Darren Bent

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Darren Bent
Personal information
Full name Darren Ashley Bent
Date of birth 6 February 1984 (1984-02-06) (age 24)
Place of birth    London, England
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Tottenham Hotspur
Number 23
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2001–2005
2005–2007
2007–		 Ipswich Town
Charlton Athletic
Tottenham Hotspur		 126 (48)
068 (31)
027 0(6)   
National team2
2003–2005
2006–		 England U21
England		 014 0(8)
003 0(0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 21:58, 27 May 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 21 November 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Darren Ashley Bent (born 6 February 1984 in Tooting, London, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur. Bent started his career with Ipswich Town in 2001. He made 122 appearances and scored 47 goals in the league for Ipswich, before joining Charlton Athletic for a fee of £2.5 million in 2005. He was their top scorer for two consecutive seasons and joined Tottenham Hotspur for a club record fee of £16.5 million in 2007.

He has represented England at under-19, under-21 and senior levels. He made 14 appearances and scored eight goals for the under-21 side, after making his debut against Italy in 2003 and has made three appearances for the full England side, after making his debut against Uruguay in 2006.

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[edit] Personal life

Bent grew up in Tooting, South London, before moving to Cambridgeshire at the age of ten and playing for Godmanchester Rovers.[1] As a youngster, Bent was a supporter of Tottenham's rivals Arsenal, and used to have a season-ticket at Highbury.[2]

[edit] Career

[edit] Ipswich Town

Bent progressed through Ipswich Town's youth academy, having joined the club at the age of fourteen, after considering a possible career in athletics.[3] In 2001, he played in the semi-final of the FA Youth Cup, played in the reserves and earned a professional contract with the club. He made his professional debut on 1 November 2001 against Helsingborg in the UEFA Cup and scored his first senior goal in a 4–1 League Cup defeat to Newcastle United on 27 November 2001.[4][5]

He scored his first FA Premier League goal on 24 April 2002 in a 1–0 win over Middlesbrough.[6] He finished the 2001–02 season with seven appearances and two goals in all competitions, and also saw his team Ipswich face relegation.[7] He scored the winner against Slovan Liberec in the UEFA Cup in October 2002 and finished the 2002–03 season with 18 goals.[8][9] The 2003–04 season finished with Bent scoring 16 goals, which was followed by 19 goals in the 2004–05 season, being the team's second highest goalscorer.[10][11]

[edit] Charlton Athletic

He completed a transfer to Charlton Athletic in June 2005, which was worth an initial £2.5 million, but would have risen to £3 million if he made an agreed number of appearances for Charlton and for England.[12] On the opening day of the 2005–06 FA Premier League season, Bent scored two goals on his Charlton debut against Sunderland,[13] and was named the Premiership player of the month for August.[14] Bent was the highest scoring Englishman in the Premier League in the 2005–06 season, which made him third highest scorer and was named Charlton Athletic Player of the Season award.[15][16] He signed an extension to his contract at Charlton until 2010.[17]

Bent finished the 2006–07 season with 13 goals in the Premier League, again finishing as Charlton's top scorer, who finished the season with relegation to the Championship.[18] Charlton accepted a bid from West Ham United for him in June 2007, but this move was rejected by Bent himself.[19]

[edit] Tottenham Hotspur

He completed a move to Tottenham Hotspur for a club record fee of £16.5million on 29 June 2007, which was to be payable over three years and is inclusive of add on payments.[20] Ipswich were entitled to 20% of Charlton's profit on Bent under a sell-on clause, which gave the club an initial £2.58m.[21] He scored his first goal for Tottenham in a friendly match against Stevenage Borough in their first pre-season fixture of their 2007–08 season.[22] Bent scored his first competitive goal for Tottenham in a 4–0 home victory over Derby County in August 2007.[23] This was followed up by scoring in the 6–1 win over Anorthosis Famagusta in the first round of the UEFA Cup on 20 September 2007.[24]

Bent scored his 100th career goal on 9 March 2008 in the added time of a 4–0 league win over West Ham United.[25][26] He also scored the 100th goal to be scored at White Hart Lane in the 2007/08 season on 22 March in a 2-0 win over Portsmouth.[27]

[edit] International

Bent represented England at under-19 level level,[28] and at under-21 level, for whom he made 14 appearances scored and eight goals.[29][30] His first appearance for the under-21 team came against Italy in February 2003, which England lost 1–0.[31] He received his first call up to the senior England team for the friendly against Denmark on 17 August 2005,[32] but did not play in the game.[33] His England debut eventually came on 1 March 2006, when he started against Uruguay at Anfield in a pre-World Cup friendly match.[34] He was not included in England's FIFA World Cup 2006 squad when it was announced in May 2006.[35]

Despite having played for the senior side, Bent was recalled to the under-21 squad for their October 2006 qualification play-offs against Germany.[36] Later that month, he was recalled to the senior squad due to an injury to Andrew Johnson shortly after the squad's announcement.[37] He was called to the England squad for the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier against Croatia in November 2007.[38] As of 2007 he has played three games and is yet to score.[39]

[edit] Career stats

As of 01 June 2008.[40]
All-Time Club Performance
Club Season Domestic League Domestic Cups Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ipswich Town 2001–02 5 1 1 1 1 0 7 2
2002–03 35 12 5 5 3 1 43 18
2003–04 39 16 2 0 0 0 41 16
2004–05 47 19 3 0 0 0 50 19
Total 126 48 11 6 4 1 141 55
Charlton Athletic 2005–06 36 18 8 4 0 0 44 22
2006–07 32 13 3 2 0 0 35 15
Total 68 31 11 6 0 0 79 37
Tottenham Hotspur 2007–08 27 6 1 0 8 2 36 8
Total 27 6 1 0 8 2 36 8
Career Totals 218 84 23 12 12 3 256 100

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "Bent in the frame", Cambridge Evening News, 2006-03-01. Retrieved on 2007-11-12. 
  2. ^ "Hell-Bent on securing a trip to World Cup", Telegraph, 2005-12-23. Retrieved on 2007-11-10. 
  3. ^ "I'm bigger than racism", Voice Online. Retrieved on 2007-11-10. 
  4. ^ UEFA Cup - Round 2 second leg - KO 19:45. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2007-10-28.
  5. ^ English League Cup - Round 4 - KO 19:45. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2007-10-28.
  6. ^ English Premier - KO 19:45. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2007-10-28.
  7. ^ Ipswich 2001/2002 player appearances. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
  8. ^ UEFA Cup - Round 2 first leg - KO 19:45. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2007-12-03.
  9. ^ Darren Bent. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2007-12-03.
  10. ^ "Ipswich 2003/2004 player appearances", Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2007-10-28. 
  11. ^ "Ipswich 2004/2005 player appearances", Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2007-10-28. 
  12. ^ "Bent signs for Charlton", Ipswich Town FC, 2005-06-01. Retrieved on 2007-10-28. 
  13. ^ "Sunderland 1-3 Charlton", BBC Sport, 2005-08-13. Retrieved on 2007-10-28. 
  14. ^ "Bent is August's Premiership pick", BBC Sport, 2005-09-09. Retrieved on 2007-10-28. 
  15. ^ Premier League Top Scorers - 2005/06. ESPNsoccernet. Retrieved on 2007-10-28.
  16. ^ "Bent: I'll miss fantastic fans", Charlton Athletic FC, 2007-06-29. Retrieved on 2007-10-28. 
  17. ^ "Bent pens four-year Charlton deal", BBC Sport, 2006-07-18. Retrieved on 2007-06-29. 
  18. ^ Charlton 2006/2007 player appearances. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2007-10-28.
  19. ^ "Spurs new favourites to land Bent", BBC Sport, 2007-06-15. Retrieved on 2007-10-28. 
  20. ^ "Bent makes £16.5m Tottenham move", BBC Sport, 2007-06-29. Retrieved on 2007-06-29. 
  21. ^ "Darren departs in record deal", Charlton Athletic FC, 2007-06-29. Retrieved on 2007-06-29. 
  22. ^ "Bent scores in Spurs friendly win", BBC Sport, 2007-07-07. Retrieved on 2007-07-07. 
  23. ^ "Tottenham 4-0 Derby", BBC Sport, 2007-08-18. Retrieved on 2007-10-28. 
  24. ^ "Tottenham 6-1 A Famagusta", BBC Sport, 2007-09-20. Retrieved on 2007-10-28. 
  25. ^ Darren's Delight
  26. ^ Tottenham's Darren Bent joy at 100th goal
  27. ^ Ian Hughes. "Tottenham 2-0 Portsmouth", BBC Sport, 2008-03-22. Retrieved on 2008-03-22. 
  28. ^ "Teenage boost to Ipswich dreams", The Independent, 2002-04-25. Retrieved on 2007-10-28. 
  29. ^ England U21 Caps, 1976-present. The FA. Retrieved on 2007-10-28.
  30. ^ England U21 Scorers, 1976-2005. The FA. Retrieved on 2007-10-28.
  31. ^ "U21s frozen out in Tuscany", The FA, 2003-02-11. Retrieved on 2007-10-28. 
  32. ^ "Bent replaces Johnson for England", BBC Sport, 2005-08-14. Retrieved on 2007-10-28. 
  33. ^ "Bent 'will improve with England'", BBC Sport, 2005-08-18. Retrieved on 2007-10-28. 
  34. ^ "England 2-1 Uruguay", The FA, 2006-03-01. Retrieved on 2007-10-28. 
  35. ^ "Walcott & Lennon in England squad", BBC Sport, 2006-05-08. Retrieved on 2007-12-03. 
  36. ^ "Woodgate close to England recall", BBC Sport, 2006-10-02. Retrieved on 2007-10-28. 
  37. ^ "Round-up: Johnson blow for England", Telegraph, 2006-10-04. Retrieved on 2007-10-28. 
  38. ^ "Bent drafted in for Croatia clash", BBC Sport, 2007-11-18. Retrieved on 2007-11-18. 
  39. ^ "England Players -", England Football Online, 2006-05-08. Retrieved on 2007-12-03. 
  40. ^ "Darren Bent", Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2007-07-10. 

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Luke Young		 Charlton Athletic F.C. captain
2006–2007		 Succeeded by
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