Marvin Anthony Sordell (born 17 February 1991) is an English former professional footballer who plays as a forward for Southern League Premier Division Central club Kettering Town.

After 27 goals in 81 games for Watford in two and a half years, Sordell earned a £3 million move to the Premier League with Bolton Wanderers in January 2012.

After just one goal in 20 games for Burnley, his contract was cancelled in September 2015, where he went on to join League One club Colchester United, and at the end of the season Coventry City.

[11] He scored his first goal in his third appearance for the club ten days later in a League Cup second round encounter with Leeds United.

[13] Following his first start for Watford on 29 August 2009, Sordell was not involved in first-team football until February 2010, when he was loaned out to League One club Tranmere Rovers for and initial month.

[30] Sordell scored his first goal of the 2011–12 season in Watford's League Cup penalty shootout exit against Bristol Rovers on 23 August 2011.

[33] After six games without a goal, Sordell scored a brace in three first-half minutes on 29 October to help his side to a 3–2 win over Peterborough United.

[2] On transfer deadline day, 31 January 2012, Sordell signed a three-and-a-half-year deal with Premier League club Bolton Wanderers[40] for a £3 million fee.

[2] Former Watford owner Laurence Bassini claimed in July 2019 he felt Bolton overpaid, and he personally refunded them several hundred thousand pounds.

[41] Sordell made his Premier League debut on 4 February as substitute for David Ngog, playing the final eight minutes of Bolton's 2–0 defeat to Norwich City at Carrow Road.

[46] In the new year, manager Dougie Freedman told the press that Sordell was suffering from homesickness and abuse by Internet trolls since the events with Millwall.

[48] He then scored both goals in Bolton's 2–0 replay win at the Stadium of Light ten days later to hand his side a fourth round match against Everton.

[63] Having previously played under Burnley boss Sean Dyche when they were both at Watford, Sordell signed for the newly promoted Premier League side on 4 July 2014 for an undisclosed fee from Bolton.

[78] Sordell's next goal for the club did not arrive until 9 January 2016 in the third round of the FA Cup, scoring Colchester's second in their 2–1 win over Charlton Athletic after providing the assist for George Moncur's opener.

[79] After featuring for the U's in their fourth round FA Cup defeat to Tottenham Hotspur, Sordell suffered an ankle injury in training that required surgery.

"[83] He made his debut on 6 August as the season began with a 1–0 loss at Swindon Town, in which he was substituted at half time for Kyel Reid.

[87] On 1 January 2017, Sordell joined Championship side Burton Albion from Coventry in a swap deal that saw Stuart Beavon and Callum Reilly going in the opposite direction.

[89] On 24 February he scored his first goal for the Brewers, netting from 20 yards to secure a draw with fellow strugglers Blackburn Rovers, also at the Pirelli Stadium.

[90] He finished his first term with the club with figures of 21 games and four goals, including a brace in the first half of a 5–3 defeat by Brentford on 18 March,[91] as the Nigel Clough-led team defied odds to avoid relegation.

[96] On 23 September 2024, Sordell came out of retirement to join Southern League Premier Division Central side Kettering Town.

[3] Sordell made his England under-21 debut as a substitute for Nathan Delfouneso on 1 September 2011 during the Young Lions' 6–0 2013 European Under-21 Championship qualifying win over Azerbaijan at his home ground, Watford's Vicarage Road stadium.

[5] He was a second-half substitute for Craig Bellamy in Great Britain's first match since 1971 in a pre-Olympic Games 2–0 friendly defeat by Brazil on 20 July 2012.

[102] Sordell made a substitute appearance for Team GB during their 1–1 draw with Senegal at Old Trafford on 26 July, the side's first Olympic match since 1960.

[106] While en route to Belgrade for an England under-21 match in October 2012, Sordell downloaded an e-book to read on the journey, titled Trafficked, by Sophie Hayes.

The Foundation helped raise money for charities fighting trafficking, and the first event in March 2013 earned more than £10,000 with 150 people in attendance at London's May Fair hotel.

[109] In September 2021, he spoke to the Home Affairs Select Committee and said that social media accounts should be personally identifiable in order to prevent harassment and abuse.