Darren Bent

**Darren Ashley Bent** (born 6 February 1984) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.

He first played in the Premier League in 2001 for Ipswich Town and during the 2002/03 season he scored 18 goals. He played for Tottenham Hotspur, in 2005 after they paid a record fee of 16.5 million pounds. In August 2007 he signed up to play for Sunderland for a fee of 10 million pounds.

### Club

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|FA Cup|colspan=2|League Cup|colspan=2|Other|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=5|Ipswich Town|2001–02|Premier League|5|1|0|0|1|1|1|0|7|2|
|2002–03|First Division|35|12|2|3|3|2|3|1|43|18|||
|2003–04|First Division|37|15|1|0|1|0|2|1|41|16|||
|2004–05|Championship|45|20|1|0|2|0|2|0|50|20|||
|rowspan=3|Charlton Athletic|2005–06|Premier League|36|18|5|2|3|2|—|44|22||
|2006–07|Premier League|32|13|0|0|3|2|—|35|15||||
|rowspan=3|Tottenham Hotspur|2007–08|Premier League|27|6|0|0|1|0|8|2|36|8|
|2008–09|Premier League|33|12|1|0|3|1|6|4|43|17|||
|rowspan=3|Sunderland|2009–10|Premier League|38|24|2|1|0|0|—|40|25||
|2010–11|Premier League|20|8|1|1|2|2|—|23|11||||
|rowspan=5|Aston Villa|2010–11|Premier League|16|9|—|—|—|16|9||||
|2011–12|Premier League|22|9|2|1|1|0|—|25|10||||
|2012–13|Premier League|16|3|2|2|5|1|—|23|6||||
|2014–15|Premier League|7|0|—|1|0|—|8|0|||||
|Fulham (loan)|2013–14|Premier League|24|3|3|2|3|1|—|30|6|||
|Brighton & Hove Albion (loan)|2014–15|Championship|5|2|—|—|—|5|2|||||
|Derby County (loan)|2014–15|Championship|15|10|2|2|—|—|17|12||||
|rowspan=4|Derby County|2015–16|Championship|21|2|1|1|1|0|2|0|25|3|
|2016–17|Championship|37|10|2|2|3|1|—|42|13||||
|2017–18|Championship|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|||
|Burton Albion (loan)|2017–18|Championship|15|2|—|—|—|15|2|||||

### International

- Source:

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=6|England|2006|2|0|
|2007|1|0|||
|2008|1|0|||
|2009|1|0|||
|2010|2|1|||
|2011|6|3|||

- _England score listed first, score column indicates score after each Bent goal._

|scope=col|No.|scope=col|Date|scope=col|Venue|scope=col|Cap|scope=col|Opponent|scope=col|Score|scope=col|Result|scope=col|Competition|scope=col class=unsortable||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|7 September 2010|St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland|7||3–1|3–1|UEFA Euro 2012 qualification|||||||||||
|2|9 February 2011|Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark|8||1–1|2–1|Friendly|||||||||||
|3|26 March 2011|Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales|9||2–0|2–0|UEFA Euro 2012 qualification|||||||||||
|4|7 October 2011|Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro|11||2–0|2–2|UEFA Euro 2012 qualification|||||||||||

## Honours

**Tottenham Hotspur**
- Football League Cup: 2007–08; runner-up: 2008–09

**England U15**
- Victory Shield: 1999

**England U16**
- Nordic Cup runner-up: 2000

**Individual**
- Ipswich Town Young Player of the Year: 2002–03
- Premier League Player of the Month: August 2005
- Charlton Athletic Player of the Year: 2005–06
- Sunderland Player of the Year: 2009–10

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Darren Bent
- **image**: Darren Bent 26-04-2008 1.jpg
- **caption**: Bent in 2008
- **full name**: Darren Ashley Bent
- **birth place**: Tooting, England
- **position**: Striker (association football), Striker
- **youthyears1**: –1998
- **youthclubs1**: Godmanchester Rovers F.C., Godmanchester Rovers
- **youthyears2**: 1998–2001
- **youthclubs2**: Ipswich Town F.C., Ipswich Town
- **years1**: 2001–2005
- **clubs1**: Ipswich Town F.C., Ipswich Town
- **caps1**: 122
- **goals1**: 48
- **years2**: 2005–2007
- **clubs2**: Charlton Athletic F.C., Charlton Athletic
- **caps2**: 68
- **goals2**: 31
- **years3**: 2007–2009
- **clubs3**: Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur
- **caps3**: 60
- **goals3**: 18
- **years4**: 2009–2011
- **clubs4**: Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland
- **caps4**: 58
- **goals4**: 32
- **years5**: 2011–2015
- **clubs5**: Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa
- **caps5**: 61
- **goals5**: 21
- **years6**: 2013–2014
- **clubs6**: → Fulham F.C., Fulham (loan)
- **caps6**: 24
- **goals6**: 3
- **years7**: 2014
- **clubs7**: → Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., Brighton & Hove Albion (loan)
- **caps7**: 5
- **goals7**: 2
- **years8**: 2015
- **clubs8**: → Derby County F.C., Derby County (loan)
- **caps8**: 15
- **goals8**: 10
- **years9**: 2015–2018
- **clubs9**: Derby County F.C., Derby County
- **caps9**: 58
- **goals9**: 12
- **years10**: 2018
- **clubs10**: → Burton Albion F.C., Burton Albion (loan)
- **caps10**: 15
- **goals10**: 2
- **totalcaps**: 486
- **totalgoals**: 179
- **nationalyears1**: 1999–2000
- **nationalteam1**: England national under-16 football team, England U15
- **nationalcaps1**: 8
- **nationalgoals1**: 7
- **nationalyears2**: 2000–2001
- **nationalteam2**: England national under-16 football team, England U16
- **nationalcaps2**: 11
- **nationalgoals2**: 3
- **nationalyears3**: 2002
- **nationalteam3**: England national under-19 football team, England U19
- **nationalcaps3**: 3
- **nationalgoals3**: 3
- **nationalyears4**: 2003–2005
- **nationalteam4**: England national under-21 football team, England U21
- **nationalcaps4**: 14
- **nationalgoals4**: 9
- **nationalyears5**: 2006–2011
- **nationalteam5**: England national football team, England
- **nationalcaps5**: 13
- **nationalgoals5**: 4