Martin Phillips

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Personal information
Martin Phillips
Full name	Martin John Phillips
Date of birth	March 13, 1976
Place of birth	Exeter, Devon, England
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Nickname	Buster
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current club	Torquay United
Number	14
Youth clubs
-1994	Exeter City
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994-1995 1995-1998 1998 1998 1998-2000 1999 2000-2004 2004-	Exeter City Manchester City Scunthorpe United (loan) Exeter City (loan) Portsmouth Bristol Rovers (loan) Plymouth Argyle Torquay United	52 (5) 15 (0) 3 (0) 8 (0) 24 (1) 2 (0) 114 (10) 70 (6)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 15, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Martin John "Buster" Phillips (born March 13, 1976)) is an English professional footballer, currently playing in midfield for Torquay United.

Phillips was born in Exeter and began his football career as a trainee with his local side Exeter City, turning professional in July 1994. He soon attracted the attention of higher division clubs and moved to Manchester City in November 1995 for a fee of £500,000. He struggled to establish himself at Maine Road and was loaned to Scunthorpe United in January 1998 and back to Exeter City in March 1998.

He left Maine Road in August 1998, moving to Portsmouth for a fee of £100,000. Again he struggled to establish himself and spent a month on loan to Bristol Rovers in February 1999. In August 2000 he returned to Devon, joining Plymouth Argyle in August 2000 for a fee of just £25,000 ^[1]. He was released at the end of the 2003-04 season, after spending much of the season struggling with injuries.

He joined Torquay United on a free transfer in July 2004 ^[2], becoming one of a growing band of former Plymouth players signed by Leroy Rosenior, others including Craig Taylor, Brian McGlinchey, Martin Gritton and Matthew Villis.

In November 2006, the BBC linked him with a possible move back to Exeter City, by now a Conference National side ^[3], but the move fell through and Phillips remains at Plainmoor, though is out for a long spell with a viral infection.

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Martin Phillips' career stats at Soccerbase

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Torquay United F.C. - Current Squad
1 Rayner \| 2 Andrews \| 3 John \| 4 Hockley \| 5 Taylor \| 6 Villis \| 7 Kerry \| 8 Williams \| 9 Thorpe \| 10 Mansell \| 11 Hill \| 12 Gordon \| 14 Phillips \| 15 Cooke \| 16 Smith \| 17 Angus \| 18 Woods \| 19 McPhee \| 20 Horsell \| 21 Oliver \| 23 Robertson \| 24 McKoy \| 25 Wheeldon \| 26 Graham \| 27 Dickson \| 28 Reid \| 30 Robinson \| Manager: Curle