Marley Marshall-Miranda

{{short description|Spanish footballer}}

{{Use British English|date=September 2020}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Marley Marshall-Miranda

| fullname = Marley Zane Marshall Miranda{{cite web |url=https://www.efl.com/siteassets/efl-documents/202021/efl-squad-numbering-11.09.2020.pdf |title=Notification of shirt numbers: Colchester United |publisher=English Football League |page=21 |accessdate=20 September 2020}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|10|22|df=y}}{{soccerbase|133371|name=Marley Marshall}}

| birth_place = Madrid, Spain

| height = {{convert|1.75|m|order=flip}}{{Cite web |title=Marley Marshall-Miranda - Midfielder - First Team Profiles - Colchester United |url=https://www.cu-fc.com/fixtures/first-team/midfielder/marley-marshall-miranda/ |access-date=13 August 2023 |website=www.cu-fc.com}}

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Braintree Town

| clubnumber = 8

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2019

| youthclubs1 = Brighton & Hove Albion

| youthyears2 = 2019–2020

| youthclubs2 = Colchester United

| years1 = 2019–2024

| clubs1 = Colchester United

| caps1 = 20

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2019–2020

| clubs2 = → Worthing (loan)

| caps2 = 5

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2024–

| clubs3 = Braintree Town

| caps3 = 28

| goals3 = 1

| club-update = 13:43, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

}}

Marley Zane Marshall-Miranda (born 22 October 2002) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defensive midfielder for {{English football updater|BraintrT}} side Braintree Town.

Career

Marshall-Miranda joined Colchester United from Brighton & Hove Albion in 2019.{{cite web |url=https://worthingfc.com/2019/12/marshall-matters/ |title=Marshall Matters |date=20 December 2019 |publisher=Worthing FC |accessdate=6 September 2020 }} He had appeared for Brighton's under-18 side during the 2018–19 Under-18 Premier League season.{{cite web |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/players/marley-marshall-miranda/562051/ |title=M. Miranda |publisher=Soccerway |accessdate=6 September 2020 }}

After joining Colchester, Marshall-Miranda was sent out on loan to Isthmian League Premier Division side Worthing in December 2019. His loan was extended for a further month in January 2020,{{cite web |url=https://worthingfc.com/2020/01/marley-extends/ |title=Marley Extends |date=14 January 2020 |publisher=Worthing FC |accessdate=6 September 2020 }} before being recalled on 30 January. He scored one goal in six appearances for the club.{{cite web |url=https://worthingfc.com/2020/01/marley-recalled/ |title=Marley Recalled |date=30 January 2020 |publisher=Worthing FC |accessdate=6 September 2020 }}

Marshall-Miranda made his professional debut for Colchester on 5 September 2020, coming on as a second-half substitute for Ben Stevenson in a 3–1 EFL Cup defeat to Reading.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53955782 |title=Reading 3–1 Colchester United |date=5 September 2020 |publisher=BBC Sport |accessdate=6 September 2020 }}

On 21 December 2020, Marshall-Miranda signed a new contract to keep him with Colchester until summer 2023.{{cite web |url=https://www.cu-fc.com/news/2020/december/marley-marshall-miranda-new-contract/ |title=Marley Pens New Deal |date=21 December 2020 |last=Gregory |first=David |publisher=Colchester United FC |accessdate=22 December 2020 }}

On 8 May 2024, the club announced he would leave in the summer once his contract expired.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-08 |title=Colchester United: John Akinde among four players released |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/ck5k0nyg78xo |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}

On 12 June 2024 following his release from Colchester United, Marshall-Miranda secured a permanent movehttps://twitter.com/braintreetownfc/status/1800860387732308197 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}} to fellow Essex outfit Braintree Town ahead of the newly promoted side's upcoming National League campaign.

Career statistics

{{updated|29 March 2025}}

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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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!rowspan=2|Season

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!colspan=2|FA Cup

!colspan=2|League Cup

!colspan=2|Other

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rowspan=6|Colchester United

|2019–20{{soccerbase season|133371|2019|accessdate=6 September 2020}}

|League Two

|0

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2020–21{{soccerbase season|133371|2020|accessdate=6 September 2020}}

|League Two

|1

000103{{efn|Appearances in EFL Trophy}}050
2021–22{{cite web | url=https://www.coludata.co.uk/matchesplayed/1022/marley-marshall-miranda?fplyShowAll=true&fdfaShowAll=true&frt=rescomp#fmft=1&pg=matchesplayed&pd=1022&fply=1020&fplyShowAll=true&clubplmat=1&fsea=82&fdfaShowAll=true&frt=league&fusub=no | title=Marley Marshall-Miranda Match List - Colchester United }}

|League Two

|0

000000000
2022–23{{cite web | url=https://www.coludata.co.uk/matchesplayed/1022/marley-marshall-miranda?fplyShowAll=true&fdfaShowAll=true&frt=rescomp#fmft=1&pg=matchesplayed&pd=1022&fply=1020&fplyShowAll=true&clubplmat=1&fsea=83&fdfaShowAll=true&frt=league&fusub=no | title=Marley Marshall-Miranda Match List - Colchester United }}

|League Two

|17

110202{{cite web | url=https://www.coludata.co.uk/matchesplayed/1022/marley-marshall-miranda?fplyShowAll=true&fdfaShowAll=true&frt=rescomp#fmft=1&pg=matchesplayed&pd=1022&fply=1020&fplyShowAll=true&clubplmat=1&fsea=83&fdfaShowAll=true&frt=cup&fusub=no | title=Marley Marshall-Miranda Match List - Colchester United }}0221
2023–24{{cite web | url=https://www.coludata.co.uk/matchesplayed/1022/marley-marshall-miranda?fplyShowAll=true&fdfaShowAll=true&frt=rescomp#fmft=1&pg=matchesplayed&pd=1022&fply=1020&fplyShowAll=true&clubplmat=1&fsea=85&fdfaShowAll=true&frt=league&fusub=no | title=Marley Marshall-Miranda Match List - Colchester United }}

|League Two

|2

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colspan=2|Total

!20||1||1||0||3||0||5||0||29||1

Worthing (loan)

|2019–20{{cite web |url=https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/isthmian-football-league-premier-division/appearances/2019-2020/marley-marshall/836102 |title=BetVictor Isthmian Premier Division – Appearances – Marley Marshall – 2019-2020 |publisher=Football Web Pages |accessdate=6 September 2020 }}

|Isthmian League Premier Division

|5

100colspan=2|–1{{efn|Appearance in Sussex Senior Challenge Cup}}061
rowspan=1|Braintree Town

|2024–25

|National League

|28

100colspan=2|–4{{efn|Three appearances in National League Cup, one in FA Trophy}}0321
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!53||3||1||0||3||0||10||0||67||3

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References

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