| General |
| Darren Bent | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name: | Darren Ashley Bent | |
| Date of birth: | 6 February 1984 | |
| Place of birth: | Tooting,  England
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| Height: | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |
| Playing position: | Forward | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| -1998 1998–2001 |
Godmanchester Rovers Ipswich Town
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| Senior clubs | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls) |
| 2001–2005 2005–2007 2007–2009 2009–2011 2011–2015 2013–14 2014 2015 2015–2018 2018 Total |
Ipswich Town Charlton Athletic Tottenham Hotspur Sunderland Aston Villa → Fulham (loan) → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) → Derby County (loan) Derby County → Burton Albion (loan)
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122 (48) 68 (31) 60 (18) 58 (32) 54 (21) 24 (3) 5 (2) 15 (10) 58 (12) 15 (2) 486 (179) |
| National team | ||
| 2000–2001 2002 2003–2005 2006–2011 |
England U16 England U19 England U21 England
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6 (0) 3 (0) 14 (9) 13 (4) |
Darren Ashley Bent (born 6 February 1984) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played in the Premier League and Football League for nine clubs, and at senior international level for the England national team.
Bent started his career with Ipswich Town. After progressing through their youth system he made his first team debut in 2001. He made 122 appearances and scored 48 goals in the league for Ipswich, before joining Charlton Athletic for a fee of £2.5 million in 2005. He was Charlton Athletic's top goalscorer for two consecutive seasons and joined Tottenham Hotspur for a club record fee of £16.5 million in 2007. After two seasons at Tottenham he joined Sunderland. After a successful 18 months at Sunderland, he joined Aston Villa in 2011.
He has represented England at under-15, under-16, under-17, under-19, under-21 and senior levels. He made 14 appearances and scored nine goals for the under-21 side, after making his debut against Italy in 2003. He made his debut for the senior England side in 2006 against Uruguay, and has since made 13 appearances for England, scoring four goals. He scored his first goal on 7 September 2010 in a 3–1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match victory against Switzerland.
External links[]
- Darren Bent profile at the official Derby County F.C. website
- Darren Bent profile at the official Football Association website
Darren Bent profile at Soccerbase
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