 Anderton in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Darren Robert Anderton[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 3 March 1972[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Southampton, Hampshire, England | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) |
Winger Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1987 | Itchen Saints | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1992 | Portsmouth | 62 | (7) |
| 1992–2004 | Tottenham Hotspur | 299 | (34) |
| 2004–2005 | Birmingham City | 20 | (3) |
| 2005–2006 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 24 | (1) |
| 2006–2008 | AFC Bournemouth | 66 | (12) |
| Total | 471 | (57) | |
| International career | |||
| 1992–1993 | England U21 | 12 | (5) |
| 1998 | England B | 1 | (0) |
| 1994–2001 | England | 30 | (7) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Darren Robert Anderton (born 3 March 1972) is an English former professional footballer and pundit.
As a player, he was a midfielder who notably played in the Premier League for Tottenham Hotspur and Birmingham City. His twelve-year spell with Spurs yielded 299 league appearances, scoring 34 goals. He won the League Cup with Spurs in 1999, and was then runners-up in the same tournament again in 2002. He also played in the English Football League for Portsmouth and Wolverhampton Wanderers before finishing his career with AFC Bournemouth. In his final ever game as a professional player he came off the bench to score the winner with a spectacular volley in a 3–2 win for Bournemouth on 6 December 2008. He was capped 30 times by England, scoring seven goals and being ever present in the squads at UEFA Euro 1996 and 1998 FIFA World Cup.
Since retirement, Anderton has largely worked as a pundit, notably for Canada's The Sports Network.
- ^ a b "Darren Anderton". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
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