Marcus Julien
Personal information
Full name Marcus Ashin Julien
Date of birth (1986-12-30) 30 December 1986[1]
Place of birth La Fortune, Saint Patrick Parish, Grenada[2]
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 North Imphal Sporting Association
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Paradise FC
2006–2010 Eagles Super Strikers
2011–2013 NISA Manipur 25 (18)
2013–2015 Eagles Super Strikers
2015–2016 Boca Juniors Grenada
International career
2010– Grenada 33 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcus Julien (born 30 December 1986) is a Grenadian professional football player. He plays predominantly as a striker for the Grenada national football team and last played for Boca Juniors Grenada in the GFA First Division.[3]

Club career

Paradise

Julien began his senior club career at GFA Premier Division side Paradise FC International in 2004.[2] With Paradise, he has appeared in Grenada Premier Division for a season and won the tournament in 2005, alongside becoming the runners-up in 2004.

Eagles Super Strikers

In 2006, he signed with another GFA Premier Division outfit Eagles Super Strikers where he played until his move to Paradise again.

NISA Manipur

In 2011, Julien moved to India and signed a contract with North Imphal Sporting Association (NISA Manipur), which was newly promoted to the I-League 2nd Division after winning the Manipur State League in 2010.[4] Julien has appeared in the league where they were in group A with United Sikkim FC, Gauhati Town Club, Southern Samity, Langsning FC, Simla Youngs FC, and Golden Threads FC.[5]

He scored his first goal in a 3–0 win match against Simla Youngs. They finished their campaign with 9 points and didn't qualify for the final round (Play-offs).

Between 2011 and 2012, he appeared in 25 times in both the leagues and he was also in the squad as the defending champion North Imphal Sporting Association of Thangmeiband, retained themselves as the champions in the 6th Manipur State League in 2011.[6] He scored a total of 18 goals before moving to his previous club Eagles Super Strikers.

Back to Eagles

After his stint with NISA, he came back to Grenada and signed with his previous club Eagles Super Strikers in 2013.

Boca Juniors Grenada

From 2015 to 2016, he played for Boca Juniors Grenada in the GFA Premier League.[7]

International career

Julien made his international debut for Grenada national team on 5 November 2006 against Barbados in a friendly match, which ended as a 2–2 draw.[8] He scored his first goal against Barbados in the 2008 Caribbean Cup match.[9] In that tournament Grenada finished as the runners-up, losing 2–0 to Jamaica.[10]

He has also represented Grenada in competitions like CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2009[11] and 2011 alongside 2014, 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[12] In 2014, he was also in the squad of Grenada at the 2014 New York Caribbean Cup Soccer Championship.[13]

Since 2010, he has earned 37 international caps for his country, scoring 7 goals.

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list Grenada's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
12008-07-12Greenfield Stadium, Trelawny, Jamaica Barbados2–04–22008 Caribbean Cup[14]
22010-05-30Progress Park, St. Andrew's, Grenada Martinique2–12–2Friendly[15]
32011-10-07FFB Stadium, Belmopan, Belize Belize2–04–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)[16]
42012-02-22Grenada National Stadium, Grenada Guyana1–01–2Friendly[17][18]

Honours

Grenada

Paradise International

NISA Manipur

See also

  • Grenada men's international footballers

References

  1. ↑ Marcus Julien Grenada international statistics Archived 2022-10-03 at the Wayback Machine livescores.biz. Retrieved 28 March 2021
  2. 1 2 "Marcus Julien of Grenada: Soccer player profile, transfers and statistics". Soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Marcus Julien from Grenada, soccer player archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Archived from the original on 3 October 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  4. ↑ NISA Crowned Champions Of 8th Manipur State League Archived 2022-01-03 at the Wayback Machine Footballnewsindia.in. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2015
  5. ↑ Press, Imphal Free. "NISA win in I league tournament – KanglaOnline". Archived from the original on 2011-04-17. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  6. ↑ "NISA Will be the Champion again : 26th sep11 ~ E-Pao! Headlines". www.e-pao.net. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  7. ↑ Stokkermans, Karel (10 January 2016). "Grenada 2015". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. Archived from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  8. ↑ "Marcus Ashin Julien with Grenada national football team: games and statistics". national-football-teams.com. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  9. ↑ "Caribbean Qualification to 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup begins in Netherlands Antilles". CONCACAF. 22 July 2008. Archived from the original on 29 July 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2008.
  10. ↑ "Jamaica vs Grenada – Caribbean Championships 2008 – Caribbean Football". caribbeanfootballdatabase.com. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  11. ↑ "Gold Cup to be played in record 13 different U.S. cities July 3–26" (Press release). New York City: CONCACAF. 9 March 2009. Archived from the original on 13 March 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2009.
  12. ↑ Grenada Football Association Archived 2022-10-03 at the Wayback Machine Facebook.com. Retrieved 28 March 2021
  13. ↑ "All Star Weekend - Jamaica Wins 2014 New York Caribbean Cup Soccer Championship". caribbeancupsoccer.com. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  14. ↑ "Grenada 4 – 2 Barbados". national-football-teams. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  15. ↑ "Grenada 2 – 2 Martinique". caribbeanfootballdatabase.com. 30 May 2010. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  16. ↑ "Grenada 4 – 1 Belize". national-football-teams. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  17. ↑ "Grenada 1 – 2 Guyana". national-football-teams. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  18. ↑ Grenada 1 – 2 Guyana Archived 2022-10-03 at the Wayback Machine footballcritic.com. Retrieved 28 March 2021
  19. ↑ CONCACAF competition results. CONCACAF.com. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  20. ↑ RSSSF. "Grenada – List of Champions". Archived from the original on 9 October 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
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