Darren Purse

Quick Facts

Full Name	Darren Purse
Occupation	English Footballer
Date Of Birth	Feb 14, 1977(1977-02-14)
Age	47
Birthplace	Stepney
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	London
Horoscope	Aquarius

Darren Purse Biography

Darren Purse is one of the most popular and richest English footballer who was born on February 14, 1977 in Stepney, London, United Kingdom. Darren John Purse (born 14 February 1977) is an English former professional footballer, who is now employed as a youth coach in the Oxford United youth team. Oxford United.

Purse has won the two caps of England at the Under-21 level in 1998.

Purse established an effective centre-back partnership with Michael Johnson in the 1999–2000 season, making 41 starts in league and cup competitions for the “Blues”. He played at the Millennium Stadium in the 2001 League Cup Final, and scored a 90th-minute penalty to take the game into extra time. He also converted his penalty in the shoot-out, which was won by Liverpool 5–4. With four goals in 49 appearances in the 2000–01 season, Purse won the vote to be named as the club’s player of the season. This represented a significant turnaround for a young defender who was barracked by City supporters at the start of the campaign.

He missed the start of the 2001–02 season after a training ground shot from manager Trevor Francis broke his wrist. Francis was sacked just after Purse returned to full fitness, though the defender managed to keep his first team place under new boss Steve Bruce, and started 40 matches in the 2001–02 season.

A centre-back He began his football professional career with Leyton Orient, before winning an offer of PS100,000 towards Oxford United in July 1996. He was awe-inspiring and was then signed from Birmingham City for PS700,000 in February 1998. He was a part of”the “Blues” in the Premier League as well as the 2002 Football League Cup Final, after which he switched for West Bromwich Albion for a 750,000-PS750,000 price in June 2004. After one year playing for”Baggies”, he was transferred to “Baggies”, he was transferred to Championship club Cardiff City for just under PS1 million.

Darren Purse Net Worth

Darren Purse is one of the richest English Footballer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Darren Purse 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Purse was born in Stepney, London and attended Cardinal Pole Roman Catholic School in Hackney. When he was young, Purse was a part of that same Sunday league team with Lee Bowyer. He resisted apprenticeships at Arsenal or Tottenham Hotspur in favour of training with the Leyton Orient first team on the basis of a promise to sign an official contract at the age of 17 on his birthday. He made his debut as a senior with Orient with Peter Eustace just three days following his birthday, losing at the hands of Brighton & Hove Albion at the Goldstone Ground. He played nearly 2 seasons playing in the club’s home at Brisbane Road, and scored five goals in 66 cup and league matches for the club. Orient were knocked out of the Second Division in last place in 1994-95. They ended up 21st in Third Division in 1995-96. The club also had a stint on loan in Finland on loan with Kakkonen (Second Division) club BK-IFK.

In July of 1996, Purse was signed by Oxford United for a PS100,000 cost. Purse played 31 games in the 1996-97 campaign, and Denis Smith’s “Yellows” posted a 17th-place finishing at the top of the First Division. Purse excelled on Manor Ground. Manor Ground, and scored six goals in the course of 35 games during 1997-98.

Purse joined Birmingham City for £600,000 plus Kevin Francis (valued at £100,000) in February 1998. He started just two First Division games at the end of the 1997–98 season after making an unimpressive debut. He made 11 league starts and nine substitute appearances in the 1998–99 campaign, and also appeared at St Andrew’s as a substitute in the play-off defeat to Watford after David Holdsworth was sent off – he converted a penalty in the shoot-out, which ended in a 7–6 victory for Watford.

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In July 2005, Purse moved to Cardiff City in a deal worth just under £1 million. Five players (Alan Lee, Rhys Weston, Tony Warner, Chris Barker and Neil Alexander) accepted “substantial reductions in their wages” to allow the club to meet Purse’s wage demands. He was appointed team captain, and forged a reputation for hard work and consistency as the foundation of the Cardiff defence, forming an effective partnership with Glenn Loovens. He scored six goals in 43 games in 2005–06 and scored four goals in 33 games in 2006–07. Purse signed a one-year extension to his contract at Ninian Park in July 2007.

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Purse began the 2008–09 season on the bench until Glenn Loovens was sold to Celtic, and he returned to the starting line-up alongside Roger Johnson in September. He spent three months in the first team before losing his place in the side again, this time to Hungary international Gábor Gyepes who was signed as a replacement for Loovens, after a 2–1 defeat to Plymouth Argyle on 22 November after which Cardiff manager Dave Jones slammed the defensive performance of the team. Purse responded by criticising his manager and stating that he did not deserve to be dropped from the side. Purse was told that he could leave the club if a replacement could be signed during the January transfer window and was allowed to open talks with fellow Championship side Norwich City, but Cardiff could not find a suitable replacement in time and the move was cancelled. Able to secure a play-off place on the last day of the 2008–09 season, Cardiff instead suffered defeat and missed out on the play-offs on goal difference. At the end of the season Purse was not offered an extension to his contract and left the club.