Darren Carter
Carter playing for Northampton Town in 2014
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Darren Anthony Carter | ||
| Date of birth | 18 December 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Solihull, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Forest Green Rovers | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2001 | Birmingham City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2005 | Birmingham City | 45 | (3) |
| 2004 | → Sunderland (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2005–2007 | West Bromwich Albion | 53 | (4) |
| 2007–2011 | Preston North End | 94 | (4) |
| 2010–2011 | → Millwall (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Cheltenham Town | 34 | (6) |
| 2013–2015 | Northampton Town | 60 | (6) |
| 2015– | Forest Green Rovers | 56 | (11) |
| National team | |||
| 2002 | England U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | England U20 | 11 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:24, 4 February 2017 (UTC). |
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Darren Anthony Carter (born 18 December 1983) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for National League club Forest Green Rovers.
A former England under-19 and under-20 international, he began his career with Birmingham City, and came to prominence at the age of 18 when his penalty won the club promotion into the Premier League in the 2002 First Division play-off final. He was loaned out to Sunderland in winter 2004, before he was sold on to West Bromwich Albion for £1.5 million in July 2005. In August 2007, he was sold on to Preston North End for a fee of up to £1.25 million. Loaned out to Millwall in the 2010–11 season, he later had to spend the 2011–12 season without a club after tearing a groin muscle during a trial game. He returned to action in the 2012–13 campaign with Cheltenham Town, and then spent two seasons with Northampton Town. In September 2015, Carter signed for Forest Green Rovers on a free transfer for the remainder of the season.
Carter was born in Solihull, West Midlands. He made his first-team debut for Birmingham City in the First Division at the age of 18 in a 1–0 defeat to local rivals West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns on 29 January 2002. He scored his first goal in senior football on 10 April, helping the Blues to secure a play-off spot with a 3–1 victory over Crewe Alexandra at St Andrew's. On 12 May, he made himself a Birmingham City hero when he scored the decisive penalty in the shoot-out to win the play-off final against Norwich City at the Millennium Stadium. The match had finished 1–1 after extra time and the spot-kick sealed Birmingham's promotion to the Premiership.
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