Marcos Painter

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Personal information
Marcos Painter
Full name	Marcos Painter
Date of birth	August 17, 1986 (1986-08-17) (age 21)
Place of birth	Birmingham, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Swansea City
Number	14
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005–2007 2006–2007 2007–	Birmingham City → Swansea City (loan) Swansea City	05 (0) 08 (0) 43 (0)
National team
2005–	Ireland U21
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:16, 12 April 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Marcos Painter (born August 17, 1986) is a professional footballer with Swansea City.

He was brought up in the Iave Wood area of Solihull and attended the Archbishop Grimshaw secondary school.

Painter is a product of the Academy at Birmingham City and has been capped for the Republic of Ireland at Under 19, 20 and Under 21 level.^[1] Painter can operate as a centre-half or left back but did play Left Midfield in his younger days.

The tough-tackling defender was handed a new one-year professional contract at the start of the 2005/06 season and got a taste of the first team action during the club's pre-season tour of Norway. During a game against Brann Bergen, he launched a two footed tackle on Slovenian international, Fabijan Cipot, causing a career threatening injury. Surprisingly Painter only received a yellow card. He made his first team debut against Scunthorpe United in the Carling Cup in September 2005.

At the beginning of the 2006-07, Painter played in 2 league and cup games to increase his total appearances to 7 games. In November 2006 he joined Swansea City on a month's loan to cover for the injured Tom Williams. In January, after playing 8 league games, the Swans extended his loan for a third month with a view to making the move permanent.

After Birmingham manager Steve Bruce admitted that Painter would have trouble getting back into the first team,^{[citation needed]}, the player moved permanently to Swansea City on January 31, 2007 for an initial fee of £25,000 with a further £25,000 to be paid a year later. Swansea City will also pay an additional sum if promoted.^[2]

[edit] References

^ "Cyprus U21 1-1 Rep of Ireland U21", BBC, 2005-10-07. Retrieved on 2008-02-25.
^ "Swans secure Painter from Blues", BBC Sport, 2007-01-31. Retrieved on 2007-01-31.

[edit] External links

Marcos Painter career stats at Soccerbase

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Swansea City A.F.C. – current squad

2 Amankwaah • 3 Austin • 4 O'Leary • 5 Tate • 6 Bodde • 7 Britton • 8 Pratley • 9 Scotland • 10 Orlandi • 11 Duffy • 14 Painter • 15 Lawrence • 16 Monk • 17 Tudur Jones • 19 Way • 20 MacDonald • 21 de Vries • 22 Rangel • 23 Bauza • 24 Way • 25 Collins • 27 Graves • 28 Butler • 30 Knight • 31 Evans • 32 Allen • 33 Morgan • 34 Hawthorne • 36 Williams • Pintado • Gomez • Manager: Martínez