Darren Powell

For the West Indies cricketer, see Daren Powell. For the soccer coach, see Darren Powell (soccer coach).

Darren Powell
Personal information
Full name Darren David Powell[1]
Date of birth (1976-03-10) 10 March 1976 (age 48)[1]
Place of birth Hammersmith, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Crystal Palace (academy manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 Hampton
1998–2002 Brentford 128 (6)
2002–2005 Crystal Palace 55 (2)
2004 → West Ham United (loan) 5 (1)
2005–2008 Southampton 43 (2)
2008–2009 Derby County 6 (0)
2009 Brentford 4 (1)
2009–2010 Milton Keynes Dons 24 (0)
2012–2014 Hampton & Richmond Borough 15 (0)
Total 280 (12)
Managerial career
2013–2014 Hampton & Richmond Borough
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Darren David Powell (born 10 March 1976) is an English football manager and former professional footballer who played as a centre-back, He is the U21s head coach at Crystal Palace. During his playing career, he appeared over 250 times in the Football League and Premier League.[2] Powell was known as "a tough-tackling centre-back".[3]

Following his retirement, Powell moved to coaching and managing Hampton & Richmond Borough before taking over as an academy coach for Crystal Palace.

  1. ^ a b c Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2008). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–09. Mainstream. ISBN 978-1-84596-324-8.
  2. ^ "Team-mates Google ex-Southampton and Crystal Palace star". My London News. 3 February 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Powell keen to tackle defensive problems". Daily Echo. 4 July 2005. Retrieved 9 March 2019.