Darren Kenton

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Personal information
Darren Kenton
Full name	Darren Edward Kenton
Date of birth	13 September 1978 (1978-09-13) (age 29)
Place of birth	Wandsworth, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Unattached
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996–2003 2003–2006 2005 2006–2008 2008 2008	Norwich City Southampton → Leicester City (loan) Leicester City → Leeds United (loan) Leeds United	158 (9) 029 (0) 010 (0) 033 (2) 004 (0) 012 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:51, 31 January 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Darren Edward Kenton (born 13 September 1978 in Wandsworth, London) is an English professional football player who plays as a defender. He is currently without a club.

[edit] Playing career

Kenton started his career at Norwich City in 1997. He later went to Southampton in 2003 on a free transfer. Kenton scored his only goal for Southampton in an FA Cup match against MK Dons on 7 January 2006.

Having been released by Southampton in May 2006, he joined Leicester City on 27 June 2006, a team for which he had previously had a loan spell in 2005.

He started the 2006–07 Championship season as a first-team regular, despite scoring an own goal against West Bromwich Albion in his sixth game for the club. He struggled with injury towards the end of the season. On 31 March 2007 he scored his first goal for the club in a 4–2 defeat away to Stoke City and got his second of the season in a 2–1 loss against Norwich City on 14 April 2007.

On 19 June 2007 Kenton was placed on the transfer list by then manager Martin Allen.^[1] However, the injury of Stephen Clemence and James Wesolowski on 23 October 2007 saw a recall into the senior squad, playing in midfield position. He was regularly involved in the first team in November and December 2007.

On 10 January 2008 Kenton joined League One side Leeds United on a one month loan deal^[2] He then had his Leicester contract terminated by mutual consent on 31 January 2008 and he joined Leeds permanently on the same day.^[3] He played 12 games for the club as they finished sixth, but he did not play in their play-off campaign and he was released at the end of the season.^[4]

[edit] References

^ Kenton On The List, Leicester City 2007-06-20.
^ "Kents on the move", Leicester City FC, 2008-01-10. Retrieved on 2008-01-10.
^ Leeds land Michalik and Foxes duo. BBC Sport (31st January 2008). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
^ Pair offered new deals by Leeds. BBC Sport (2008-05-28). Retrieved on 2008-05-28.

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Persondata
NAME	Darren Kenton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	13 September 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wandsworth, London, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH