Darcy Blake
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| Darcy Blake | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Darcy Blake | |
| Date of birth | December 13, 1988 | |
| Place of birth | Caerphilly, Wales | |
| Height | 5'10" | |
| Playing position | Midfielder, Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Cardiff City | |
| Number | 23 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1999-2005 | Cardiff City | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2005- | Cardiff City | 19 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006- |
Wales U17 Wales U19 Wales U21 |
5 (1) 6 (0) 5 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Darcy Blake (born 13 December 1988 in New Tredegar, Caerphilly) is a Welsh professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Cardiff City in the Football League Championship.
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[edit] Club Career
Blake joined the Cardiff City youth side at the age of 10 and as a youngster he supported both Liverpool and Cardiff. He signed his first professional contract at the club in 2006 along with fellow academy graduate Chris Gunter.[1]
Darcy made his first team debut on the 17 April 2006 against Crewe Alexandra in the Football League Championship but had to wait until 20 February 2007 to make his first league start for the club in a match against West Bromwich Albion, Cardiff losing the match 1-0.
Darcy also got a man of the match in the semi final of the FAW Premier Cup against The New Saints after playing in the center back position instead of the usual center midfield position with his strength and tackling earning him the man of the match award
Although midfield is his primary role he can play in several positions in the team and has so far played at centre back, right back and right wing for the Bluebirds.[2]. Blake began the 2007-08 season in the reserves but after a number of injuries affecting the team he began to make an impact on the first team, which included coming on as a substitute for Kevin McNaughton during a 2-0 win over Middlesbrough in the FA Cup quarter-final which was followed by his first league start of the season at right back in a 1-1 draw with Colchester United.
[edit] International Career
Blake has been a regular for the Wales under-19 squad but was called up to the under-21 squad for the first time in 2006 by coach Brian Flynn and made his debut for the side against Israel and has been a regular at under-21 level since, usually playing at right back.
In May 2008 he received his first call-up, alongside six other uncapped members of Wales under-21 side, to the Wales team.[3]
[edit] Club stats
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Cardiff City | 2005-06 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006-07 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| 2007-08 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
[edit] Honours
- Cardiff
- FA Cup Runner-up: 1
[edit] References
- ^ "Blake and Gunter join the paid ranks at Cardiff" South Wales Echo Retrieved on 16 March 2008
- ^ "Blake a jack of all trades at Bluebirds" South Wales Echo Retrieved on 16 March 2008
- ^ "Parry and Bellamy return for Wales" BBC Sport Retrieved on 18 May 2008
[edit] External links
- Darcy Blake player profile at cardiffcityfc.co.uk
- Darcy Blake career stats at Soccerbase
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