- Darren Eales
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Darren Eales Personal information Date of birth 6 August 1971 Place of birth Liverpool, England Playing position Forward Youth career 1991-1994 Brown University Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1995-1996 Hampton Roads Mariners * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Darren Eales (born on August 6, 1971 in Liverpool, England) is a retired English association football forward who played both collegiately and professionally in the United States. He was a 1995 first team All American and earned his Cambridge Blue in 1998. He is now the in-house legal counsel for and Legal Director/Secretary of West Bromwich Albion.
Eales grew up in England. As he approached the end of his secondary education, he was faced with the decision of attending university or pursuing a football career. When approached by a scout from an American university offering him the opportunity to both play and attend school, he decided to move to the United States.[1] He attended Brown University, a member of the Ivy League, playing on the school’s NCAA Division I soccer team from 1991 to 1994. In his final season, he was the Ivy League Player of the Year and a first team All American. He received a 1st class bachelor’s degree in economics. In 1995, he signed with the Hampton Roads Mariners of the USISL. He spent two seasons with the Mariners, scoring 24 goals in 19 games in 1995.[2]
He returned to England where he read law at Cambridge, and gained his Cambridge Blue in 1998. He became a member of the bar in 2000 and eventually joined 2 Temple Gardens.[3] On May 6, 2006, he was hired as an in-house legal counsel by West Bromwich Albion.[4] and was subsequently made a Director and Company Secretary.
Eales has continued to play at the amateur level. In 2001, he joined the Newmarket Town F.C. Reserves in the Kershaw League.[5] He later moved to the Lancashire County Football Association where he played for Millhead Reserves in from 2004 to 2006 and Higher Poynton from 2006 to 2007. He is currently with M.P.G.
On March 2, 2010, Tottenham Hotspur announced today that Eales will be joining them as club secretary at the end of the season. On the 1st of July 2010, he officially joined the club as Director of Football Administration.[6]
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Categories:- 1971 births
- Living people
- English footballers
- English solicitors
- Brown Bears men's soccer players
- Hampton Roads Mariners players
- USISL players
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