Darren Way
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Darren Way | ||
| Date of birth | 21 November 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Plymouth, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Yeovil Town (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–1998 | Norwich City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2000 | Norwich City | 0 | (0) |
| 2000–2006 | Yeovil Town | 207 | (26) |
| 2006–2008 | Swansea City | 16 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | → Yeovil Town (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 2008–2010 | Yeovil Town | 15 | (2) |
| Total | 246 | (29) | |
| National team | |||
| 1995–1996 | England U16 | 6 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | England National Game XI | 3 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2010–2015 | Yeovil Town (first-team coach) | ||
| 2015 | Yeovil Town (assistant) | ||
| 2015 | Yeovil Town (first-team coach) | ||
| 2015– | Yeovil Town | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Darren Way (born 21 November 1979) is an English retired professional footballer and current manager of Yeovil Town.
A hard tackling centre-midfielder as a player, Way started his career at Norwich City as an associate schoolboy in 1994, and while there was selected for the England U16 side making six appearances. He progressed through the youth ranks to captain the reserve side and earn a professional contract at Carrow Road but was released in the summer of 2000 after failing to make a first team appearance. Following his release Way returned to the South West and signed for Football Conference side Yeovil Town. While playing for Yeovil in the Conference he was called up several times to the England National Game XI side making three appearances, scoring once.
A firm fans favourite during his time at Yeovil, affectionately nicknamed "Weasel" by the fans, he scored twelve goals in his first season as the club narrowly missed out on promotion to the Football League before forming a strong partnership with fellow central midfielder Lee Johnson he was part of the side that won the FA Trophy, earned promotion to the Football League for the first time in the club's history and promotion to League One in 2005. Way's performances in the 2004–05 season saw him recognised by his fellow professionals and awarded a place in the League Two team of the year. Way left the Glovers, in January 2006, after five and a half years to sign for Swansea City for a fee of £150,000. His time in South Wales though was plagued with injuries, during one of his recoveries from injury he returned to Yeovil on loan for six weeks. In the summer of 2008, Way left Swansea having made only 21 appearances and returned to Yeovil. In December 2008, Way was involved in a serious car accident whilst a passenger in a car, leaving him with injuries which included a broken femur and broken hip. The accident ended his playing career, having made 274 appearances across three spells for Yeovil, and in February 2010 he announced his retirement and became the club's new first team coach.
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