Darren Wassall
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 27 June 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Edgbaston, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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| Youth career | |||
| – | Nottingham Forest | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1992 | Nottingham Forest | 27 | (0) |
| 1987 | → Hereford United (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1989 | → Bury (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 1992–1997 | Derby County | 98 | (0) |
| 1996 | → Manchester City (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 1997 | → Birmingham City (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 1997–2000 | Birmingham City | 17 | (0) |
| 2000–2005 | Burton Albion | 37 | (0) |
| Total | 213 | (1) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2013 | Derby County (caretaker) | ||
| 2016 | Derby County | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Darren Wassall (born 1968) is an English football player and coach, who played as a defender. He has been academy director of Derby County since 2009; he was also the club's head coach on a temporary basis during 2016. He played for Nottingham Forest, Derby County, Birmingham City and Burton Albion, and also had loan spells with Hereford United, Bury and Manchester City, making a total of 177 Football League appearances.
Wassall began his career in 1984 at Nottingham Forest, where he was a product of the youth system. He failed to win a regular first-team place, although he was a reliable stand-in to the likes of Des Walker, and was loaned out to Hereford United and Bury. Despite his limited opportunities, Wassall featured in two finals for Forest, winning a medal in the 1992 Full Members Cup 3–2 victory over Southampton (having scored his one and only Forest goal in the semi-final second leg against Leicester City at the City Ground) and playing in the 1–0 defeat in the 1992 Football League Cup Final against Manchester United.
He left Forest for Derby County in 1992 in a £600,000 deal, and after an alleged dressing-room incident with manager Brian Clough. While at Derby, he had loan spells at Manchester City and Birmingham City.
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