Darren Anderton
Darren Anderton was born in Southampton, England, United Kingdom on March 3rd, 1972 and is the Soccer Player. At the age of 52, Darren Anderton biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Darren Robert Anderton (born 3 March 1972) is an English former footballer who spent most of his career with Tottenham Hotspur as a midfielder.
He played 30 times for the England national football team, scoring 7 goals.
Personal life
Renowned as a player of huge potential, Anderton's career was constantly frustrated by injury, earning him the nickname "Sicknote", which was coined by Portsmouth goalkeeper Andy Gosney.
Anderton has worked as the in-studio analyst for Canadian network TSN's coverage of Euro 2012.
He now resides in California and states that he has no desire to move into coaching.
Club career
Anderton began his playing in the Southampton Tyro League and spent time with Itchen Saints during a productive period for the team. His potential was evident, and he was soon recruited and playing youth football at professional clubs.
Anderton was signed as an apprentice by Portsmouth manager Alan Ball, who came to prominence at 18 when he scored at Anfield in an FA Youth Cup match against Liverpool, which ended 2–2. In October 1990, his first team debut came against Cardiff City in the second round of the League Cup as a replacement for youth teammate Darryl Powell. Anderton made his full league debut against Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 0–0 draw, playing 20 games in the 1990-1991 season. Anderton's first manager, Jim Smith, made his first managerial appearance in the 1991-92 season, scoring his first club goal against Blackburn Rovers in the season opener. His performances at larger clubs and after an incredible FA Cup run, during which he scored in a semi-final match against Liverpool, he joined Tottenham Hotspur for £1.75 million in 1992.
Anderton got off to a slow start at Tottenham, starring as a right winger, and with Teddy Sheringham and the teenage Nick Barmby, they became part of a dynamic attacking trio. Terry Venables made Anderton's England debut against Denmark in 1994 two years ago. Anderton soon became a regular on the national team and turned down a move to Manchester United in the summer of 1995, a move that later regretted.
Despite missing the majority of the 1995-96 season, first due to hernia surgery and then a groin injury that kept him out for eight months, Anderton was instrumental in the Euro 96 England team that included Paul Gascoigne, Alan Shearer, Steve McManaman, and Teddy Sheringham. The match against Germany in the semi-finals went to golden goal extra time. Anderton was within inches of advancing England to the final after his shot was struck the post.
Anderton's international appearances were severely limited until recently. He missed the majority of the 1998–98 season but was recalled for Glenn Hoddle's squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, starting on the right wing in the first two matches, ahead of an out-of-sorts David Beckham. In his World Cup Diary, Hoddle said that Anderton was just as good as Beckham at crossing and that he was a more solid defender. Hoddle said he had waited 18 months to play Beckham and Anderton together on the right side of midfield. David Batty was recalled for the third game against Colombia and played inside Of Anderton, and it was finally concluded. Both Anderton and Beckham were the England heroes, with both scoring spectacular goals. England lost on penalties in the second round of the second round against Argentina. Anderton won the League Cup with Tottenham Hotspur and reported a new reported £24,000-week deal in March. Anderton was competing for a permanent spot in the national team after being sidelined during Euro 2000 due to an Achilles tendon injury. He was in England's 1–1 draw against France in September 2000 and then appeared against Italy the next November.
Anderton was heavily involved in a transfer to Liverpool in 2001, but he stayed at Tottenham and his good form for Glenn Hoddle's side during the early part of the 2001–02 season earned him his first call-up to Sven-Göran Eriksson's England squad for a friendly against Sweden in November. Anderton was again selected by Eriksson for England's next game, a friendly against Holland in February 2002. He may have started the game but was forced to leave due to injury. Anderton's England career is highlighted by a notable statistic: five different managers gave him five caps. These were: Glenn Hoddle, vs. France (18 November 1998) by Howard Wilkinson, vs. France (2 September 2000) by Kevin Keegan, vs. Italy (November 20, 2000) by Peter Taylor, and Sven-Göran Eriksson's (1999) vs. Sweden.
Anderton continued to struggle with injuries for the remainder of the season, losing out on a World Cup spot. Terry Venables, the current Leeds United boss, attempted to recruit Anderton that summer, but the move was rejected due to a lack of loyalty to Tottenham. Portsmouth and West Ham attempted to sign him in the summer of 2003, but Anderton refused to move. He got off to a promising start in 2003-04 season by scoring against Tottenham's bitter adversary Arsenal. However, Hoddle was fired soon after and Spurs were in turmoil. Anderton did not work at Tottenham Hotspur until the summer of 2004. He wanted to remain at the club and was offered a new deal by David Pleat, but the club reneged under new manager Jacques Santini's direction. In all, he appeared in 364 games for Spurs, scoring 51 goals. Santini's record saw them play a grand total of 13 games at the club. Anderton has been promised a testimonial, but it has yet to arrive.
Birmingham City has swooned Anderton on a free transfer for the 2004-05 season. In the 1–0 win over Liverpool at Anfield, the Blues had his best moment for the Blues, scoring the winner.
Anderton joined Birmingham on a free transfer after one year and reunited with Glenn Hoddle at Wolverhampton Wanderers, a one-year contract that began in 2005. He appeared 24 times for Wolves, with one of them scoring against Sheffield Wednesday. In a 5–1 victory over Chester City in the League Cup, he also scored. At the end of the season, his deal was not renewed.
Anderton signed AFC Bournemouth on a 'pay-as-play' basis on September 8, 2006, scoring a spectacular 40-yard free kick on his first-team debut against Scunthorpe. He scored his first hat-trick against Leyton Orient on February 10, 2007, on a bleak February 10, 2007. "I'm confident in the right team and with the right players around," Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp praised Anderton after a pre-season friendly with Portsmouth in July 2007.
Anderton was named as the new Cherries club captain by manager Kevin Bond at the start of the 2007/08 season. Anderton spearheaded a survival bid at the end of the season, with the Cherries winning six of the seven last games, but Bournemouth were relegated to League Two after a 1–1 draw with Carlisle on the final day. Bournemouth was dismissed ten points earlier this season for going into administration, but they would not have finished in a respectable 15th.
Anderton started a new one-year contract with Bournemouth, which would have put him past his 37th birthday. However, Anderton announced on December 4, 2008, one day after his last game for the club against Chester City. Anderton bowed out of football with a fairytale finish in his last match, against Chester, when he scored the winning goal with a volley in the 88th minute after being a replacement in the second half of the game.