Marcos Painter

Marcos Painter
In Brighton colours, April 2011
Personal information
Full name Marcos David Painter
Date of birth (1986-08-17) 17 August 1986
Place of birth Solihull, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
Birmingham City (under-21s assistant coach)
Youth career
–2005 Birmingham City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Birmingham City 5 (0)
2006–2007Swansea City (loan) 8 (0)
2007–2010 Swansea City 60 (0)
2010Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 19 (0)
2010–2013 Brighton & Hove Albion 71 (1)
2013AFC Bournemouth (loan) 2 (0)
2013–2014 Portsmouth 17 (0)
Total 182 (1)
International career
2005–2007 Republic of Ireland U21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcos David Painter (born 17 August 1986) is a football coach and former professional player who played predominantly as a left back.

Painter started his professional career with Birmingham City in 2005, having progressed through the youth ranks at the club. He only made seven appearances for the club in a two-year spell, and moved to League One club Swansea City in November 2006, initially on loan, but on a permanent transfer in January 2007. He played 68 league games in three seasons for Swansea. He then spent three and a half years with Brighton & Hove Albion, for whom he played 90 league games, and had a brief loan spell with League One AFC Bournemouth in February 2013. Released at the end of the 2012–13 season, he signed for Portsmouth in August 2013.

He represented the Republic of Ireland at under-21 level.