Marshall Soper
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marshall Soper | ||
| Date of birth | 12 May 1960 | ||
| Place of birth | Newcastle, Australia | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1981–1982 | A.P.I.A. Leichhardt | 49 | (26) |
| 1983–1988 | Sydney Olympic | 125 | (52) |
| 1988 | Wollongong City | 9 | (10) |
| 1989 | Sydney Olympic | 15 | (6) |
| 1989–1990 | Parramatta Eagles | 121 | (8) |
| 1991 | Penang FA | 30 | (11) |
| 1992–1993 | Parramatta Eagles | 24 | (18) |
| 1994–1995 | Marconi Fairfield | 13 | |
| 1995 | Perak | 30 | |
| 1996 | Bonnyrigg White Eagles | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 1983–1986 | Australia | 42 | (9) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:30, 14 August 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Marshall Soper, born 12 May 1960, is a former football (soccer) player with Sydney Olympic.
A bustling but skilful forward with reputation for hot-headedness, he played in 140 games and scored 58 goals for Olympic. His 16 goals in 1983 remained a club record until 1996.
At a national level, Soper played 29 times for the Socceroos, scoring four goals, mostly in "XI" matches against club teams.
In 1991, he top scored (11 goals) for Penang FA in the Malaysian Premier League.
Soper trialled with Arsenal FC.
In later years he coached the Fairfield Bulls and Illawarra Lions.
In late 2010 it was announced that he would become a coach for Newcastle United Jets. Soper then moved to a team in the Illawarra Premier League the Coniston Lions FC to become their Club Coaching Director[1] before accepting the post at his former club Perak FA as their academy head coach in April 2013.[2][3][4]