fullname youthclubs years clubs caps goals birth_place nationalteam height totalcaps position nationalyears birth_date totalgoals article_title name
darren richard lorenzo beckford manchester city 1985 1996 1996 -- 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1987 1997 -- 1998 1998 -- 1991 1991 -- 1993 1993 -- manchester norwich city oldham athletic heart of midlothian preston north end city fulham walsall rushden & diamonds southport total network solutions bury → bacup borough bury -lrb- loan -rrb- port vale 11 0 1 0 12 178 49 52 7 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 5 71 13 17 0 0 0 0 moss side , manchester , england england u-16s 5 10 320 + forward 1983 12 june 1967 106 + darren beckford
 darren beckford
darren beckford

darren richard lorenzo beckford -lrb- born 12 june 1967 -rrb- is an english former professional footballer .
his younger brother jason also played professional football .
they both played as forwards .
in fourteen years as a professional footballer he scored a total of 103 goals in 309 league games .
advancing through the manchester city youth team , he also spent a brief time on loan at bury before joining port vale in 1987 .
he enjoyed the most successful time of his career at vale , scoring 68 goals in 167 league games , helping the club to promotion via the play-offs in 1989 .
after four successive seasons as the club 's top scorer he earned a # 925,000 move to norwich city in 1991 .
unable to find the form he hit at vale park , he was sold on to oldham athletic for # 300,000 in 1993 .
three years later he moved on to scottish side hearts .
he later played for preston north end , fulham , walsall , rushden & diamonds , southport , total network solutions , bury and bacup borough .
