Darren Bent

Darren Bent
Fulham info
Full name	Darren Ashley Bent
Date of birth	6 Feb 1984
Place of birth	Tooting, London, England
Height	5ft 11in (1.80m)
Playing position	Striker
Current player?
Number(s) worn	39 (2013-2014)
Debut	Arsenal (h) (24 Aug 2013)
Last Appearance	Stoke (a) (3 May 2014)
First goal	Arsenal (h) (24 Aug 2013)
Last goal	Man Utd (a) (9 Feb 2014)
Joined from	Aston Villa, Season-long loan - 16 Aug 2013
League apps (gls)	24 (3)
All apps (gls)	30 (6)
Other clubs	Godmanchester Rovers (youth) (?-1998) Ipswich (1998-2005) Charlton (2005-2007) Tottenham (2007-2009) Sunderland (2009-2011) Aston Villa (2011-2015) → Brighton (loan) (2014) → Derby (loan) (2015) Derby County (2015-2018) → Burton Albion (loan) (2018)
International	England (2006-2011)
Apps (gls)	13 (4)

Darren Bent played as a striker for Fulham on loan from Aston Villa for the 2013-14 season. He was signed a day before the opening match of the season and made his debut a week later against Arsenal. A proven goalscorer at the highest level, he had also won several England caps before his move to Craven Cottage. Unfortunately, his time at the club wasn't successful and he only managed three league goals and at times was kept on the bench as manager Felix Magath preferred younger players such as Cauley Woodrow and Moussa Dembélé.

Career

Fulham (2013-2014)

Darren signed on a season-long loan at the start of the 2013-14 season. He made an impact straight away as he scored 20 minutes into his debut off the bench at home to Arsenal. Shortly afterwards he helped Fulham through into the fourth round of the League Cup after scoring the second in a 2-1 win over Everton, and just over a week later scored the only goal in an important victory over Stoke.

Unfortunately for Darren, this was about as good as it was going to get during his time at the club, as Martin Jol, Rene Meulensteen and Felix Magath all started leaving him on the subs bench more and more often as the quality of his play on the pitch diminished. The fans general opinion of Bent was that he was underachieving and that he had lost his finishing touch. He did manage a goal in each of the FA Cup matches against Norwich in January 2014, with a header in the first match before scoring the first goal in a 3-0 win in the replay. Darren found match time harder and harder to come by as the season wore on, with Felix Magath in charge. So much so, that both 19 year-old Cauley Woodrow and 17 year-old Moussa Dembélé had at times been selected ahead of him. He finished his time at Fulham with only three league goals to his name and Fulham were relegated after finishing in 19th place.

Fulham Statistics

Appearances

Season	Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2013-14	24	3	3	2	3	1	30	6
Total	24	3	3	2	3	1	30	6

Disciplinary

Season
2013-14	0	0
Total	0	0

Fulham Matches

#	Season	Date	Comp	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Additional Information
1	2013-14	24 Aug 2013	PREM	Arsenal	Home	Lost	1-3	59',  77'
2	2013-14	27 Aug 2013	LC	Burton	Away	Drew	2-2*
3	2013-14	31 Aug 2013	PREM	Newcastle	Away	Lost	0-1	82'
4	2013-14	21 Sept 2013	PREM	Chelsea	Away	Lost	0-2
5	2013-14	24 Sept 2013	LC	Everton	Home	Won	2-1	65',  68'
6	2013-14	28 Sept 2013	PREM	Cardiff	Home	Lost	1-2	86'
7	2013-14	5 Oct 2013	PREM	Stoke	Home	Won	1-0	66',  83'
8	2013-14	21 Oct 2013	PREM	Crystal Palace	Away	Won	4-1	77'
9	2013-14	26 Oct 2013	PREM	Southampton	Away	Lost	0-2	75'
10	2013-14	29 Oct 2013	LC	Leicester	Away	Lost	3-4	65'
11	2013-14	2 Nov 2013	PREM	Man Utd	Home	Lost	1-3	83'
12	2013-14	23 Nov 2013	PREM	Swansea	Home	Lost	1-2
13	2013-14	30 Nov 2013	PREM	West Ham	Away	Lost	0-3
14	2013-14	14 Dec 2013	PREM	Everton	Away	Lost	1-4	78'
15	2013-14	21 Dec 2013	PREM	Man City	Home	Lost	2-4	82'
16	2013-14	28 Dec 2013	PREM	Hull	Away	Lost	0-6	64'
17	2013-14	1 Jan 2014	PREM	West Ham	Home	Won	2-1	69'
18	2013-14	4 Jan 2014	FAC	Norwich	Away	Drew	1-1	40'
19	2013-14	11 Jan 2014	PREM	Sunderland	Home	Lost	1-4	79'
20	2013-14	14 Jan 2014	FAC	Norwich	Home	Won	3-0	16', 79'
21	2013-14	18 Jan 2014	PREM	Arsenal	Away	Lost	0-2	68'
22	2013-14	26 Jan 2014	FAC	Sheff Utd	Away	Drew	1-1	57'
23	2013-14	28 Jan 2014	PREM	Swansea	Away	Lost	0-2	59'
24	2013-14	1 Feb 2014	PREM	Southampton	Home	Lost	0-3
25	2013-14	9 Feb 2014	PREM	Man Utd	Away	Drew	2-2	46',  90+4'
26	2013-14	12 Feb 2014	PREM	Liverpool	Home	Lost	2-3
27	2013-14	1 Mar 2014	PREM	Chelsea	Home	Lost	1-3
28	2013-14	8 Mar 2014	PREM	Cardiff	Away	Lost	1-3	76'
29	2013-14	26 Apr 2014	PREM	Hull	Home	Drew	2-2	53'
30	2013-14	3 May 2014	PREM	Stoke	Away	Lost	1-4

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