Darren Bent

Darren Bent
Bent in 2008
Personal information
Full name Darren Ashley Bent[1]
Date of birth (1984-02-06) 6 February 1984 (age 40)[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

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

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
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ipswich Town 2001–02[4] Premier League 5 1 0 0 1 1 1[a] 0 7 2
2002–03[5] First Division 35 12 2 3 3 2 3[a] 1 43 18
2003–04[6] First Division 37 15 1 0 1 0 2[b] 1 41 16
2004–05[7] Championship 45 20 1 0 2 0 2[c] 0 50 20
Total 122 48 4 3 7 3 8 2 141 56
Charlton Athletic 2005–06[8] Premier League 36 18 5 2 3 2 — 44 22
2006–07[9] Premier League 32 13 0 0 3 2 — 35 15
Total 68 31 5 2 6 4 — 79 37
Tottenham Hotspur 2007–08[10] Premier League 27 6 0 0 1 0 8[a] 2 36 8
2008–09[11] Premier League 33 12 1 0 3 1 6[a] 4 43 17
Total 60 18 1 0 4 1 14 6 79 25
Sunderland 2009–10[12] Premier League 38 24 2 1 0 0 — 40 25
2010–11[13] Premier League 20 8 1 1 2 2 — 23 11
Total 58 32 3 2 2 2 — 63 36
Aston Villa 2010–11[13] Premier League 16 9 — — — 16 9
2011–12[14] Premier League 22 9 2 1 1 0 — 25 10
2012–13[15] Premier League 16 3 2 2 5 1 — 23 6
2014–15[16] Premier League 7 0 — 1 0 — 8 0
Total 61 21 4 3 7 1 — 72 25
Fulham (loan) 2013–14[17] Premier League 24 3 3 2 3 1 — 30 6
Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 2014–15[16] Championship 5 2 — — — 5 2
Derby County (loan) 2014–15[16] Championship 15 10 2 2 — — 17 12
Derby County 2015–16[18] Championship 21 2 1 1 1 0 2[c] 0 25 3
2016–17[19] Championship 37 10 2 2 3 1 — 42 13
2017–18[20] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 73 22 5 5 4 1 2 0 84 28
Burton Albion (loan) 2017–18[20] Championship 15 2 — — — 15 2
Career total 486 179 25 17 33 13 24 8 568 217
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in First Division play-offs
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Appearances in Championship play-offs

International

Source:[21]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
England 2006 2 0
2007 1 0
2008 1 0
2009 1 0
2010 2 1
2011 6 3
Total 13 4
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.
1 7 September 2010 St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland 7  Switzerland 3–1 3–1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualification [22]
2 9 February 2011 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark 8  Denmark 1–1 2–1 Friendly [23]
3 26 March 2011 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales 9  Wales 2–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualification [24]
4 7 October 2011 Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro 11  Montenegro 2–0 2–2 UEFA 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.
  4. ↑ "Games played by Darren Bent in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "Games played by Darren Bent in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  6. ↑ "Games played by Darren Bent in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  7. ↑ "Games played by Darren Bent in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
    "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.
  11. ↑ "Games played by Darren Bent in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Darren Bent in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "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. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 "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. ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Games played by Darren Bent in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 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.