Frédéric Darras

Frédéric Darras
Darras in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth (1966-08-19)19 August 1966
Place of birth Guînes, France
Date of death 27 October 2010(2010-10-27) (aged 44)
Place of death Maligny, France
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1976–1981 Guînes
1981–1987 Auxerre
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1992 Auxerre 129 (1)
1992–1994 Sochaux 54 (0)
1994–1996 Bastia 39 (0)
1996–1998 Swindon Town 50 (0)
1998–1999 Red Star 93 37 (0)
Total 309 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frédéric Darras (19 August 1966 – 27 October 2010) was a French football defender who played over 200 matches in Ligue 1 and had a spell playing in the English First Division.

Career

Born in Guînes, Darras began playing youth football with ES Guînes. At age 15, he was recruited by Guy Roux to the youth side of AJ Auxerre.[1] He joined the club's professional team in 1987, and would make over 100 senior appearances for the club before leaving in 1992.[2] Darras joined Ligue 1 rivals FC Sochaux-Montbéliard and SC Bastia. He was part of the Bastia squad that reached the 1995 Coupe de la Ligue Final.

Darras signed with Swindon Town in August 1996. He made 55 senior appearances during his two seasons with the club.[3]

Darras returned to France in 1998 and finished his playing career with Ligue 2 side FC Red Star Saint-Ouen.

Personal

Darras died after suffering a heart attack on 27 October 2010.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Football (Nécrologie) / Frédéric Darras n'est plus" (in French). L'Union. 29 October 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Décès de Frédéric Darras" (in French). AJ Auxerre. 27 October 2010.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Frédéric Darras (1966-2010)". Vital Swindon. 28 October 2010. Archived from the original on 12 November 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2011.


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