1. Marc Anthony Pugh was born on 2 April 1987 and is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger or attacking midfielder.
42 Facts About Marc Pugh
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Marc Pugh has played in the English Football League and Premier League for Bury, Shrewsbury Town, Luton Town, Hereford United, AFC Bournemouth and Hull City.
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Marc Pugh was released by the club having made his first-team debut while on loan at Kidderminster Harriers and signed a short-term contract with Bury in 2006.
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Marc Pugh later signed a professional contract at the club and after rejecting an extended contract in 2007 he signed for Shrewsbury Town.
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Marc Pugh was loaned out to Luton Town and Hereford United, joining the latter permanently in 2009.
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Marc Pugh left Hereford after one season to sign for Bournemouth in 2010, where he was top scorer in his first two seasons.
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Marc Pugh has since made over 300 appearances for the club, helping them win promotion to the Championship in 2013 and the Premier League two years later.
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Marc Pugh was born in Bacup, Lancashire, to Tony and Denise.
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Marc Pugh grew up in Stacksteads and attended All Saints' Catholic High School, Rawtenstall.
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Marc Pugh is married to Laura, with whom he has two daughters.
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Marc Pugh started his career with First Division club Burnley where, at a young age, he started as a Centre of Excellence player, and gradually worked his way up through the ranks to become an apprentice in 2003.
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Marc Pugh returned to Burnley on 13 December 2005 after picking up a groin injury, but returned to Kidderminster for a second loan spell on 7 January 2006.
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Marc Pugh learned that he would not receive a professional contract at Burnley in February 2006, which was partly because both Chris McCann and Kyle Lafferty had both already received professional contracts and they were only second year apprentices.
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Marc Pugh rejected this in February 2007, saying he "wanted to keep his options open".
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Casper revealed his disappointment at this and Marc Pugh later said financial reasons were his motivation to reject a new contract.
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Marc Pugh was offered renewed contracts throughout the season but still took none of them, which Casper blamed on his agent.
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Marc Pugh suffered an injury in November 2007 and underwent a scan, which was believed to be a cartilage problem.
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Marc Pugh returned to Shrewsbury after playing in four matches for Luton.
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Marc Pugh finished the loan spell with nine appearances and one goal, as Hereford were relegated after finishing bottom of League Two.
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Marc Pugh was released by Shrewsbury after having the remaining year of his contract cancelled on 26 June 2009.
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Marc Pugh re-joined Hereford on a permanent basis following their relegation into League Two, signing a one-year contract on 30 June 2009.
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Marc Pugh's goals were credited with helping stabilise Hereford, as they finished in 16th place in League Two.
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Marc Pugh left Hereford at the end of the season after rejecting a new two-year contract.
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Marc Pugh signed for newly promoted League One club AFC Bournemouth on 4 June 2010 on a three-year contract, for a compensation fee.
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Marc Pugh was praised for a "virtuoso performance" by the Bournemouth Daily Echo.
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Marc Pugh had a strong start to his Bournemouth career, and was leading the club's goalscoring charts with six goals by mid-October 2010.
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Bournemouth qualified for the League One play-offs with a sixth-place finish, and Marc Pugh played in both legs of their semi-final with Huddersfield.
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Marc Pugh was voted the Bournemouth Daily Echo Supporters' Player of the Year; this newspaper described him as "a rare shining light during an up-and-down campaign".
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Marc Pugh decided not to sign a new contract with Bournemouth in July 2012, and the club was willing to listen to offers for him.
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Marc Pugh started the season in indifferent form, much like the rest of the team, and had a brief spell on the bench during September 2012.
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Marc Pugh signed a new three-and-a-half-year contract with the club in November 2012, tying him to the club until the summer of 2016.
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Marc Pugh cited the return of Howe and Bournemouth's promotion credentials as his reasons for signing a new contract.
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In mid-November 2013 Marc Pugh stated his belief that Bournemouth had made a "decent start" to the season; by this point he had scored 4 goals from 16 appearances.
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In November 2015, Marc Pugh signed a new two-and-a-half-year contract with Bournemouth, tying him to the club until the summer of 2018.
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Marc Pugh's loan spell was cut short on 25 April 2019 when he returned to Bournemouth with a broken toe, sustained in the match against Sheffield United on 22 April.
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Marc Pugh was released by Bournemouth at the end of the season.
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Marc Pugh signed for Championship club Queens Park Rangers on 27 July 2019 on a one-year contract with the option of a further year.
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Marc Pugh returned to Shrewsbury Town on 26 October 2020 on a short-term contract lasting until January 2021.
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Marc Pugh left the club on 19 January 2021 alongside Charlie Daniels after the expiry of their contracts.
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On 20 March 2023, Pugh signed for Northern Premier League Division One West side, Clitheroe.
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Marc Pugh primarily plays as a winger but can play as an attacking midfielder.
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Marc Pugh has been noted for his dribbling skills, particularly his fondness for a Cruyff Turn, and his ability to get past opposition players, and in February 2015 was praised by manager Eddie Howe for adding "real intelligence with his movement".