Duane Darby
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 October 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1995 | Torquay United | 108 | (26) |
| 1995–1996 | Doncaster Rovers | 15 | (4) |
| 1996–1998 | Hull City | 79 | (28) |
| 1998–2000 | Notts County | 28 | (5) |
| 1999 | → Hull City (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2000–2003 | Rushden & Diamonds | 117 | (47) |
| 2003–2006 | Shrewsbury Town | 51 | (13) |
| 2006–2007 | Nuneaton Borough | 27 | (9) |
| 2007 | Halesowen Town | 4 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | Bromsgrove Rovers | 6 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | Stourport Swifts | ? | (1) |
| 2009 | Hednesford Town | 2 | (0) |
| 2009 | Evesham United | ||
| 2009–2010 | Alvechurch | ||
| 2010– | Redditch United | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 2013 | Cradley Town | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:45, 26 August 2006 (UTC). |
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Duane Darby (born 17 October 1973) is a professional footballer who has made over 400 senior appearances in English football, and scored over 100 goals. He played a significant number of games for Torquay United and Hull City, and also helped both Rushden & Diamonds and Shrewsbury Town gain promotion from the Conference to the Football League.
Prior to signing for a professional club, Darby played as a youth for Halas Hawks Junior F.C, a junior football club based at Halesowen in the West Midlands. His manager at that time, Graham Barrett, was instrumental in obtaining his position at Torquay. Darby began his career as an apprentice with Torquay United, making his league debut while still a trainee, scoring in a 2–1 defeat at home to Reading having come on as a substitute, and he went on to make a further 13 league appearances that season. He turned professional on 3 July 1992 and went on to score 26 times in 108 league games for the Gulls. On 19 July 1995 he moved to Doncaster Rovers, but stayed less than a year, moving to Hull City on 27 March 1996 for a sum of £25,000. He was a great success with the Tigers, scoring regularly and broke the Hull record for most goals in a competitive game when he scored 6 times against Whitby Town in an FA Cup 1st Round Replay in November 1996.
After scoring 27 times in 78 league games he moved on a 'Bosman' to newly promoted Notts County on 2 July 1998, but missed most of his first season with the Magpies through injury. He returned to Hull City on loan on 25 March 1999. He started the following season for Notts County in top form, but was surprisingly placed on the transfer list in March 2000 and finally left Notts County on 21 June 2000, joining Conference side Rushden & Diamonds for a fee of £100,000.
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