25 Facts About Marlon King

Marlon King played for Barnet, Gillingham, Leeds United and Nottingham Forest before moving to Watford in 2005.

Marlon King joined Coventry City in September 2010, following his release from prison, and made 29 appearances for the club before controversially switching to Birmingham City in June 2011.

Marlon King has played and scored for the Jamaica national team.

Marlon King started his career at Dulwich Hamlet, before becoming a trainee at Barnet, where he would go on to make 60 first team appearances.

In May 2002 Marlon King was jailed for 18 months for driving a stolen car, but returned to the Gillingham team in October 2002 after he was released on appeal.

Marlon King struggled to win over the fans at Nottingham Forest, before netting an injury-time winning goal in an emotional match against West Ham United, the first after the death of Brian Clough.

Marlon King impressed at the Hertfordshire club, scoring 12 goals in 21 games as Watford featured in the upper reaches of the table.

Marlon King scored his debut Premier League goal against West Ham United in the second game of the new season.

Marlon King scored in the final two games of the season, away at Reading and at home to Newcastle United to bring his season tally to four.

Marlon King had a medical at Fulham in January 2008, which Fulham at the time said he had failed.

On 22 January 2009, Marlon King's loan spell with Hull ended and he signed a loan deal with Middlesbrough.

Marlon King returned to Wigan in the summer of 2009 season after his loan spell ended.

Marlon King mainly found himself on the bench for Roberto Martinez's side.

Marlon King finished the season with 18 goals and 12 assists as Birmingham reached the play-off semi-final.

On 28 August 2013, it was announced that Marlon King would be leaving Birmingham, after his contract was terminated by mutual consent in order to reduce the club's wage bill.

Marlon King quickly fell out of favour following the arrival of new manager Nigel Clough however, and following a spell on the sidelines due to a knee injury he was released in December 2013.

In 2004 Marlon King played an important part in Jamaica's unsuccessful attempt to qualify for the 2006 World Cup, scoring six goals in eight games.

Marlon King was named in the squad to face England in a friendly on 3 June 2006, but was sent home for an alleged breach of discipline.

Marlon King played for Jamaica in a friendly against Trinidad and Tobago scoring a goal and captaining the team in the absence of Ricardo Gardner due to injury.

Marlon King was not selected again after the suspension, and announced his retirement from international football in November 2012.

Marlon King scored 12 goals from 22 senior international appearances.

Marlon King is married to Julie, a former Miss Zambia, and has three children.

In December 2008, again in the Soho area, Marlon King was arrested on suspicion of punching a 20-year-old female university student in the face, causing a broken nose and split lip for which she was treated in hospital.

Marlon King was arrested and bailed once more in April 2013 after a car crash which left one man seriously injured, and in July of the same year, he was again arrested in connection with a hit-and-run incident which had left a second man injured.

Marlon King pleaded 'not guilty' to the first incident in November of the same year and had a trial date set for March 2014.