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 Bent in 2008 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Darren Ashley Bent[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 6 February 1984[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Tooting, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1998 | Godmanchester Rovers | ||
| 1998–2001 | Ipswich Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2005 | Ipswich Town | 122 | (48) |
| 2005–2007 | Charlton Athletic | 68 | (31) |
| 2007–2009 | Tottenham Hotspur | 60 | (18) |
| 2009–2011 | Sunderland | 58 | (32) |
| 2011–2015 | Aston Villa | 61 | (21) |
| 2013–2014 | → Fulham (loan) | 24 | (3) |
| 2014 | → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) | 5 | (2) |
| 2015 | → Derby County (loan) | 15 | (10) |
| 2015–2018 | Derby County | 58 | (12) |
| 2018 | → Burton Albion (loan) | 15 | (2) |
| Total | 486 | (179) | |
| International career | |||
| 1999–2000 | England U15 | 8 | (7) |
| 2000–2001 | England U16 | 11 | (3) |
| 2002 | England U19 | 3 | (3) |
| 2003–2005 | England U21 | 14 | (9) |
| 2006–2011 | England | 13 | (4) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Darren Ashley Bent (born 6 February 1984) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker and is currently a radio presenter for talkSPORT.[4] He played in the Premier League and Championship for nine clubs, and at senior international level for the England national team.
Bent started his career with Godmanchester Rovers before being scouted by 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. Bent had loans with Fulham, Brighton & Hove Albion and Derby County, and after being released by Villa in 2015, joined Derby permanently.
Bent represented England at under-15, under-16, under-19, under-21 and senior levels. He made 14 appearances and scored 9 goals for the under-21 team after making his debut against Italy in 2003. He made his debut for the senior England team in 2006 against Uruguay, and went on to make 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.
- ^ "List of players given a free transfer: Derby County" (PDF). English Football League. p. 95. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Darren Bent: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Darren Bent". Derby County F.C. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017.
- ^ Darcy, Libby (10 April 2022). "talkSPORT's Darren Bent to play in Manchester Remembers game". News UK. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
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