Darren Huckerby

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Darren Huckerby
Personal information
Full name Darren Carl Huckerby
Date of birth April 23, 1976 (1976-04-23) (age 32)
Place of birth    Nottingham, England
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Striker, Winger
Club information
Current club Unattached
Number -
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1993-1995
1995-1996
1996
1996-1999
1999-2000
2000-2003
2003
2003
2003-2008		 Lincoln City
Newcastle United
→ Millwall (loan)
Coventry City
Leeds United
Manchester City
→ Nottingham Forest (loan)
→ Norwich City (loan)
Norwich City		 028 0(5)
001 0(0)
006 0(3)
094 (28)
040 0(2)
069 (22)
009 0(5)
016 0(5)
162 (34)   
National team2
1998 England B 001 0(0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 20:08, 1 February 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 18:42, 16 June 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Darren Carl Huckerby (born April 23, 1976 in Nottingham, England), is a professional footballer who is currently without a club. He is a winger who can also play as a conventional forward.

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[edit] Club career

[edit] Early career

From his debut until 2000, Huckerby played for Lincoln City, Millwall (on loan), Newcastle United, Coventry City and Leeds United.

Huckerby joined Coventry City from Newcastle United for £1 million signed by then City boss Gordon Strachan. The striker's electric pace, combined with a successful partnership with Dion Dublin saw Huckerby play a key role in Coventry's Premier league survival, culminating in a final day 3-2 win at Tottenham Hotspur in 1996. Huckerby's success with the Sky Blues continued through out the following season as Coventry enjoyed a ten game unbeaten run, with Huckerby scoring some fine goals, most notably the winner in a 3-2 victory over Manchester United at Highfield Road. Huckerby was sold to Leeds United the following summer for a reputed £6 million, with Strachan quoted as saying 'Darren's a scorer of great goals, what we need is a great goal scorer.'

[edit] Manchester City

After an unsuccessful with Leeds, Huckerby moved to Manchester City in 2002 where he won a Division One championship medal, scoring 26 times during the campaign.

He spent part of the following season on loan at Nottingham Forest and was part of the team that reached the Division One play-offs in 2003.

Huckerby spent a three month loan spell with Norwich City before signing for them permanently in December 2003, for a fee of £750,000, which rose to £1 million when Norwich were promoted at the end of the season.

[edit] Norwich City

After moving to Norwich, Huckerby's career settled. In a striking role in the then First Division in 2003-04, he netted 14 times. He was instrumental in Norwich's march to the Division One championship in the 2003–04 season, and came second in the supporters vote for player of the season behind Craig Fleming.

Reverting to a left wing role for much of Norwich's Premiership spell in 2004-05, Huckerby scored seven goals. He was linked with a move to Liverpool in January 2005 and to Celtic in summer 2006, but Huckerby spoke of his intention to see out his contract in East Anglia, even after relegation. He was voted Norwich City player of the year by supporters for the 2004-05 and 2006-07 seasons and second place behind Gary Doherty for the 2005-06 season, meaning he won the award twice and was runner-up twice in his first four seasons. He was voted into the Norwich City Hall of Fame in 2004. On April 13, 2008, Huckerby played his 200th game for Norwich City in the local derby against Ipswich Town.

On May 4, 2008, Huckerby scored in his final game for the club in a 4-1 defeat away at Sheffield Wednesday. Two days later it was announced that his contract would not be renewed. It was suggested that his future lies in the Major League Soccer in the USA.

[edit] International career

Huckerby won an England 'B' cap in 1998 against Chile 'B' at The Hawthorns.

[edit] Honours

[edit] As a player

  • First division championship winner 2002, 2004
  • Norwich City player of the year 2005, 2007

[edit] External links

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