Marcelle Bruce

Marcelle Bruce

Personal information
Full name	Marcelle Eugene Bruce[1]
Date of birth	15 March 1971[1]
Place of birth	Detroit, Michigan, United States[1]
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
	Colchester United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1989–1991	Colchester United	33	(1)
	Baldock Town
	Hemel Hempstead Town
Total		33	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Marcelle Eugene Bruce (born 15 March 1971) is an American former soccer player who played as a defender in the Football League for Colchester United.

Career

Born in Detroit, Michigan, Bruce began his career with English Football League club Colchester United.^[1] He made his debut for the first-team aged 18 in a 2–1 home defeat to Cambridge United on 10 November 1989.^[2] He scored his only professional goal for the club and the only goal of the game in a victory over Grimsby Town on 20 February 1990.^[3] Bruce made 29 league appearances for Colchester in the 1989–90 season, but could not help the club avoid relegation from the Football League to the Football Conference.^[4] He made four appearances in the Conference, and played his final game for the U's in a 2–0 Conference League Cup defeat to Sutton United on 26 February 1991.^[5]

Following his exit from Colchester, Bruce teamed up with non-league outfits Baldock Town and Hemel Hempstead Town.^[1]

References

1. "Colchester United - Player profile". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
2. "Colchester United - Match details - Colchester Utd 1–2 Cambridge United". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
3. "Colchester United - Match details - Colchester Utd 1–0 Grimsby Town". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
4. "Colchester United - Tables". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
5. "Colchester United - Match details - Sutton United 2–0 Colchester Utd". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2013.