Darius Vassell

**Darius Martin Clarke Vassell** (born 13 June 1980) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward for Aston Villa, Manchester City, Ankaragücü and Leicester City.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Season|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Division|colspan="2"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="9"|Aston Villa|1997–98|Premier League|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|||
|1998–99|Premier League|6|0|1|0|1|0|3|2|11|2|||||
|1999–2000|Premier League|11|0|1|0|5|0|—|17|0||||||
|2000–01|Premier League|23|4|3|1|1|0|3|0|30|5|||||
|2001–02|Premier League|36|12|1|0|1|0|6|2|44|14|||||
|2002–03|Premier League|33|8|1|0|3|3|2|0|39|11|||||
|2003–04|Premier League|32|9|1|0|6|1|—|39|10||||||
|2004–05|Premier League|21|2|0|0|1|1|—|22|3||||||
|rowspan="5"|Manchester City|2005–06|Premier League|36|8|4|1|1|1|—|41|10||||
|2006–07|Premier League|32|3|4|2|0|0|—|36|5||||||
|2007–08|Premier League|27|6|3|0|2|0|—|32|6||||||
|2008–09|Premier League|8|0|1|0|0|0|6|1|15|1|||||
|Ankaragücü|2009–10|Süper Lig|22|4|3|0|—|—|25|4||||||
|rowspan="3"|Leicester City|2010–11|Championship|31|4|1|0|0|0|—|32|4||||
|2011–12|Championship|13|2|0|0|0|0|—|13|2||||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|England|2002|9|3|
|2003|6|1|||
|2004|7|2|||

- _Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Vassell 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|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center"|1|13 February 2002|Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands|1||1–1|1–1|Friendly||||||||
|style="text-align:center"|2|17 April 2002|Anfield, Liverpool, England|3||3–0|4–0|Friendly||||||||
|style="text-align:center"|3|26 May 2002|Noevir Stadium Kobe, Hyōgo-ku, Kobe, Japan|5||1–1|2–2|Friendly||||||||
|style="text-align:center"|4|2 April 2003|Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England|11||1–0|2–0|UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying||||||||
|style="text-align:center"|5|5 June 2004|City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, England|18|rowspan="2"|style="text-align:center"|4–1|6–1|Friendly||||||||
|style="text-align:center"|6|style="text-align:center"|6–1|||||||||||||

## Honours

- Aston Villa
- FA Cup: 2000 (runner-up)
- Intertoto Cup: 2001

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Darius Vassell
- **image**: Darius Vassell 2011.jpg
- **caption**: Vassell playing for Leicester City F.C., Leicester City in 2011
- **fullname**: Darius Martin Clarke Vassell
- **birth place**: Birmingham, England
- **height**: 1.70 m
- **position**: Striker (association football), Striker, winger (association football), winger
- **youthclubs1**: Romulus F.C., Romulus
- **youthyears2**: 1996–1998
- **youthclubs2**: Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa
- **years1**: 1998–2005
- **clubs1**: Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa
- **caps1**: 162
- **goals1**: 35
- **years2**: 2005–2009
- **clubs2**: Manchester City F.C., Manchester City
- **caps2**: 103
- **goals2**: 17
- **years3**: 2009–2010
- **clubs3**: MKE Ankaragücü, Ankaragücü
- **caps3**: 22
- **goals3**: 4
- **years4**: 2010–2012
- **clubs4**: Leicester City F.C., Leicester City
- **caps4**: 44
- **goals4**: 6
- **totalcaps**: 331
- **totalgoals**: 62
- **nationalyears1**: 1998–1999
- **nationalteam1**: England national under-18 football team, England U18
- **nationalcaps1**: 5
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 1999–2001
- **nationalteam2**: England national under-21 football team, England U21
- **nationalcaps2**: 11
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **nationalyears3**: 2002–2004
- **nationalteam3**: England national football team, England
- **nationalcaps3**: 22
- **nationalgoals3**: 6