Place of birth Coventry, England Name Marcus Harness Date joined 2013 Years Team Weight 70 kg | Number 17 Height 1.82 m Playing position Role Footballer | |
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Full name Marcus Anthony Myers-Harness Date of birth 24 February 1996 (age 19) Current team Aldershot Town F.C. (#24 / Midfielder) | ||
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Marcus Anthony Myers-Harness (born 24 February 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL League Two side Port Vale, on loan from EFL Championship club Burton Albion.
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He made his competitive first team debut for Burton Albion in September 2013, at the age of 17. He helped the club to win the League Two title in the 2014–15 season, and then had loan spells at Ilkeston and Aldershot Town, before he helped Burton to win promotion out of League One in 2015–16. He joined Port Vale on loan for the 2017–18 season.
Playing career
Harness spent time in the youth team at Coventry City, before switching to Burton Albion. He made his first competitive appearance for Burton in a 1–0 defeat to Notts County at Meadow Lane in a League Trophy tie on 3 September 2013. He made his league debut on 22 March 2014, coming on for Alex MacDonald 68 minutes into a 1–0 defeat to Scunthorpe United at Glanford Park. He made his first league start on 3 May, in a 1–0 defeat to Southend United at Roots Hall; this was his fourth and final appearance of the 2013–14 camaign.
He signed a two-year professional contract in May 2014. Speaking two months later, manager Gary Rowett said that Harness had "bulked up" over the summer and "he’s one of those players who can go past people. Whether he can do that over a sustained period, we’ll only know when he gets opportunities." On 27 August 2014, he was voted man of the match in Burton's 1–0 win over Premier League side Queens Park Rangers in a League Cup tie at the Pirelli Stadium; he won a free-kick on the edge of the box that was scored by Adam McGurk. He played 22 games throughout the 2014–15 season as Burton won promotion as champions of League Two. However he featured in just four games in the second half of the campaign, despite manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink saying he was "doing really, really well in training".
On 7 August 2015, he joined Northern Premier League Premier Division side Ilkeston on a one-month loan. He was sent off during injury-time in a 4–3 win over Stourbridge on 23 August. On 27 November 2015, he joined National League club Aldershot Town on a five-week loan. However he made just two substitute appearances for Barry Smith's "Shots" during his spell at the Recreation Ground. He went on to make five substitute appearances for Burton as the club achieved promotion out of League One and he "impressed with his pace and direct running" during these games and was named as Burton's 'Most Improved Young Player' for the 2015–16 season, after which his contract was extended for a further year. He played ten Championship matches in the 2016–17 season, and Albion took up a one-year extension to Harness's contract in May 2017.
On 18 July 2017, he joined League Two side Port Vale on loan for the 2017–18 season.
Style of play
Burton Mail reporter Joshua Murray described Harness as a pacey and skillful winger, who is right-footed but able to play on either flank or even at wing-back.