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Darius Vassell

Personal information
Full nameDarius Vassell
Date of birth13 June 1980(age 30)
Place of birthSutton Coldfield, England
Height1.75 m (5 ft 8.9 in)
Playing positionStriker / Winger
Club information
Current clubLeicester City
Number37

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Darius Vassell (born 13 June 1980) is an English footballer who plays for Championship side Leicester City, having previously played for Aston Villa, Manchester City and Ankaragücü, as well as the England national team.

A striker, Vassel began his career at his home town club Aston Villa in the Premier League, being developed by their academy and making his first team debut in 1998. He was sold for £2m in 2005 to another Premier League club, Manchester City, staying for four seasons before being released in 2009, moving abroad to Turkey for a season to play for the Süper Lig team Ankaragücü. In October 2010 he was brought back to England by his former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson to play for the Football League Championship side Leicester.

Under Eriksson with England, Vassel scored six goals from 22 international caps awarded between 2002 and 2004, including appearances at the 2002 World Cup in Korea/Japan, and the 2004 European Championship in Portugal.

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Darius Vassell has warned the rest of the Championship to watch Leicester City ... - Leicester Mercury Tweet this news
Leicester Mercury---Vassell- is one of six new faces to arrive at the club since Sven-Goran Eriksson took over as manager less than two months ago. Striker Roman Bednar and ... - Date : Sat, 27 Nov 2010 07:40:40 GMT+00:00
Sven-Goran Eriksson tips Darius Vassell to play key role for Leicester City - Leicester Mercury Tweet this news
Leicester Mercury--The former Aston Villa and Manchester City striker made his long-awaited debut at Oakwell and impressed for an hour before being replaced as ... - Date : Mon, 08 Nov 2010 09:34:18 GMT+00:00
Race Hots Up For Foxes Striker - Foxes Online Tweet this news
Foxes Online---...- scoring four goals, but could find himself further down the pecking order at City following the arrivals of -Darius Vassell- and, more recently, Roman Bednar.--- - Date : Thu, 25 Nov 2010 07:23:01 GMT+00:00
Darius Vassell - Leicester Mercury Tweet this news
Leicester Mercury--Leicester City are hopeful -Darius Vassell- will be cleared to make his debut at Barnsley on Saturday. Vassell has been training with City for ... - Date : Thu, 04 Nov 2010 09:41:19 GMT+00:00
Oakley set for Foxes return - Telegraph.co.uk Tweet this news
Telegraph.co.uk--Former England striker -Darius Vassell- lasted just over an hour on his City debut at the weekend and should be involved again.--- - Date : Tue, 09 Nov 2010 12:39:56 GMT+00:00
Vassell glad to be back - Telegraph.co.uk Tweet this news
Telegraph.co.uk--Former England international -Darius Vassell- is delighted to be back playing football after a forgettable spell with Turkish side Ankaragucu. ... - Date : Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:50:28 GMT+00:00
According to Oliver Kay of The Times - Darius Vassell - FansOnLine.net Tweet this news
FansOnLine.net--Thye only thing is I cannot see any of those cutting it when we do get in the Prem. I hope there is one budget for the promotion push and a bigger one when ... - Date : Mon, 18 Oct 2010 09:44:01 GMT+00:00
Newcastle Jets heavily linked with ex-Villa, Man City striker Vassell - Tribalfootball.com Tweet this news
Tribalfootball.com--The Hunter Valley club have been closely linked with former Aston Villa and Manchester City striker -Darius Vassell- but have yet to agree terms with the ... - Date : Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:24:46 GMT+00:00
The Championship Betting: 'Boro on the up under Mowbray? - betting.betfair.com (blog) Tweet this news
betting.betfair.com (blog)--Okay, so -Darius Vassell- isn't quite a marquee signing - but if I were a Leicester fan, I'd be pretty excited, especially coming on the back of the loan ... - Date : Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:42:12 GMT+00:00
Leicester v Preston - BBC Sport Tweet this news
BBC Sport---Darius Vassell- could be included in the Leicester squad after building up his fitness since he joined the club last week. Fellow striker Martyn Waghorn and ... - Date : Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:25:35 GMT+00:00

Youth career
YearsClub
1996 � 1998Aston Villa

Senior career
YearsClubAppsGoals
1998 � 2005Aston Villa16235
2005 � 2009Manchester City10317
2009 � 2010Ankaragücü224
2010 �Leicester City50

National Team
YearsTeamAppsGoals
2002 � 2004England226

Leicester City :
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
1997 � 98 Aston Villa Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 � 99 6 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 11 2
1999-00 2 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 8 0
2000 � 01 21 4 3 1 1 0 3 0 28 5
2001 � 02 36 12 1 0 1 0 6 2 44 14
2002 � 03 33 8 1 0 3 3 1 0 38 11
2003 � 04 32 9 1 0 6 1 0 0 39 10
2004 � 05 21 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 22 3
2005 � 06 Manchester City Premier League 36 8 4 1 1 1 0 0 41 10
2006 � 07 32 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 37 5
2007 � 08 27 6 3 0 2 0 0 0 32 6
2008 � 09 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 1
2009 � 10 Ankaragücü Süper Lig 22 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 25 4
2010 � 11 Leicester City Championship 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total England 259 52 19 4 21 6 15 5 314 67
Career Total 281 56 22 4 21 6 15 5 339 71

Leicester City :
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 13 February 2002 Amsterdam, Netherlands Netherlands 1 � 1 1 � 1 Friendly match
2 17 April 2002 Liverpool, England Paraguay 3 � 0 4 � 0 Friendly match
3 26 May 2002 Kobe, Japan Cameroon 1 � 1 2 � 2 Friendly match
4 2 April 2003 Sunderland, England Turkey 1 � 0 2 � 0 Euro 2004 Qualifier
5 5 June 2004 Manchester, England Iceland 4 � 1 6 � 1 Friendly match
6 5 June 2004 Manchester, England Iceland 6 � 1 6 � 1 Friendly match

England squad 2002 FIFA World Cup

Seaman, Mills, A. Cole, Sinclair, Ferdinand, Campbell, Beckham (c), Scholes, Fowler, Owen, Heskey, Brown, Martyn, Bridge, Keown, Southgate, Sheringham, Hargreaves, J. Cole, Vassell, Butt, James, Dyer
Coach : Eriksson

England squad UEFA Euro 2004

James, G. Neville, A. Cole, Gerrard, Terry, Campbell, Beckham (c), Scholes, Rooney, Owen, Lampard, Bridge, Robinson, P. Neville, King, Carragher, Butt, Hargreaves, J. Cole, Dyer, Heskey, Walker, Vassell
Coach : Eriksson

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