Darren Moore

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Darren Moore
Personal information
Full name Darren Mark Moore
Date of birth April 22, 1974 (1974-04-22) (age 34)
Place of birth    Birmingham, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position Centre Back
Club information
Current club Derby County
Number 23
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1992–1995
1995–1997
1997–1999
1999–2001
2001–2006
2006–		 Torquay United
Doncaster Rovers
Bradford City
Portsmouth
West Bromwich Albion
Derby County		 103 (8)
076 (7)
062 (3)
059 (2)
104 (6)
080 (3)   
National team
Jamaica 003 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 02:27, 29 April 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Darren Mark Moore (born April 22, 1974 in Birmingham, England) is a professional footballer. He plays for Derby County. He is 6 feet 3 inches (1.9 m) tall and weighs 15 stone (95 kg). He has played at international level for Jamaica, for whom he qualifies through parentage. He is also a current member of the Management Committee of the Professional Footballers' Association.

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[edit] Playing career

[edit] Early Career

Moore, a defender, began his career as a trainee with Torquay United, making his debut while still a trainee on March 24, 1992 in a 2–1 defeat at home to his hometown side Birmingham City. He began the following season as first choice in the centre of defence, alongside Wes Saunders and went on to play over 100 league games for Torquay before leaving to join Doncaster Rovers for a fee of £62,500 in July 1995.

[edit] Bradford City and Portsmouth

He moved to Bradford City for a fee of £310,000 in June 1997. He played 18 times during his first season with injuries limiting his starts. But in 1998–99 he started 44 games helping City to promotion into the Premier League for the first time. During the summer he refused to sign a new contract and fell out of favour with manager Paul Jewell. He played just once more for Bradford, in the Worthington Cup against Reading before Portsmouth snatched his services from a collection of other suitors, for a fee of £500,000, in November 1999. He spent less than two years at Fratton Park before returning to the Midlands with West Bromwich Albion for a fee of £750,000 on 14 September 2001.[1]

[edit] West Bromwich Albion

The following day he made his Albion debut, as a 2nd-half substitute in a 2–1 win at Watford. Moore proved to be a rock at the heart of the Baggies defence as they earned promotion to the Premiership in 2001–02, and was named in the PFA Division One team of the year.[2] After Albion were relegated from the top flight, he helped them bounce back at the first attempt, figuring in the promotion winning side of 2003–04.

Moore struggled to hold down a regular first team place during the first half of the 2005–06 season. He was sent off in the match against Wigan Athletic on 15 January, 2006, his only dismissal in over 100 games for Albion.[3] It proved to be his last game for the club, and later that month he was signed for Derby County by Phil Brown for a fee of £300,000, rising to £500,000 depending on appearances.[4]

During his time at West Brom, Moore was mentioned in the third series of the BBC's satirical cartoon Monkey Dust. The Islamist group from West Bromwich plan to assassinate him, but fail and receive a signed miniature shirt instead.

[edit] Derby County

Moore was a pivotal figure in the 2006–07 Derby side that clinched promotion back to the Premier League after a five year absence by winning the Championship playoff final 1–0 against his former club West Brom. This was the fourth time he had been part of a squad which won promotion to the Premier League, following on from his successes at West Brom (twice) and Bradford. His form that year led to him being named in the PFA Championship team of the year for 2006–07.[5] In the 2007–08 Premiership season, Derby were relegated as the bottom club, although Moore was awarded the club's internal Player of the Season award.[6] Following the club's relegation, manager Paul Jewell allowed Moore to talk to his former club Bradford City, who were managed by his former teammates Stuart McCall and Wayne Jacobs as assistant.[7]

[edit] Nicknames

Moore has been given a variety of nicknames during his career. His first nickname Bruno originated at Torquay, due to his perceived resemblance to the boxer Frank Bruno. This nickname stuck with him while playing for Doncaster Rovers where he became a fans' favourite and Bradford City. At West Brom he was known by supporters as Big Dave,[8] after a character in a Pot Noodle television advertisement, while at Derby he is now known as Dazza and Big Daz. Former Derby County Manager Billy Davies also referred to him as Mooro.

[edit] Faith

Moore is a devout Christian. He is active in the Christian charity Faith and Football with Linvoy Primus and Lomana Lua Lua. In 2005 Moore, along with Primus, walked the Great Wall of China to raise money for children's causes. He has raised thousands of pounds for Christian Aid and Oxfam and started to raise awareness about helping children in third world countries.


[edit] References

  1. ^ "Baggies finally sign Moore", BBC Sport, 2001-09-14. Retrieved on 2007-04-23. 
  2. ^ "Top three dominate", BBC Sport, 2002-04-15. Retrieved on 2007-04-25. 
  3. ^ "Wigan 0-1 West Brom", BBC Sport, 2006-01-15. Retrieved on 2007-05-14. 
  4. ^ "Derby sign Baggies defender Moore", BBC Sport, 2006-01-26. Retrieved on 2007-04-23. 
  5. ^ "Ronaldo secures PFA awards double", BBC Sport, 2007-04-22. Retrieved on 2007-04-23. 
  6. ^ "Moore and Bolder two of a kind in hard times", Derby Evening Telegraph, 2008-05-06. Retrieved on 2008-05-11. 
  7. ^ "McCall rates Moore deal unlikely", BBC Sport, 2008-06-13. Retrieved on 2008-06-14. 
  8. ^ "'Big Dave' is the main man", West Bromwich Albion F.C., 2007-02-20. Retrieved on 2007-08-20. 

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Persondata
NAME Moore, Darren Mark
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moore, Darren
SHORT DESCRIPTION Football (soccer) player
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Birmingham, West Midlands, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH