caption fullname years clubs caps goals nationalteam image_size article_title position nationalcaps nationalyears birth_date image currentclub name nationalgoals
purse playing for cardiff city in 2009 darren john purse 1996 2005 2005 -- 2009 2009 -- 2011 2011 -- 2012 1996 2011 2011 -- 2012 2012 -- 2013 2013 2013 2014 -- -- 2015 2015 2015 -- 1998 1998 -- 2004 2004 -- → west bromwich albion cardiff city sheffield wednesday millwall → yeovil bk-ifk town -lrb- loan -rrb- → plymouth argyle -lrb- loan -rrb- -lrb- plymouth argyle port vale ifk mariehamn chesham united welling united loan staines town -rrb- oxford united birmingham city 55 3 42 17 6 ? 5 10 ? 59 168 22 111 61 13 5 3 0 2 2 0 ? 0 1 ? 5 9 0 10 2 1 0 england u21 225 darren purse
 centre back 2 1998 14 february 1977 purse , darren.jpg staines town darren purse 0
darren purse

darren john purse -lrb- born 14 february 1977 -rrb- is an english professional footballer who plays as a centre back for isthmian league premier division club staines town .
he began his career at leyton orient , before winning a # 100,000 move to oxford united in july 1996 .
he continued to impress , and was bought by birmingham city for # 700,000 in february 1998 .
he played for the `` blues '' in the premier league and the 2001 football league cup final , before switching to west bromwich albion for a # 750,000 fee in june 2004 .
after a year with the `` baggies '' , he was transferred to championship side cardiff city for just under # 1 million .
appointed as club captain , he was an unused substitute in the 2008 fa cup final , where they were defeated by portsmouth .
he joined sheffield wednesday in july 2009 , and was again appointed as captain .
the `` owls '' suffered relegation into league one , and he moved on to millwall in january 2011 .
loaned out to yeovil town , he switched to plymouth argyle for a 12-month spell in january 2012 .
he left plymouth for port vale in january 2013 , and helped the club to secure promotion out of league two in 2012 -- 13 .
he left england in august 2013 to play for finnish club ifk mariehamn , before joining english non-league side chesham united in january 2014 .
he later played for welling united and staines town .
