Marc Stephen John Bircham
(born May 11, 1978 in Wembley
) is a
retired Canadian defensive midfielder football
Club career
London-born Bircham started his professional career at
Millwall and after 6 seasons joined
Queens Park Rangers where he became a
crowd favourite. Bircham used to be known for his unusual hairstyle
- a
dyed blue and white streak down the centre
of his hair from when he played for QPR and a red and white streak
while playing for
Canada. QPR fans sang a
song to the tune of
I love you baby
"We love you Bircham because you got blue hair, we love you
Bircham because your everywhere, we love you Bircham because your
Rangers through and through"
In 2007 he moved to
Yeovil Town.
After a series of ankle injuries in the 2008-09 season it was
revealed that Marc has quit football and is going to set up a youth
coaching camp in Cyprus.
International career
Bircham
was eligible to play for Canada, because one of his grandfathers
was born in Winnipeg
.
He made
his debut for Canada in an April 1999
friendly match against Northern Ireland in
Belfast
. That meant that he is the only player to
have played for a country without actually visiting it when his
first cap - as well as his first and only goal - came. He scored
that goal only 8 minutes after coming on as a substitute for
another player making his debut,
Davide
Xausa. He went on to earn 17 caps for his adopted country.He
has represented Canada in 2
FIFA World Cup qualification
matches. His final international was a June 2004 World Cup
qualification match against
Belize.
International goals
- Scores and results list Canada's goal tally
first.
Personal life
Birchams wife Jadene, took part in reality television series
WAGs Boutique on
ITV2. They have three children; boys Sonny and Frankie
and a baby girl, Layla-Rose.
They live in Hemel Hempstead
.
References
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