| General |
| Stephen Darby | ||
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| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Mark Darby | |
| Date of birth | 6 October 1988 | |
| Place of birth | Liverpool,  England
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| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |
| Playing position | Right back | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| –2008 | Liverpool
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| Senior clubs | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls) |
| 2008–2012 2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2017 2017–2018 Total |
Liverpool → Swindon Town (loan) → Notts County (loan) → Rochdale (loan) Bradford City Bolton Wanderers |
1 (0) 12 (0) 22 (0) 35 (0) 194 (0) 3 (0) 367 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 2007–2008 | England U19
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2 (0) |
Stephen Mark Darby (born 6 October 1988) is an English former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Darby represented England at under-19 level. He was part of the Bradford team that reached the 2013 Football League Cup Final, made over 200 appearances for the club and captained the side for two seasons.
Personal life[]
Darby is married to Steph Houghton, captain of Manchester City Women and the England women's national team. They married on 21 June 2018.
Darby set up the Darby Rimmer MND Foundation to fund support for families affected by motor neurone disease, and research a cure. In July 2019 two of his former clubs (Liverpool and Bradford City) held a fundraising match. His final club, Bolton Wanderers, played a fund-raising against a team consisting of legendary Bolton players on 12 November 2021 to help raise money for Gethin Jones's (a then Bolton player) Mother's recovery, as she had been diagnosed with motor neurone disease with quarter of the money going to Darby's charity.
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| England
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