Stephen Darby

Stephen Darby ( born October 6, 1988 in Liverpool) is an English footballer who is since 2012 in Bradford City under contract. It is mostly used as a right-back.

Career

Association

Darby learned to play football in the youth of Liverpool FC as a defender. In the years 2006 and 2007 he won the youth team the Reds the FA Youth Cup. In the finals in 2006, where Darby ran aground as captain of the team, Manchester City was defeated, and the following year the city rivals Manchester United. He made his debut for the senior team on 12 November 2008 when he came on in the Carling Cup game against Tottenham Hotspur.

His first game in the UEFA Champions League, he completed on December 9, 2008, when he was appointed to the match against PSV Eindhoven for Álvaro Arbeloa on the field. He made his debut on 20 January 2010 in the Premier League when he came off the bench in the home game against Tottenham in the 90th minute for Philipp Degen.

On March 11, 2010 and Loan was announced until the season end to the third division Swindon Town. Two days later, Darby played in the away match at Brighton & Hove Albion 's first game for Swindon Town, as he played through the entire game. After he came in the 2010/11 season for Liverpool only in a Europa League game used, he was from November 2010 to re-borrow, now at third division Notts County. He remained there except for a brief interruption in early January 2011 to end of season. On July 6, 2011, he moved on loan to Rochdale AFC.