Personal information | |||
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Full name | Julian Timothy Darby | ||
Date of birth | 3 October 1967 | ||
Place of birth | Farnworth, Lancashire, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
Playing position | Defender / Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Leeds United (First Team Coach) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1986–1993 | Bolton Wanderers | 270 | (36) |
1993–1995 | Coventry City | 55 | (5) |
1995–1997 | West Bromwich Albion | 39 | (1) |
1997–2000 | Preston North End | 36 | (1) |
1998 | → Rotherham United (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2000–2001 | Carlisle United | 18 | (1) |
Total | 421 | (44) | |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Julian Timothy Darby (born 3 October 1967) is a current football First Team Coach at Leeds United and an English former professional footballer who played as a defender and Midfielder from 1986 until 2001, notably in the Premier League for Coventry City.
He also played for Bolton Wanderers, West Bromwich Albion, Preston North End, Rotherham United and Carlisle United. During his coaching career he has coached at Nottingham Forest, Derby County, Bolton Wanderers and Preston North End.
He played for Bolton Wanderers from 1986 to 1993, scoring 36 goals in 270 league appearances. He scored in the 1989 Associate Members Cup final, with Bolton beating Torquay United 4–1 at Wembley Stadium, in a side captained by future Derby boss Phil Brown. He subsequently joined Coventry City in 1993 but after 50+ games for them was transferred to West Bromwich Albion on 16 November 1995, making his debut for them shortly afterwards against Sunderland. In 1997, he moved to Preston North End, and following a loan spell at Rotherham United he transferred to Carlisle United in 2000 before retiring as a player in 2001.