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Darren Moore Darren Mark Moore ( born 22 April 1974 ) is a professional football manager and former player who played as a centre-back . He is the manager of Championship club Sheffield Wednesday . Born in England , he earned two international caps for Jamaica . Moore is also a member of the management committee of the Professional Footballers Association . As a player , he represented Torquay United , Doncaster Rovers , Bradford City , Portsmouth , Derby County , Barnsley and Burton Albion . He also played for West Bromwich Albion , going on to serve as their manager between 2018 and 2019 . Early life . Moore was born in Birmingham , West Midlands , and attended James Watt Primary School and Holyhead Secondary , both in Handsworth . He played for Holly Lane Colts and in 1989 had a trial with Walsall . Club career . Torquay United . He began his football career as a trainee with Torquay United in June 1990 , and made his debut while still a trainee on 24 March 1992 , in a 2–1 defeat at home to Birmingham City . He turned professional in November 1992 . Moore began the following season as first choice in the centre of defence , alongside Wes Saunders and went on to play over 100 league games for Torquay before leaving to join Doncaster Rovers for a fee of £62,500 in July 1995 . Doncaster Rovers . Moore arrived at Doncaster with Torquay teammates Scott Colcombe and Duane Darby . He appeared in the first game of the season , a home victory against Scarborough om 12 August . His first goal came in a draw at Barnet on 4 November that season . Altogether Moore played 84 games and scored 8 goals in his two seasons at Belle Vue . His time at Doncaster wasnt easy as the club at that time was in the grip of owner Ken Richardson , who had been charged with attempting to burn the main stand down , something that had happened only days before Moore had arrived at the club . Financially the club was in dire straits and worse , Kerry Dixon , the manager , had said Richardson was picking the team not him . On the back of this , on 4 June 1997 he left for Bradford City for a fee of £310,000 . Bradford City . He played 18 times during his first season with injuries limiting his starts . But in 1998–99 he started 44 games helping City to promotion into the Premier League for the first time . During the summer he refused to sign a new contract and fell out of favour with manager Paul Jewell . He played just once more for Bradford , in the League Cup against Reading . Portsmouth . Portsmouth snatched his services from a collection of other suitors , for a fee of £500,000 , in November 1999 . He spent less than two years at Fratton Park before returning to the West Midlands with West Bromwich Albion for a fee of £750,000 on 14 September 2001 . West Bromwich Albion . The following day he made his Albion debut , as a second-half substitute in a 2–1 win at Watford . Moore proved to be a rock at the heart of the Baggies defence as they earned promotion to the Premier League in 2001–02 , and was named in the PFA Team of the Year for the First Division . After Albion were relegated from the top flight , he helped them bounce back at the first attempt , figuring in the promotion winning side of 2003–04 . Moore struggled to hold down a regular first team place during the first half of the 2005–06 season . He was sent off in the match against Wigan Athletic on 15 January 2006 , his only dismissal in over 100 games for Albion . It proved to be his last game for the club , and later that month he was signed for Derby County by Phil Brown for a fee of £300,000 , rising to £500,000 depending on appearances . Derby County . Moore was a pivotal figure in the 2006–07 Derby side that clinched promotion back to the Premier League after a five-year absence by winning the Championship play-off final 1–0 against his former club West Brom . This was the fourth time he had been part of a squad which won promotion to the Premier League , following on from his successes at West Brom ( twice ) and Bradford . His form that year led to him being named in the PFA Team of the Year for the 2006–07 Championship . In the 2007–08 Premiership season , Derby were relegated as the bottom club , although Moore was awarded the clubs internal Player of the Season award . Following the clubs relegation , manager Paul Jewell allowed Moore to talk to his former club Bradford City , who were managed by his former teammates Stuart McCall and Wayne Jacobs as assistant . However , Bradford City decided not to pursue their interest in Moore , instead opting to sign Graeme Lee . Barnsley . Moore signed for Barnsley on 2 July 2008 . Barnsley manager Simon Davey said they beat off competition from several sides to land the experienced defender . He scored his first goal for the club on 1 November 2008 , with a header in a 3–1 win against Charlton Athletic . He scored his second goal for the club on 17 April 2010 against Swansea City . On 2 May 2010 , after the West Bromwich Albion game , Moore was released by Barnsley . Burton Albion . Moore signed for Burton Albion on 7 May 2010 , days after his release from Barnsley , rejecting offers from higher-level clubs . On 3 August 2010 , he was announced as the clubs new captain , replacing Darren Stride . Moore left the club on 7 February 2012 . He then played for a while for Wellington Amateurs , before returning to his old club West Brom , employed as a youth coach . International career . Moore made three appearances for the Jamaica national team from 1999 to 2000 . Managerial career . West Bromwich Albion . On 2 April 2018 , West Bromwich Albion manager Alan Pardew , was dismissed from his post after a run of poor results , leaving them bottom of the Premier League and ten points from safety . Moore was then appointed as caretaker manager , taking charge of all current first team affairs until the end of the season . This made him the first ever Jamaican to manage in the Premier League . Under his leadership , West Brom went undefeated in April , a run that included a 1–0 away win against Manchester United – handing the league title to Uniteds arch-rivals Manchester City , in part earning Moore the Premier League Manager of the Month honour . However , West Brom were relegated from the Premier League later that day following Southamptons win against Swansea City , ending the clubs eight-year tenure in the top-flight . On 18 May 2018 , Moore was appointed as the permanent head coach of West Bromwich Albion , after impressing during his caretaker spell with the Baggies . The Baggies began the new Championship season as firm favourites for promotion , and by Moores time of departure , were sat in fourth place and in contention for qualification for the play-offs . On 9 March 2019 , Moore was sacked by the club , after a negative string of home results . James Shan temporarily replaced Moore in caretaker charge , leading them to the play-off semi-finals against eventual winners Aston Villa , suffering defeat . Slaven Bilić was appointed as Moores permanent successor in June 2019 . Doncaster Rovers . Moore returned to management during the summer , after agreeing to replace Grant McCann as the manager of League One side Doncaster Rovers . Moores reign in charge began well , as they maintained a six-game undefeated streak , prior to losing 1–0 against Blackpool . As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic , all football and other sporting competitions were halted from March 2020 onwards . On 9 June , all clubs voted to curtail the season , meaning the final league table would be calculated by a points-per-game method ; Doncaster narrowly missed out on play-off qualification , finishing the season in ninth position . In October 2020 , when Gerhard Struber left Moores former playing side Barnsley , Moore immediately became the favourite to replace him as their new manager , which would have seen him return to the Championship after a year-long absence , though it was Valérien Ismaël who was appointed as Strubers replacement . That season saw Moores side regain significant form , which saw the manager nominated for the divisions Manager of the Month accolade for both September 2020 and January 2021 . After going through the entirety of January 2021 winning every single league match possible , towards the end of his reign as manager , Moores side went five games without securing a victory , losing his final match in charge by 2–1 to Ipswich Town . Sheffield Wednesday . On 1 March 2021 , Moore left Doncaster with the club in the League One play-off positions to join Sheffield Wednesday , sitting inside the Championship relegation zone . His first game in charge would be at home to Rotherham United , where they would eventually lose to a 10-man Rotherham , thanks to a 90+7 minute , stoppage time winner from Freddie Ladapo . He would lose the following two games against Reading and Norwich City , but would pick up his first point in a 1-1 draw with Huddersfield Town . On 20 March , he would pick up his first win in the local derby against Barnsley winning the game 2-1 , thanks to two Jordan Rhodes goals . Prior to the game against Watford on 2 April 2021 , it was announced that he wouldn’t be in the dugout due to a positive Covid-19 test and would subsequently miss the games against Cardiff City and Queens Park Rangers . He would return to the dugout for the defeat against Swansea City , but he would suffer a setback a few days later in his recovery , developing pneumonia as a result of Covid-19 . He would return to the dugout for the final game of the season and must win tie against Derby County on 8 May 2021.The game would finish 3-3 and would see Sheffield Wednesday relegated back to League One and finish in last place . After the match , Sheffield Wendesday owner Dejphon Chansiri confirmed that manager Darren Moore would remain manager for the following season . Personal life . At West Brom he has been known by supporters as Big Dave . Moore is a devout Christian . He is active in the Christian charity Faith and Football with Linvoy Primus and Lomana LuaLua and has described the two as his best friends . In 2005 , Moore , along with Primus , walked the Great Wall of China to raise money for childrens causes . He has raised thousands of pounds for Christian Aid and Oxfam and started to raise awareness about helping children in third-world countries . Moore and Primus have organised another charity bicycle ride from Charlton to Portsmouth , via Barnet and Reading , all clubs where Primus played , to raise money for the Faith and Football charity . In 2004 , Moore received an award for Outstanding Contribution to Grass Roots and Community Football Projects as part of the Professional Footballers Associations Lets Kick Racism Out of Football campaign . Honours . Player . Individual - PFA Team of the Year : 1998–99 First Division , 2001–02 First Division , 2006–07 Championship Manager . Individual - Premier League Manager of the Month : April 2018 - EFL Championship Manager of the Month : September 2018 External links . - Darren Moores Faith and Football page - Darren Moore Official Website at Icons.com - Profile on The Official Reggae Boyz Supporterz Club website