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Darren Bent

Darren Bent
Darren Bent 26-04-2008 1.jpg
Bent in 2008
Personal information
Full name Darren Ashley Bent
Date of birth (1984-02-06) 6 February 1984 (age 33)
Place of birth Tooting, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
Derby County
Number 11
Youth career
0000–1998 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– Derby County 48 (11)
National team
England U15
2000–2001 England U16 10 (3)
England U17
2002 England U19 3 (3)
2003–2005 England U21 14 (9)
2006–2011 England 13 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:59, 15 February 2017 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:59, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

Darren Ashley Bent (born 6 February 1984) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Championship club Derby County.

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. Bent had loans with Fulham, Brighton & Hove Albion and Derby County and after being released by Villa in 2015 joined Derby permanently.

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.


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