Darren Potter

**Darren Potter** (born 21 December 1984) is a former Irish football player. He played over 500 league games in a 16-year career.

### Club statistics

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|FA Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Liverpool|2004–05|Premier League|2|0|1|0|4|0|3|0|10|0|
|2005–06|Premier League|0|0|0|0|1|0|6|0|7|0|||
|Southampton (loan)|2005–06|Championship|10|0|2|0|0|0|—|12|0|||
|rowspan="4"|Wolverhampton Wanderers|2006–07|Championship|38|0|3|1|1|0|2|0|44|1|
|2007–08|Championship|18|0|3|0|2|0|—|23|0||||
|2008–09|Championship|0|0|0|0|0|0|—|0|0||||
|Sheffield Wednesday (loan)|2008–09|Championship|17|2|0|0|0|0|—|17|2|||
|rowspan="3"|Sheffield Wednesday|2009–10|Championship|46|3|1|0|2|0|—|49|3||
|2010–11|League One|33|3|2|1|2|0|3|0|40|4|||
|rowspan="7"|Milton Keynes Dons|2011–12|League One|40|2|3|1|3|0|3|0|49|3|
|2012–13|League One|46|4|6|1|3|0|0|0|55|5|||
|2013–14|League One|29|0|3|0|3|0|1|0|37|0|||
|2014–15|League One|40|2|4|0|2|0|1|0|47|2|||
|2015–16|Championship|37|0|1|1|0|0|—|38|1||||
|2016–17|League One|37|1|3|0|0|0|1|0|41|1|||
|rowspan=3|Rotherham United|2017–18|League One|16|0|1|0|1|0|0|0|18|0|
|2018–19|Championship|1|0|0|0|0|0|—|1|0||||
|Tranmere Rovers|2019–20|League One|12|0|2|0|1|0|2|0|15|0||
|Altrincham|2019–20|National League|0|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|1|0||

### International statistics

|colspan=3|Republic of Ireland national team||
| --- | --- | --- |
|2007|4|0|
|2008|1|0|

## Honours

**Liverpool**
- UEFA Champions League: 2004–05

**Milton Keynes Dons**
- League One second-place promotion: 2014–15

**Individual**
- PFA Team of the Year: 2011–12 League One
- Milton Keynes Dons Player of the Year: 2011–12
- Milton Keynes Dons Player's Player of the Year: 2011–12

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Darren Potter
- **image**: Darren Potter.jpg
- **caption**: Potter playing for Sheffield Wednesday F.C., Sheffield Wednesday in 2010.
- **full name**: Darren Michael Potter
- **birth place**: Liverpool, England
- **position**: Midfielder
- **youthyears1**: 1995–1999
- **youthyears2**: 1999–2001
- **youthyears3**: 2001–2003
- **youthclubs1**: Everton F.C. Reserves and Academy, Everton
- **youthclubs2**: Blackburn Rovers F.C. Under-23s and Academy, Blackburn Rovers
- **youthclubs3**: Liverpool F.C. Reserves and Academy, Liverpool
- **years1**: 2003–2007
- **clubs1**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **caps1**: 2
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 2006
- **clubs2**: → Southampton F.C., Southampton (loan)
- **caps2**: 10
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2006
- **clubs3**: → Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan)
- **caps3**: 21
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2007–2009
- **clubs4**: Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers
- **caps4**: 35
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2009
- **clubs5**: → Sheffield Wednesday F.C., Sheffield Wednesday (loan)
- **caps5**: 17
- **goals5**: 2
- **years6**: 2009–2011
- **clubs6**: Sheffield Wednesday F.C., Sheffield Wednesday
- **caps6**: 79
- **goals6**: 6
- **years7**: 2011–2017
- **clubs7**: Milton Keynes Dons F.C., Milton Keynes Dons
- **caps7**: 229
- **goals7**: 9
- **years8**: 2017–2019
- **clubs8**: Rotherham United F.C., Rotherham United
- **caps8**: 17
- **goals8**: 0
- **years9**: 2019–2020
- **clubs9**: Tranmere Rovers F.C., Tranmere Rovers
- **caps9**: 12
- **goals9**: 0
- **years10**: 2020
- **clubs10**: Altrincham F.C., Altrincham
- **caps10**: 0
- **goals10**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 422
- **totalgoals**: 17
- **nationalteam1**: Republic of Ireland national under-21 football team, Republic of Ireland U21
- **nationalyears2**: 2007–2008
- **nationalteam2**: Republic of Ireland national football team, Republic of Ireland
- **nationalcaps2**: 5
- **nationalgoals2**: 0