Marlon Alex James (born 16 November 1976) is a retired Vincentian soccer player.

Career

Youth and early Caribbean career

James began his career in his native St. Vincent with the Youth Olympians, and played club soccer for Combined Stars FC and Newwill Hope International FC, eventually turning professional in 2000.

Professional

James began his professional career in Ireland with Bray Wanderers. He transferred to FC Tirsense in the

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in 2001, and later played for Selangor

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in Malaysia, scoring 19 league goals in 2004 and 22 goals in 2005. He also played for Selangor FA in 2005 for Sultan Selangor Cup against

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. James enjoyed a hugely successful period with

Kedah FA Kedah Darul Aman Football Club ( ms, Kelab Bola Sepak Kedah Darul Aman) is a football club based in Alor Setar, Kedah, that competes in the Malaysia Super League. They are the only team in the history of Malaysian football to have won two treb ...

in Malaysia between 2006 and 2008. On 8 September 2007, his two goals enabled

to clinch the Malaysia Cup title in a 3–0 win over

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, and also brought

to the highest level in Malaysian football history. James received the 2006/2007 Most Valuable Foreign Player award in the 100Plus-F.A.M National Football Awards after his team won the treble –

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, and Malaysia Cup. He scored a total of 40 goals in those 3 competitions. He also retained his

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award in the next season after helping

to win another treble in the 2007/2008 season. After the

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barred foreign players from competing in the 2008 season of the

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, James moved to Canada, signing a two-year deal with the

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in the

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. After residing in his homeland and resting from playing football for a year, he returned to

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and joined the

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club,

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alongside Bruno Martelotto. Marlon helped ATM FA win the 2012 Malaysia Premier League, runners-up in the 2012 Malaysia Cup as well as win the Super League Golden Boot for the second time in 2013. In May 2014, Marlon terminated his contract with ATM FA and subsequently retired from playing football professionally, due to persistent injuries which made him missed most of the ATM FA's 2014 season matches.Nik Afiq (15 April 2014)
Marlon Alex James calls it a day and leaves ATM
Goal.com. Retrieved on 29 October 2016.

International

James has represented St. Vincent & Grenadines. Since 1995, the striker has earned 55 caps and scored 12 goals for his country, including four goals in 10

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qualifying matches. His last international goal was scored against

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in Montreal, Canada on 20 June 2008, when St. Vincent & Grenadines lost 4–1 in the qualifying stages for the

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in South Africa.

Honours

Kedah FA

: 2006–07, 2007–08 * Malaysia Cup: 2007, 2008 *

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, 2008

ATM FA

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: Runners up

Individual

Golden Boot: 2007–08,

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* 100Plus-Football Association of Malaysia National Football Awards Most Valuable Foreign Players: 2006–07, 2007–08

References

External links

Vancouver Whitecaps bio
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Malaysia League Video 1 Video 2
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