | (1) |
1997–2000 | Crewe Alexandra | 95 | (0) |
2000–2001 | Bristol Rovers | 26 | (1) |
2001–2002 | Queens Park Rangers | 44 | (1) |
2002–2004 | Rushden & Diamonds | 68 | (2) |
2004–2007 | Queens Park Rangers | 128 | (0) |
2007–2008 | → Millwall (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Millwall | 15 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Oldham Athletic | 0 | (0) |
2010 | Kidderminster Harriers | 5 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Brackley Town | 2 | (0) |
2012–2016 | Solihull Moors | 2 | (0) |
Total | 585 | (19) | |
National team | |||
1997 | England C | 1 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
1998–2005 | Birmingham City Ladies | ||
2011–2016 | Solihull Moors | ||
2016–2017 | Grimsby Town | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Marcus Bignot (born 22 August 1974) is an English former professional footballer and manager who most recently managed Grimsby Town.
Bignots playing career spanned nearly 20 years, primarily as a Right back, but he has also been used in a midfield role. He began his career at Telford United in 1992 where he spent 4 years in the Football Conference there. He then joined Kidderminster Harriers, he was part of the team that won the Conference League Cup, also in the 1996–97 season the "Harriers" came runners-up in the Football Conference. First Division side Crewe Alexandra paid 100K for him in the summer of 1997, he went on to be the player of the year in the 1997–98 season. Contractual disputes ended with a switch to Second Division side Bristol Rovers taking him on a free transfer for the 2000–2001 season. Management change made way for a move to First Division side Queens Park Rangers in March 2001 under his previous manager. A successful 2 year spell at Rushden & Diamonds where he helped them gain promotion to the Second Division in the 2002–03 season as Champions. A move back to QPR in March 2004 where he helped them gain promotion to the Championship. Further spells at Millwall, Oldham Athletic before ending his playing career in 2012 at Solihull Moors.
A former England semi-pro international, he was capped in 1997 for the England C national football team.