Marcus Maddison

Marcus Maddison
Personal information
Full name Marcus Harley Maddison[1]
Date of birth (1993-09-26) 26 September 1993
Place of birth Durham, England
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Winger / Attacking Midfielder/Left-Back
Club information
Current team
Peterborough United
Number 11
Youth career
0000–2012 Newcastle United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Newcastle United 0 (0)
2012Blyth Spartans (loan) 2 (1)
2013 St Johnstone 0 (0)
2013–2014 Gateshead 34 (13)
2014– Peterborough United 83 (24)
National team
2014 England C 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:33, 2 November 2016 (UTC).


Marcus Harley Maddison (born 26 September 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder as a Winger for League One side Peterborough United. Occasionally He Has Played As A Left Back.

He began his career at Newcastle United, but did not play a senior game for the club. He was attached to Blyth Spartans and St Johnstone, before scoring 13 Conference Premier goals for Gateshead in a 12-month period from August 2013. He was signed by Peterborough United for an undisclosed fee in August 2014. In 2014 he was also capped by England C.

Playing career

Early career

Maddison began his career at Newcastle United. He was loaned out to Blyth Spartans in November 2012 to gain experience,[2] where he scored once in two appearances.[3] He was released by Newcastle in 2013, with Reserve team manager Willie Donachie saying he had "a lot to learn".[4] He went on to join Coventry City after joining them on 8 March 2013.[5]

Gateshead

After failing to make an appearance at St Johnstone he signed with Conference Premier club Gateshead in August 2013 following a successful trial. He was named as Conference Premier Player of the Month in January 2014.[6] He saw a reignition to his career and scored 13 league goals for Gateshead in 34 league appearances.

Peterborough

After scoring 4 goals in his first 5 games of the 2014/15 season for Gateshead, he was signed by Peterborough United in August 2014 for an undisclosed fee, signing a four-year contract; manager Darren Ferguson said that "he has good balance, skill, pace and we feel this could be a good signing".[7] The fee was a club-record for Gateshead (reported as £250,000 with the potential to rise to £500,000[8]), and manager Gary Mills said "he was a good player but could be selfish at times".[9]

On 15 August, Maddison scored 2 goals for Peterborough United against Colchester United, which took his tally to 4 goals to the season. On 22 August, Marcus Maddison scored Peterborough United's only goal vs Burton Albion in their 2–1 loss. In October 2014 Maddison won the Football League Young Player of the month after scoring 4 goals in 5 games.[10] He was given a red card in a 1–0 victory against Leyton Orient in a 1–0 victory on 7 March 2015. In his first season at the club he scored 8 goals in 30 games in all competitions.

On 6 August 2016, Maddison contributed to Peterborough United's 3–2 opening day win vs Rochdale scoring Peterborough's 1st goal.

Style of play

He has an unbelievable talent, he wants to score goals and can score goals, with a magical left foot. On the other side, he works hard. Marcus was a selfish lad when I first came to the football club and now he's a match-winner and team player.
Gateshead manager Gary Mills speaking in August 2014.[11]

Maddison is also a freekick specialist, he describes his unusual freekick technique as use the side of your foot, but you're hitting it more with your heel. If you hit with the middle of the side of your foot it just curls. If you hit it the way I do, it goes straight and moves at the same time [10]

Statistics

As of matches played 25 October 2014.
Season Club Division League FA Cup League Cup Other[12] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2012–13Newcastle UnitedPremier League0000000000
Total 0000000000
2012–13[3]Blyth Spartans (loan)Northern Premier League Premier Division2100000021
Total 2100000021
2012–13St JohnstoneScottish Premier League0000000000
Total 0000000000
2013–14[13]GatesheadConference Premier2990000413310
2014–15[14]5400000054
Total 34130000413814
2014–15[14]Peterborough UnitedLeague One115000011126
Total 115000000126
Career total 47180000415221

Honours

Individual

References

  1. "Premier League Clubs submit Squad Lists" (PDF). Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  2. "Spartans Sign Marcus Maddison". Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Marcus Maddison". Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  4. Ryder, Lee (12 August 2014). "How Newcastle United reject Marcus Maddison is once again catching the eye". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  5. King, Dan. "Maddison Completes Saints Move". Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  6. Bowron, Jeff (3 February 2014). "Maddison Skrill Premier Honour". Gateshead FC. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  7. "Peterborough United sign Marcus Maddison from Gateshead". BBC Sport. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  8. Ryder, Lee. "Wonderkid Marcus Maddison says 'naivety' cost him his Newcastle United career". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  9. "Marcus Maddison sale can help Gateshead thrive – Gary Mills". BBC Sport. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  10. 1 2 "Peterborough's Marcus Maddison: I didn't work hard, I'm different now". BBC Sport. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  11. "Marcus Maddison a 'match-winner' – Gary Mills". BBC Sport. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  12. Includes other competitive competitions, including the FA Trophy, Football League Trophy, and play-offs.
  13. "Games played by Marcus Maddison in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  14. 1 2 "Games played by Marcus Maddison in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  15. "Peterborough's Marcus Maddison: I didn't work hard, I'm different now". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 November 2014.

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