Darren Potter
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Darren Michael Potter | ||
| Date of birth | 21 December 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Milton Keynes Dons | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Everton | |||
| Blackburn Rovers | |||
| Liverpool | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2007 | Liverpool | 2 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Southampton (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) | 40 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 56 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 17 | (2) |
| 2009–2011 | Sheffield Wednesday | 96 | (8) |
| 2011– | Milton Keynes Dons | 206 | (9) |
| National team | |||
| 2007–2008 | Republic of Ireland | 5 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:00, 29 October 2016. | |||
Darren Michael Potter (born 21 December 1984) is a professional footballer who plays for Milton Keynes Dons as a midfielder.
He is a former Liverpool schoolboy captain who hails from the Scotland Road area of the city[1] and is a full Irish international.
Club career
Liverpool
Born in Liverpool, Potter is a central midfielder who is a product of the Liverpool Academy. He started out at Everton before transferring to Blackburn Rovers and then, Liverpool. He made his senior debut for the Reds on 10 August 2004 as a substitute for Steve Finnan in a UEFA Champions League qualifier against Grazer AK, playing the last five minutes, and the whole of the return leg at home. In total, he made 10 appearances in the 2004–05 season, mostly in cup competitions. He featured in Liverpool's run to the 2005 UEFA Champions League Final, coming on as a substitute in the round of 16 home tie against Bayer Leverkusen.[2]
The following season, he was involved in pre-season friendlies and the Champions League qualifying rounds but did not feature in the Premier League. Instead, he saw league action on loan at Championship side Southampton, during the second half of the season. He joined Southampton on loan in January 2006, making a total of 12 appearances, remaining with the club until the end of the season.[3]
Wolverhampton Wanderers
He returned to Anfield in the summer but was swiftly loaned out again, this time to another Championship club, Wolves, for the 2006–07 season. After impressing, the move was made permanent in a £250,000 three-and-a-half-year deal during the January 2007 transfer window. Potter scored his first and only Wolves goal in the FA Cup against Oldham Athletic on 16 January 2007.[4]
His second season with Wolves was less successful though, and manager Mick McCarthy offered him the option of going on the transfer list during the January transfer window to seek more playing time at a new club.[5] Potter rejected the offer and remained at Molineux for the rest of the season, however the club transfer-listed him at its conclusion.[6] After finding no takers for him during the Summer transfer window, he was taken off the transfer list and told to fight for his place.[7]
Sheffield Wednesday
He failed to appear for his parent club during the first half of the 2008–09 season, and joined Sheffield Wednesday on loan in January 2009, remaining there until the end of the season. Potter scored for the Owls 16 minutes into his debut against Charlton with a 30-yard drive into the bottom corner.[8] He also hit the bar from a free kick in the 4–1 win.
He signed for Sheffield Wednesday in a permanent deal on 10 July 2009 for an undisclosed fee.[9] Potter scored his first goal of the 2009–10 season on 22 August in a 4–0 thumping of newly promoted Scunthorpe United. His next goal was to be much later on in the season with a left-footed curler in the bottom corner against Blackpool at Hillsborough on 9 February. Potter added to his tally for the season with a volley against Wednesday's fierce rivals Sheffield United in the Steel City Derby on 19 April. Potter left Hillsborough on 23 June 2011 by mutual consent.
Milton Keynes Dons
On 23 June 2011, Potter signed a one-year contract for Milton Keynes Dons. He was given the number 8 shirt. On 21 February 2014, Potter signed a new two-year contract extension.[10]
International
Potter has been capped multiple times for Republic of Ireland youth teams – appearing at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship[11] – and later made his debut for Ireland's senior team in a friendly against Ecuador in Giants Stadium, New York on 23 May 2007.[12]
Career statistics
- As of 20 October 2016.[13]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Liverpool | Premier League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Southampton (loan) | Championship | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | Championship | 38 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 44 | 1 | |
| Championship | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | |||
| Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 56 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 1 | ||
| Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | Championship | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 2009–10[21] | Championship | 46 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 3 |
| 2010–11[22] | League One | 33 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 40 | 4 | |
| Total | 96 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 106 | 9 | ||
| Milton Keynes Dons | 2011–12[23] | League One | 40 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 49 | 3 |
| 2012–13[24] | League One | 46 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 5 | |
| 2013–14[25] | League One | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 37 | 0 | |
| 2014–15[26] | League One | 40 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 2 | |
| 2015–16[27] | Championship | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | |
| 2016-17 | League One | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Total | 204 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 239 | 11 | ||
| Career totals | 368 | 16 | 27 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 437 | 21 | ||
- 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ↑ Appearance in Football League Championship play-offs
- 1 2 Appearances in Football League Trophy
- ↑ Appearance in Football League Trophy, 2 appearances in Football League One play-offs
Honours
Club
- UEFA Champions League: 2005
- League One runners-up: 2014–15
Individual
- Milton Keynes Dons
- Player of the Year: 2011–12[28]
References
- ↑ Potter hoping to become Reds' new wing wizard Mark Platt 26 July 2005. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ↑ "Liverpool 3–1 Bayer Leverkusen". BBC Sport. 22 February 2005. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
- ↑ Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan; Bull, David (2013). All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC. Southampton: Hagiology Publishing. p. 434. ISBN 978-0-9926-8640-6.
- ↑ "Oldham 0–2 Wolves". BBC. 16 January 2007. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
- ↑ "Potter rejected chance to leave". BBC Sport. 26 February 2008.
- ↑ "Wolves have end-of-term clear-out". BBC Sport. 9 May 2008.
- ↑ "Stearman call makes it a record". Express & Star. 3 September 2008.
- ↑ "Owls sign Wolves' Potter on loan". BBC Sport. 15 January 2009.
- ↑ "Owls Swoop For Potter". wolves.co.uk. 10 July 2009. Archived from the original on 12 May 2012.
- ↑ "Potter pens new deal". Milton Keynes Dons FC. 21 February 2014.
- ↑ FIFA World Youth Championship 2003 Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ↑ "Under 21 - 2005/2006 Squad Profile". FAI. 20 March 2006. Archived from the original on 9 April 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ↑ "Statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool 2004/2005 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ↑ "Liverpool 2005/2006 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ↑ "Southampton 2005/2006 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ↑ "Wolves 2006/2007 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ↑ "Wolves 2007/2008 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ↑ "Wolves 2008/2009 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ↑ "Sheff Wed 2007/2008 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ↑ "Sheff Wed 2009/2010 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ↑ "Sheff Wed 2010/2011 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ↑ "MK Dons 2011/2012 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ↑ "MK Dons 2012/2013 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ↑ "MK Dons 2013/2014 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ↑ "MK Dons 2014/2015 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ↑ "MK Dons 2015/2016 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ↑ "Darren Potter scores awards hat-trick". Milton Keynes Citizen. 1 May 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
