English footballer (born 1992)
Marcus Bettinelli
(born 24 May 1992) is an English professional
footballer
who plays as a
goalkeeper
for
Premier League
club
Chelsea
. He has been capped by the
England national under-21 team
and called up for the senior team.
Club career
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Fulham
[
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Early life and career
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Bettinelli was born in
Camberwell
, Greater London.
[6]
He started his career with
Fulham
aged 14 in July 2006,
[7]
signing his first professional contract in July 2010.
[8]
Bettinelli joined
Conference Premier
club
Dartford
on 17 August 2012 on a one-month
loan
to gain first-team experience.
[9]
He made his debut a day later, in a 2?0 away loss against
Macclesfield Town
.
[10]
Having made seven appearances so far, his loan spell was extended for another month.
[11]
This would happen again, as it was extended until Christmas.
[12]
He went on to make 42 appearances in all competitions before being recalled by Fulham on 26 March 2013.
[13]
Bettinelli joined
League Two
club
Accrington Stanley
on 28 August 2013 on a one-month loan.
[14]
[15]
He made his debut the same day in the
League Cup
against
Cardiff City
in a 2?0 home defeat.
[16]
His
Football League
debut on 31 August, in a 1?0 home defeat to
Burton Albion
.
[17]
Fulham confirmed on 2 September 2013 that Bettinelli would stay with Accrington for the rest of the
2013?14 season
,
[18]
but he was recalled on 26 December
[19]
and was named as a
substitute
in Fulham's 2?1 away win over
Norwich City
in the league as cover for
David Stockdale
.
[20]
On 3 January 2014, he re-joined Accrington Stanley on loan until 30 January 2014.
[21]
2014?2021
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Bettinelli agreed a two-year extension to his Fulham contract on 10 January 2014, which would keep him at the club until June 2016.
[22]
He made his debut for the club on 26 August in the second round of the League Cup away to
West London rivals
Brentford
, keeping a clean sheet in a 1?0 victory.
[23]
Four days later he made his league debut for Fulham in the
Championship
, a 1?1 home draw with Cardiff City.
[24]
On 5 December, he was sent off after 18 minutes in a 5?0 loss to Watford at
Craven Cottage
for fouling
Mat?j Vydra
, conceding a penalty that
Troy Deeney
put past substitute goalkeeper
Gabor Kiraly
.
[25]
Bettinelli signed another contract extension on 30 August 2017, keeping him at Fulham until June 2020 with an option in the club's favour to extend for a further year.
[26]
He was second-choice to
David Button
for all but the last six matches of the
2016?17 Championship
season and thought that his Fulham career was over, but manager
Slavi?a Jokanovi?
eventually made him the starting goalkeeper for the following season.
[27]
Fulham finished third and qualified for the
play-offs
, defeating
Derby County
2?1 on aggregate in the semi-final and
Aston Villa
1?0 in the
final
at
Wembley Stadium
.
[28]
[29]
In October 2018, Bettinelli signed a new contract to last until 2021.
[30]
For 2018?19, he lost his place to on-loan Spaniard
Sergio Rico
shortly before Jokanovi?'s dismissal in November, and the situation remained the same under new manager
Claudio Ranieri
.
[31]
[32]
He ended his season in February 2019 when he was ruled out for six months following a knee operation.
[33]
On 10 September 2020, Bettinelli joined Championship club
Middlesbrough
on a season-long loan deal.
[34]
Chelsea
[
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Bettinelli signed for Premier League club
Chelsea
on 28 July 2021 on a two-year contract.
[35]
He made his Chelsea debut on 8 January 2022, in the 5?1
FA Cup third round
victory over
National League
side
Chesterfield
at
Stamford Bridge
.
[36]
On 27 March 2023, he signed a new deal that will run to the summer of 2026.
[37]
[38]
International career
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In November 2014, Bettinelli was called up to the
England U21
squad for the first time for matches against
Portugal
and
France
.
[39]
He made his debut for the under-21 side in a friendly against the
Czech Republic
on 27 March 2015 in a 1?0 away win.
[40]
This proved to be his only appearance for the under-21 team.
[41]
In September 2018, he was called up to the senior
England
squad for matches against
Spain
and
Switzerland
.
[42]
Personal life
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Bettinelli is the son of
Fulham Academy
goalkeeping coach Vic Bettinelli,
[43]
and he is of Italian descent on his father's side.
[44]
Bettinelli and his wife live with their two dogs. In his free time, Bettinelli enjoys playing golf, video games and watching movies and shows on Netflix.
[45]
Career statistics
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- As of match played 8 January 2022
Honours
[
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Fulham
Chelsea
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