Darren Potter

Darren Potter
Potter playing for Sheffield Wednesday in 2010.
Personal information
Full name Darren Michael Potter[1]
Date of birth (1984-12-21) 21 December 1984 (age 39)[2]
Place of birth Liverpool, England[2]
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1995–1999 Everton
1999–2001 Blackburn Rovers
2001–2003 Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2007 Liverpool 2 (0)
2006 → Southampton (loan) 10 (0)
2006 → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) 21 (0)
2007–2009 Wolverhampton Wanderers 35 (0)
2009 → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 17 (2)
2009–2011 Sheffield Wednesday 79 (6)
2011–2017 Milton Keynes Dons 229 (9)
2017–2019 Rotherham United 17 (0)
2019–2020 Tranmere Rovers 12 (0)
2020 Altrincham 0 (0)
Total 422 (17)
National team
Republic of Ireland U21
2007–2008 Republic of Ireland 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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

Career statistics[change | change source]

Club statistics[change | change source]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Liverpool 2004–05[4] Premier League 2 0 1 0 4 0 3[a] 0 10 0
2005–06[5] Premier League 0 0 0 0 1 0 6[a] 0 7 0
Liverpool total 2 0 1 0 5 0 9 0 17 0
Southampton (loan) 2005–06[5] Championship 10 0 2 0 0 0 — 12 0
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2006–07[6] Championship 38 0 3 1 1 0 2[b] 0 44 1
2007–08[7] Championship 18 0 3 0 2 0 — 23 0
2008–09[8] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Wolverhampton Wanderers total 56 0 8 1 3 0 2 0 67 1
Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 2008–09[8] Championship 17 2 0 0 0 0 — 17 2
Sheffield Wednesday 2009–10[9] Championship 46 3 1 0 2 0 — 49 3
2010–11[10] League One 33 3 2 1 2 0 3[c] 0 40 4
Sheffield Wednesday total 96 8 3 1 4 0 3 0 106 9
Milton Keynes Dons 2011–12[11] League One 40 2 3 1 3 0 3[d] 0 49 3
2012–13[12] League One 46 4 6 1 3 0 0 0 55 5
2013–14[13] League One 29 0 3 0 3 0 1[c] 0 37 0
2014–15[14] League One 40 2 4 0 2 0 1[c] 0 47 2
2015–16[15] Championship 37 0 1 1 0 0 — 38 1
2016–17[16] League One 37 1 3 0 0 0 1[e] 0 41 1
Milton Keynes Dons total 229 9 18 3 10 0 6 0 267 12
Rotherham United 2017–18[17] League One 16 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 18 0
2018–19[18] Championship 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
Rotherham United total 17 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 19 0
Tranmere Rovers 2019–20[19] League One 12 0 2 0 1 0 2[e] 0 15 0
Altrincham 2019–20[20] National League 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Career totals 422 17 34 5 24 0 22 0 502 22
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Appearances in Champions League
  2. ↑ Appearances in Championship play-offs
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Appearances in Football League Trophy
  4. ↑ Appearance in Football League Trophy, 2 appearances in League One play-offs
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy

International statistics[change | change source]

Republic of Ireland national team[21]
Year Apps Goals
2007 4 0
2008 1 0
Total 5 0

Honours[change | change source]

Liverpool

Milton Keynes Dons

Individual

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Tranmere Rovers" (PDF). English Football League. p. 73. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Darren Potter | SaintsPlayers.co.uk". saintsplayers.co.uk. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  3. ↑ Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan; Bull, David (2013). All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC. Southampton: Hagiology Publishing. p. 434. ISBN 978-0-9926-8640-6.
  4. ↑ "Games played by Darren Potter in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Games played by Darren Potter in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "Games played by Darren Potter in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Games played by Darren Potter in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Games played by Darren Potter in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  9. ↑ "Games played by Darren Potter in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  10. ↑ "Games played by Darren Potter in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  11. ↑ "Games played by Darren Potter in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Darren Potter in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Darren Potter in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Darren Potter in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Darren Potter in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Darren Potter in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Darren Potter in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Darren Potter in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Darren Potter in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  20. ↑ Darren Potter at Soccerway
  21. ↑ "Darren Potter". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  22. ↑ Gandini, Luca (2 June 2016). "European Champions' Club Cup/UEFA Champions League winning squads". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  23. ↑ "Darren Potter: MK Dons midfielder to leave after six seasons at club". BBC Sport. 24 April 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  24. ↑ "Arsenal striker Robin van Persie named PFA Player of the Year". BBC Sport. 22 April 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 "Darren Potter scores awards hat-trick". Milton Keynes Citizen. 1 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
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