Jordan Marshall is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Darlington

Darlington F.C.

Darlington Football Club is a professional association football club based in Darlington, County Durham, currently playing in the Conference National. The club was founded in 1883, and originally played its games at Feethams, before moving to the Darlington Arena in 2003...

. He made his debut in the Football League

The Football League

The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...

 in April 2010 as a 16-year-old.

Career

Marshall, a striker born in Gateshead

Gateshead

Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear, England and is the main settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. Historically a part of County Durham, it lies on the southern bank of the River Tyne opposite Newcastle upon Tyne and together they form the urban core of Tyneside...

, joined Darlington

Darlington F.C.

Darlington Football Club is a professional association football club based in Darlington, County Durham, currently playing in the Conference National. The club was founded in 1883, and originally played its games at Feethams, before moving to the Darlington Arena in 2003...

 on a youth contract in 2009. He made his first-team debut as a 16-year-old on 27 April 2010, replacing Nathan Mulligan

Nathan Mulligan

Nathan Mulligan is a footballer who is a free agent, having been last contracted to Darlington as a midfielder.-Career:Mulligan is a former scholar at Middlesbrough’s Academy whose progress was halted when he contracted a form of cancer...

 in the 72nd minute as Darlington lost 5–0 at home to Notts County

Notts County F.C.

Notts County Football Club are an English professional football club based in Nottingham. They are the oldest of all the clubs in the world that are now professional, having been formed in 1862. They currently play in League One of The Football League, the third tier of the English football system...

, a result which confirmed County as champions of Football League Two

Football League Two

Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....

. In the 2010–11 season, he played for Darlington's youth team in their run to the final of the Youth Alliance League Cup, but did not play in the final itself.

External links

• Player profile at Darlington F.C. website