Ian Marshall

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Ian Marshall
Personal information
Full name	Ian Paul Marshall
Date of birth	March 20, 1966 (1966-03-20) (age 42)
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Defender / Striker
Club information
Current club	Pasadena Eagles FC
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1984-1988 1988-1993 1993-1996 1996-2000 2000-2002 2001-2002 2002	Everton Oldham Athletic Ipswich Town Leicester City Bolton Wanderers → Blackpool (loan) Blackpool	015 0(1) 170 (36) 084 (32) 083 (18) 038 0(6) 010 0(0) 011 0(1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Ian Paul Marshall (born March 20, 1966 in Liverpool, England) is a former professional footballer.

Marshall made his name playing as a defender and striker for Oldham Athletic but started his career as an apprentice with hometown club Everton. After four years he signed for Oldham for £200,000 and scored nearly 50 goals in almost 200 appearances before joining Ipswich Town in 1993 for £750,000.

At Portman Road he scored 38 times in just over 90 appearances before being sold to Leicester City for £800,000 in 1996. He played for the Foxes for four seasons, notching up 26 goals in 61 games. He left on a free transfer to Bolton.

After helping the Wanderers to the Premiership he went on loan to Blackpool before making the move to Bloomfield Road permanent in January 2002. He helped Blackpool secure the LDV Vans Trophy at the Millennium Stadium.

He retired from professional football in May 2002. Ian, along with his family is currently living in Pasadena, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He owns a successful restaurant in the community, Sam's Place, named after his wife. He is also responsible for the creation of the Pasadena Eagles Football Club, which he currently plays on and coaches.

[edit] References

• Marshall's profile at Soccerbase
• Profile at Neil Brown's player database