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Darren Ward (goalkeeper)
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| Darren Ward | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Darren Ward | |
| Date of birth | 11 May 1974 | |
| Place of birth | Worksop, England | |
| Height | 5'11" | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Sunderland | |
| Number | 13 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1992-1995 1995-2001 2001-2004 2004-2006 2006- |
Mansfield Town Notts County Nottingham Forest Norwich City Sunderland |
81 (0) 252 (0) 123 (0) 1 (0) 30 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
2000- |
Wales U21 Wales |
5 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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- For the Crystal Palace defender, see Darren Ward (defender).
Darren Ward (born 11 May 1974 in Worksop) is a Welsh professional football goalkeeper currently playing for Sunderland.
Ward began his professional career with Mansfield Town before moving to Notts County, then local rivals Nottingham Forest.
He joined Norwich in July 2004 from Nottingham Forest, looking to gain experience in the Premier League. He had limited chances to make the number 1 jersey his due to the consistently high performances of Robert Green. Reserve games and the substitute bench were the only games Ward encountered, with the exception of the away fixture at Charlton Athletic in 2004-2005, during Norwich's relegation bound season in the Premiership.
He was released at the end of the 2005/06 season as he did not sign a new contract at the club, and on August 4, 2006 he signed a contract at Sunderland. He made his debut for the side on 17 October 2006 in a 2-1 defeat at Stoke City. After taking over the number 1 spot from teenager Ben Alnwick, he impressed between the sticks throughout the season, even making an outstanding save against Southampton which was later described as being in the style of Gordon Banks by opposition manager George Burley.
In December 2007, Darren Ward made his Premiership debut with Sunderland, keeping a clean sheet as his side won 1-0 over Derby.
Ward also has five caps for the Welsh national team.
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1 Gordon • 2 Halford • 3 Harte • 4 Etuhu • 5 Nosworthy • 6 McShane • 7 Edwards • 8 Whitehead • 9 Stokes • 10 K. Richardson • 11 Murphy • 12 Miller • 13 Ward • 14 Higginbotham • 15 Collins • 16 Chopra • 17 Jones • 18 Leadbitter • 19 Yorke • 20 Cole • 21 Anderson • 23 O'Donovan • 24 Carson • 27 Varga • 29 Hartley • 30 J. Richardson • 31 Connolly • 33 Wallace • 36 Donoghue • 37 Weir • 38 Chandler • 40 Dowson • Pelter • Manager: Keane |
Categories: 1974 births | Living people | People from Worksop | Welsh footballers | Wales international footballers | Football (soccer) goalkeepers | Mansfield Town F.C. players | Notts County F.C. players | Nottingham Forest F.C. players | Norwich City F.C. players | Premier League players | People of Irish descent in Great Britain | Wales under-21 international footballers | The Football League players