Marlon Harewood
Marlon Anderson Harewood ( born August 25, 1979 in Hampstead ) is an English professional footballer. The striker is currently at FC Barnsley under contract.
Playing career
Nottingham Forest (1996-2003)
Marlon Harewood started his professional career at Nottingham Forest. In 1998 he was awarded the Finnish Haka top club, with whom he won the Finnish Championship in 1998. In the Premier League 1998/99 he made his breakthrough at Forest and played twenty-three league games ( one goal). However, the season ended with the descent of the team from the first division. After two less successful years as a regular player under coach David Platt, experienced Harewood (28 Spiele/11 goals) in the 2001/ 02 season, a significant increase in performance. This development continued in the Football League First Division 2002/ 03 continued twenty hits in forty-six league games contributed significantly to the good season the team. Forest took sixth in the first play-off round, but failed there at Sheffield United. After a personally successful start 2003/ 04 with twelve goals in nineteen games left Harewood Nottingham.
On 25 November 2003 Harewood changed hands for 500,000 pounds after East London to West Ham United and scored by the end of the First Division 2003/ 04 thirteen hits. Overall, he hit this season twenty-five times and had to order only Andy Johnson ( 27 goals for Crystal Palace ) to admit defeat. West Ham took fourth in the first play-off round, a, prevailed against Ipswich Town and failed only in the final 0-1 to Crystal Palace. In his second season for West Ham, he made 24 goals in all competitions (17 league goals ) and thus helped the " hammer " for promotion to the Premier League, which was achieved by winning the play-off final against Preston North End.
In the Premier League 2005 /06 Harewood scored fourteen goals for West Ham. He was the fourth fastest Englishman in the scoring charts behind Frank Lampard, Darren Bent and Wayne Rooney. Special celebrity received Harewood by the first Premier League hat-trick of the season 2005/ 06 he scored against Aston Villa, as well as his powerful goal in the semi-finals of the FA Cup in 2005 /06 against FC Middlesbrough that the " hammer " the catchment secured in the FA Cup final. After a 2-0 or 3-2 lead West Ham conceded in the 91st -minute equalizer from Steven Gerrard and consequently lost the penalty shootout against Liverpool. The Premier League 2006/ 07 was less successful for him and have scored in the UEFA Cup 2006/ 07 the early Erstrundenaus a disappointment.
Aston Villa (2007-2010)
For Premier League 2007 /08 he moved to the trained team of Martin O'Neill of Aston Villa. He signed a contract for three years. In his first year in Birmingham he scored just five league goals in twenty-three games. After he was in 2008/ 09 O'Neill considered rare and scored in the first round of the UEFA Cup in 2008/ 09 against Litex Lovech his only goal for Villa this season, he moved on 23 March 2009 to the end of the season 2008/ 09 on loan to second division champions Wolverhampton Wanderers later.
Without a second time for Aston Villa come to use, Harewood changed on 24 September 2009 until the year again on loan to Erstligaabsteiger Newcastle United and scored five league goals in fifteen games. Harewood denied - also due to injuries - in the subsequent period in Birmingham no longer match. To a contract extension then it came as little.
Blackpool FC (2010-2011)
On 11 August 2010 Harewood joined the Premier League team FC Blackpool, where he signed a contract until the end of June 2012. In Blackpool he achieved an excellent start to the Premier League 2010 /11, when he scored two goals in the 4-0 away win at Wigan Athletic on the opening day.
To Harewood 2011/12 After a temporary loan deal for second division FC Barnsley, decided after the season in a change to the Chinese second division Changsha Ginde With his new team, he reached the second place and consequently the direct promotion back to the Chinese Super League.
Nottingham Forest and Barnsley FC (2012 - )
After he had been trained in the previous weeks with the team, Harewood signed a from 1 January 2012 valid contract until end of season at Nottingham Forest. After the expiry of his contract, he moved on 14 August 2012 as the Barnsley FC.