Darren Ward

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Darren Ward
Personal information
Full name	Darren Ward
Date of birth	11 May 1974 (1974-05-11) (age 35)
Place of birth	Worksop, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
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	081 (0) 252 (0) 123 (0) 001 (0) 033 (0)
National team2
2000-	Wales	005 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:39,5 January 2008 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 27/08/06. * Appearances (Goals)

Darren Ward (born 11 May 1974 in Worksop) is a Welsh professional football goalkeeper currently playing for Sunderland. He was signed by Niall Quinn as back-up for then number one Ben Alnwick, but when Alnwick was failing to impress manager Roy Keane, Keane made Darren the first choice keeper. One match which will stand out is when Southampton visited The Stadium of Light which Ward made a top-class save, In his post-match interview then Southampton manager George Burley described Ward's save was as good as Gordon Banks. Ward made his Premier League debut in December 2007 against Derby County keeping a cleen sheet and also winning 1-0. In January 2008 Ward rejected a move to Scottish giants Rangers.

[edit] External links

• Darren Ward's Sunderland profile
• Darren Ward career stats at Soccerbase

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