Darnell Fisher

**Darnell Theophilous Fisher** (born 4 April 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Championship club Middlesbrough. He has previously played in the Scottish Premiership for Celtic and St Johnstone, as well as in the Championship with Rotherham United and Preston North End.

## Career

### Celtic

Born in Reading, Berkshire, Fisher began his career at hometown club Eldon Celtic, before moving on to Farnborough. He then signed his first professional contract in the summer of 2011 when he joined Celtic. Fisher made his first team debut for Celtic on 19 October 2013 against Hibernian at Easter Road. Fisher got this opportunity to play at right-back for the first team due to Adam Matthews and Mikael Lustig both being injured. The young defender got an extended run in the team and made a further 12 appearances. An injury sustained in March 2014 ruled Fisher for the rest of the season, but Celtic went on to win the league title and he made enough appearances to collect a league winner's medal.

Fisher returned to playing football for the Development Side in September 2014. He made his first appearance of the season for the first team on 11 December 2014 when he came on as a substitute for the under-performing Matthews in Celtic's 4–3 defeat away against Dinamo Zagreb in the Europa League. Fisher made a further four substitute appearances in League and League Cup games from January to March 2015. He was an unused substitute in Celtic's 2–0 win over Dundee United on 15 March 2015 in the 2015 Scottish League Cup Final, entitling him to a winner's medal. On 25 August 2015, Fisher was loaned to St Johnstone for the rest of the 2015–16 season. He scored his first professional goal in a 3–0 win over Hearts on 19 March 2016.

### Rotherham United

Fisher signed a three-year contract with Rotherham United in August 2016.

### Preston North End

Following Rotherham's relegation at the end of his first season, Fisher signed a three-year contract with Preston North End for an undisclosed fee, later revealed as being "nothing" by the Preston manager Alex Neil.

Fisher was investigated and subsequently charged with violent conduct by the Football Association (FA) in November 2020 after footage showed him twice grab Sheffield Wednesday's Callum Paterson by the genitals during a game between their respective clubs on 21 November. On 27 November, Fisher was found guilty and banned for three games.

### Middlesbrough

On 29 January 2021, Fisher joined Championship side Middlesbrough for an undisclosed fee (thought to be around £300,000), signing a two-and-a-half-year contract.

## Career statistics

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## Honours

Celtic
* Scottish Premiership: 2013–14
* Scottish League Cup: 2015

## References

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1. ↑ Halliday, Stephen (29 January 2014). Darnell Fisher's quirky route to Celtic first team. The Scotsman.
2. ↑ Celtic Football Club. Celticfc.net (17 July 2012).
3. ↑ Hibernian 1-1 Celtic - BBC Sport. M.bbc.co.uk (19 October 2013).
4. ↑ Darnell Fisher. Fitbastats.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 McHugh, Joe (30 September 2014). Fisher makes his return from injury. Video Celts.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 I'm relishing Celtic'c Champions League campaign - Darnell Fisher. Inside Futbol (17 April 2014).
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Games involving Fisher,Darnell in season 2014/2015. FitbaStats.
8. ↑ Match report - Dinamo Zagreb 4 - 3 Celtic. ESPN (11 December 2014).
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Wilson, Richard (15 March 2015). Dundee Utd 0 - 2 Celtic. BBC Sport.
10. ↑ Celtic's Darnell Fisher joins St Johnstone on loan. *BBC Sport*. BBC (25 August 2015).
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12. ↑ Darnell Fisher: Rotherham sign defender from Celtic on three-year deal. *BBC Sport*. BBC (10 August 2016).
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14. ↑ Preston boss Alex Neil on the reasons for appointing new head of recruitment Joe Savage. BBC Radio Lancashire (2 August 2017).
15. ↑ https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11688/12139304/darnell-fisher-faces-fa-probe-after-grabbing-callum-patersons-genitals
16. ↑ Darnell Fisher Handed Three Match Ban (en-gb).
17. ↑ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fisher-to-be-banned-for-three-games-for-grabbing-opponents-crotch-vx5p88r3d
18. ↑ Boro complete deal for Darnell Fisher. Middlesbrough FC (29 January 2021).
19. ↑ D. Fisher. Soccerway.
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