Darren Ward (goalkeeper)

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Darren Ward
Personal information
Full name Darren Ward
Date of birth 11 May 1974
Place of birth    Worksop, England
Height 5'11"
Nickname Wardy
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Sunderland
Number 13
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1992-1995
1995-2001
2001-2004
2004-2006
2006-		 Mansfield Town
Notts County
Nottingham Forest
Norwich City
Sunderland		 081 (0)
252 (0)
123 (0)
001 (0)
024 (0)   
National team2
2000- Wales 005 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 22:25, 17 March 2007 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 27/08/06.
* Appearances (Goals)
For the Crystal Palace defender, see Darren Ward (defender).

Darren Ward (born 11 May 1974 in Worksop) is a Welsh professional football goalkeeper currently playing for Sunderland.

He joined Norwich in July 2004 from Nottingham Forest, looking to gain experience in the Premier League.

Ward began his professional career with Mansfield Town before moving to Notts County, then local rivals Nottingham Forest.

He has had limited chances to make the number 1 jersey his due to the consistently high performances of Robert Green.

Reserve games and the substitute bench have been the only games Ward has encountered, with the exception of the away fixture at Charlton Athletic in 2004-2005, during Norwich's relegation bound season in the Premiership.

Ward has five caps for the Welsh national team.

He was released at the end of the 2005/06 season as he did not sign a new contract at the club, and on August 4, 2006 he signed a contract at Sunderland. Recently taking over the number 1 spot from teenager Ben Alnwick, he has impressed between the sticks in recent games even making an outsanding save against Southampton which was later described as being in the style of Gordon Banks by opposition manager George Burley.

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Sunderland A.F.C. - Current Squad

2 Wright | 3 Simpson | 4 Evans | 5 Cunningham | 7 Edwards | 8 Whitehead | 9 Stokes | 10 Elliott | 11 Murphy | 12 Nosworthy | 13 Ward | 14 T. Miller | 15 Collins | 16 Hysén | 17 Welsh | 18 Mocquet | 19 Arnau | 20 John | 22 Clarke | 23 Leadbitter | 24 Carson | 27 Varga | 28 Kavanagh | 29 Hartley | 30 Richardson | 31 Connolly | 32 Fülöp | 33 Wallace | 34 Yorke | 36 L. Miller | Manager: Keane
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