Darren Bent

Darren Ashley Bent (born 6 February 1984) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Darren Bent
Bent in 2008
Personal information
Full name Darren Ashley Bent[1]
Date of birth (1984-02-06) 6 February 1984[2]
Place of birth Tooting, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[3]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
0000–1998 Godmanchester Rovers
1998–2001 Ipswich Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2005 Ipswich Town 122 (48)
2005–2007 Charlton Athletic 68 (31)
2007–2009 Tottenham Hotspur 60 (18)
2009–2011 Sunderland 58 (32)
2011–2015 Aston Villa 61 (21)
2013–2014 → Fulham (loan) 24 (3)
2014 → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 5 (2)
2015 → Derby County (loan) 15 (10)
2015–2018 Derby County 58 (12)
2018 → Burton Albion (loan) 15 (2)
Total 486 (179)
National team
1999–2000 England U15 8 (7)
2000–2001 England U16 11 (3)
2002 England U19 3 (3)
2003–2005 England U21 14 (9)
2006–2011 England 13 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He first played in the Premier League in 2001 for Ipswich Town and during the 2002/03 season he scored 18 goals. He played for Tottenham Hotspur, in 2005 after they paid a record fee of 16.5 million pounds. In August 2007 he signed up to play for Sunderland for a fee of 10 million pounds.

Career statistics

Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ipswich Town 2001–02[4] Premier League 5100111[lower-alpha 1]072
2002–03[5] First Division 351223323[lower-alpha 1]14318
2003–04[6] First Division 371510102[lower-alpha 2]14116
2004–05[7] Championship 452010202[lower-alpha 3]05020
Total 1224843738214156
Charlton Athletic 2005–06[8] Premier League 36185232—4422
2006–07[9] Premier League 32130032—3515
Total 68315264—7937
Tottenham Hotspur 2007–08[10] Premier League 27600108[lower-alpha 1]2368
2008–09[11] Premier League 331210316[lower-alpha 1]44317
Total 601810411467925
Sunderland 2009–10[12] Premier League 38242100—4025
2010–11[13] Premier League 2081122—2311
Total 58323222—6336
Aston Villa 2010–11[13] Premier League 169———169
2011–12[14] Premier League 2292110—2510
2012–13[15] Premier League 1632251—236
2014–15[16] Premier League 70—10—80
Total 61214371—7225
Fulham (loan) 2013–14[17] Premier League 2433231—306
Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 2014–15[16] Championship 52———52
Derby County (loan) 2014–15[16] Championship 151022——1712
Derby County 2015–16[18] Championship 21211102[lower-alpha 3]0253
2016–17[19] Championship 37102231—4213
2017–18[20] Championship 0000000000
Total 73225541208428
Burton Albion (loan) 2017–18[20] Championship 152———152
Career total 48617925173313248568217
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
  2. Appearances in First Division play-offs
  3. Appearances in Championship play-offs

International
Source:[21]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
England 200620
200710
200810
200910
201021
201163
Total134
England score listed first, score column indicates score after each Bent goal.[21]
List of international goals scored by Darren Bent
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
17 September 2010St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland7 Switzerland3–13–1UEFA Euro 2012 qualification[22]
29 February 2011Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark8 Denmark1–12–1Friendly[23]
326 March 2011Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales9 Wales2–02–0UEFA Euro 2012 qualification[24]
47 October 2011Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro11 Montenegro2–02–2UEFA Euro 2012 qualification[25]

Honours

Tottenham Hotspur

England U15

England U16

Individual

References
  1. "List of players given a free transfer: Derby County" (PDF). English Football League. p. 95. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  2. "Darren Bent: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  3. "Darren Bent". Derby County F.C. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017.
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  5. "Games played by Darren Bent in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
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    "Ipswich 2–1 Wolves". BBC Sport. 30 August 2004. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  8. "Games played by Darren Bent in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  9. "Games played by Darren Bent in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  10. "Games played by Darren Bent in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
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  12. "Games played by Darren Bent in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  13. "Games played by Darren Bent in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  14. "Games played by Darren Bent in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  15. "Games played by Darren Bent in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  16. "Games played by Darren Bent in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  17. "Games played by Darren Bent in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  18. "Games played by Darren Bent in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  19. "Games played by Darren Bent in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  20. "Games played by Darren Bent in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  21. Bent, Darren at National-Football-Teams.com
  22. McNulty, Phil (7 September 2010). "Switzerland 1–3 England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  23. Fletcher, Paul (9 February 2011). "Denmark 1–2 England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  24. McNulty, Phil (26 March 2011). "Wales 0–2 England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  25. McNulty, Phil (7 October 2011). "Euro 2012: Montenegro 2–2 England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  26. Stevenson, Jonathan (24 February 2008). "Tottenham 2–1 Chelsea". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  27. McNulty, Phil (1 March 2009). "Man Utd 0–0 Tottenham (aet)". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  28. Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2000). Rothmans Football Yearbook 2000–2001. London: Headline Publishing Group. p. 873. ISBN 978-0-7472-7232-8.
  29. "England's under 16 matches". England Football Online. 14 June 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  30. Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2001). Rothmans Football Yearbook 2001–2002. London: Headline Publishing Group. pp. 883–884. ISBN 978-0-7472-7260-1.
  31. Garin, Erik (12 July 2018). "Nordic Cup for Juniors". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  32. "I Want to Stay - Pablo". TWTD. 28 April 2003. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  33. "Darren Bent: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  34. Haines, Gary (29 June 2007). "Bent: I'll miss fantastic fans". Charlton Athletic F.C. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008.
  35. "Bent: Much more to come". Sunderland Echo. 15 September 2010. Archived from the original on 9 December 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.



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