Marcus Nyamabu Dinanga (born 02 January 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for National League club Gateshead. A product of the Burton Albion academy, Dinanga spent time out on loan at Mickleover Sports before signing his first professional contract at Burton. He spent the 2016–17 season with Matlock Town of the Northern Premier League. Dinanga was loaned out once again, this time to National League North club AFC Telford United in August 2017. He ended the 2017–18 season as the club's top goalscorer. A season-long loan to Hartlepool United followed in July 2018. The agreement was cut short in December 2018 and Dinanga subsequently rejoined Telford, this time on a permanent basis. He signed for League Two club Stevenage in August 2020 and spent time on loan at Chesterfield during the 2020–21 season. Dinanga then signed for National League club Altrincham in June 2021. Career Burton Albion Dinanga graduated from the Burton Albion academy, signing his first professional contract with the club ahead of the 2016–17 season. Having previously spent time on a work-experience loan at Mickleover Sports in February 2016, he joined Matlock Town of the Northern Premier League in August 2016 on an initial one-month loan deal. He scored his first goal for Matlock in the club's 3–1 victory over Sutton Coldfield Town on 23 August 2016. Dinanga scored a hat-trick in a 3–1 win against Stourbridge on 10 September 2016. After scoring five goals within the space of a month, the loan agreement was extended until 2 January 2017. He continued to represent Burton's reserve team during his time on loan at Matlock, playing in reserve matches, as well as in the Birmingham Senior Cup. Having scored 18 goals in all competitions for Matlock, the loan deal was extended for the remainder of the 2016–17 season. He went on to score 34 goals in all competitions for the club during the loan spell. Dinanga was also named in the Northern Premier League Team of the Year at the end-of-season awards ceremony. He returned to Burton and, having scored five goals for the first team in pre-season ahead of the 2017–18 season, signed a one-year contract extension on 31 July 2017. Dinanga joined National League North club AFC Telford United on a season-long loan deal on 14 August 2017. He had featured for AFC Telford in a pre-season friendly against Shrewsbury Town prior