Darren Kempson

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Personal information
Darren Kempson
Full name	Darren Kempson
Date of birth	December 6, 1984 (age 22)
Place of birth	Blackpool, England
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Crewe Alexandra
Number	21
Youth clubs
	Preston North End
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003-2005 2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006- 2007 2003-	Preston North End →Accrington Stanley (loan) →Morecambe (loan) Morecambe Crewe Alexandra → (loan) Bury Total	0 (0) 11(1) 7 (1) 44(1) 7 (0) 1 (0) 70 (3)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Darren Kempson (born December 6, 1984 in Blackpool, England) is a professional English footballer currently playing for Crewe Alexandra F.C.

The central defender started his career at Preston North End as a trainee, Kempson didn't play a game for The Lilywhites. He was given a loan spell at Accrington Stanley, making his debut in Accrington's 3-2 defeat to Dagenham & Redbridge. Kempson went onto play a further 10 appearances for Accrington, scoring one goal, which was in the 3-1 defeat to Margate.

Kempson got a second loan spell away from Deepdale, this time, Kempson was loaned out to Morecambe, where he made seven appearances and scoring a single goal. Kempson managed to impress Morecambe manager Jim Harvey and managed to secure a permanent deal at Christie Park. Kempson played a further 44 appearances for The Shrimps and helping them to the Conference Play-Offs. A starting regular under Jim Harvey at Morecambe, Kempson was mainly used a substitute under Sammy McIlroy, and decided not to renew his contract with the Shrimps and had a successful trial with Crewe in the summer of 2006.

A transfer to Crewe followed and has currently played seven games for Crewe, making his debut in The Railwaymen's 2-2 draw with Northampton.