Darren Potter

Darren Potter
Potter playing for Sheffield Wednesday in 2010.
Personal information
Full name Darren Michael Potter[1]
Date of birth (1984-12-21) 21 December 1984 (age 40)[2]
Place of birth Liverpool, England[2]
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1995–1999 Everton
1999–2001 Blackburn Rovers
2001–2003 Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2007 Liverpool 2 (0)
2006 → Southampton (loan) 10 (0)
2006 → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) 21 (0)
2007–2009 Wolverhampton Wanderers 35 (0)
2009 → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 17 (2)
2009–2011 Sheffield Wednesday 79 (6)
2011–2017 Milton Keynes Dons 229 (9)
2017–2019 Rotherham United 17 (0)
2019–2020 Tranmere Rovers 12 (0)
2020 Altrincham 0 (0)
Total 422 (17)
National team
Republic of Ireland U21
2007–2008 Republic of Ireland 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Darren Potter (born 21 December 1984) is a former Irish football player. He played over 500 league games in a 16-year career.

Career statistics

Club statistics

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
Liverpool 2004–05[4] Premier League 2 0 1 0 4 0 3[a] 0 10 0
2005–06[5] Premier League 0 0 0 0 1 0 6[a] 0 7 0
Liverpool total 2 0 1 0 5 0 9 0 17 0
Southampton (loan) 2005–06[5] Championship 10 0 2 0 0 0 — 12 0
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2006–07[6] Championship 38 0 3 1 1 0 2[b] 0 44 1
2007–08[7] Championship 18 0 3 0 2 0 — 23 0
2008–09[8] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Wolverhampton Wanderers total 56 0 8 1 3 0 2 0 67 1
Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 2008–09[8] Championship 17 2 0 0 0 0 — 17 2
Sheffield Wednesday 2009–10[9] Championship 46 3 1 0 2 0 — 49 3
2010–11[10] League One 33 3 2 1 2 0 3[c] 0 40 4
Sheffield Wednesday total 96 8 3 1 4 0 3 0 106 9
Milton Keynes Dons 2011–12[11] League One 40 2 3 1 3 0 3[d] 0 49 3
2012–13[12] League One 46 4 6 1 3 0 0 0 55 5
2013–14[13] League One 29 0 3 0 3 0 1[c] 0 37 0
2014–15[14] League One 40 2 4 0 2 0 1[c] 0 47 2
2015–16[15] Championship 37 0 1 1 0 0 — 38 1
2016–17[16] League One 37 1 3 0 0 0 1[e] 0 41 1
Milton Keynes Dons total 229 9 18 3 10 0 6 0 267 12
Rotherham United 2017–18[17] League One 16 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 18 0
2018–19[18] Championship 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
Rotherham United total 17 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 19 0
Tranmere Rovers 2019–20[19] League One 12 0 2 0 1 0 2[e] 0 15 0
Altrincham 2019–20[20] National League 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Career totals 422 17 34 5 24 0 22 0 502 22
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Appearances in Champions League
  2. ↑ Appearances in Championship play-offs
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Appearances in Football League Trophy
  4. ↑ Appearance in Football League Trophy, 2 appearances in League One play-offs
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy

International statistics

Republic of Ireland national team[21]
Year Apps Goals
2007 4 0
2008 1 0
Total 5 0

Honours

Liverpool

Milton Keynes Dons

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Tranmere Rovers" (PDF). English Football League. p. 73. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Darren Potter | SaintsPlayers.co.uk". saintsplayers.co.uk. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  3. ↑ Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan; Bull, David (2013). All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC. Southampton: Hagiology Publishing. p. 434. ISBN 978-0-9926-8640-6.
  4. ↑ "Games played by Darren Potter in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Games played by Darren Potter in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "Games played by Darren Potter in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Games played by Darren Potter in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Games played by Darren Potter in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  9. ↑ "Games played by Darren Potter in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  10. ↑ "Games played by Darren Potter in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  11. ↑ "Games played by Darren Potter in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Darren Potter in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Darren Potter in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Darren Potter in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Darren Potter in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Darren Potter in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Darren Potter in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Darren Potter in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Darren Potter in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  20. ↑ Darren Potter at Soccerway
  21. ↑ "Darren Potter". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  22. ↑ Gandini, Luca (2 June 2016). "European Champions' Club Cup/UEFA Champions League winning squads". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  23. ↑ "Darren Potter: MK Dons midfielder to leave after six seasons at club". BBC Sport. 24 April 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  24. ↑ "Arsenal striker Robin van Persie named PFA Player of the Year". BBC Sport. 22 April 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 "Darren Potter scores awards hat-trick". Milton Keynes Citizen. 1 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2018.