Darren Moss

Darren Moss

Personal information
Full name	Darren Michael Moss
Date of birth	24 May 1981 (1981-05-24) (age 30)
Place of birth	Wrexham, Wales
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
1997-1998	Chester City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1998-2001	Chester City	62	(0)
2001-2005	Shrewsbury Town	135	(10)
2005-2007	Crewe Alexandra	59	(2)
2007-2009	Shrewsbury Town	60	(2)
2009-2010	Morecambe	18	(1)
2011	Bangor City	8	(0)
National team‡
2001-2002	Wales U21	6	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:09, 4 July 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:56, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Darren Michael Moss (born 24 May 1981 in Wrexham, Clwyd) is a Wales under-21 international footballer currently without a club.

Career

Moss started his career as a trainee at Chester. He made his début for the club back in November 1998, in Chester's 2-1 loss against Brentford. During Moss's Chester career he played in 62 games for the club, in those games he received nine yellow cards and two red cards.

In June 2001, Moss joined Shrewsbury Town on a free transfer, making his début in August 2001 in Town's 3-1 loss against Hartlepool. Moss was one of Shrewsbury's few key players as the club endured a poor 2002-03 campaign which saw them relegated from the Football League. Moss continued his good form in the Football Conference during 2003-04 as Shrewsbury immediately won promotion back to the Football League. A notable moment for Moss was scoring the winning penalty in the Conference playoff semi-final against Barnet, a game that eventually was settled by penalties. Seen as one of the key members of the squad, Moss was becoming a target of transfer interest from other clubs.

In March 2005, Darren Moss joined Dario Gradi's Crewe Alexandra, the north-west based club buying him for £170,000. He made his début in Crewe's 4-1 defeat to Wolves. A combination of injuries and the signing of Jon Otsemobor from Rotherham in the January transfer window left Moss without a place in the first team. This was until Otsemobor rejected a new contract at Crewe, which put him on the transfer list, with Gradi looking for a replacement for the speedy full-back. The Crewe manager turned to Moss who made his first appearance as Otsemobor's replacement in the 4-2 win over Chesterfield in the Football League Trophy.

Towards the end of the 2006-07 season, rumours linked Moss with a move back to his former club Shrewsbury Town. These rumours were fuelled further when Moss turned down an extension to his contract at Crewe. In May 2007, only days after Shrewsbury narrowly missed out on promotion, Moss re-joined Shrewsbury Town on a free transfer. Moss made 31 league appearances in 2007-08, scoring twice. Both goals came in local derbies, against his former club Chester and Wrexham.

On 29 June 2009 he signed a two-year-deal with Morecambe F.C. after being heavily linked with them, but struggled to hold down a regular first team place and left by mutual consent in October 2010.

In January 2011, Darren's career took a new turn as he signed for Welsh Premier League club Bangor City. He made 8 appearances for the club before leaving in the summer. He is currently training with Nantwich Town.^[1]

References

1. ^ "Ward And Bangor City Part Company". welsh-premier.com. 3 August 2011. http://www.welsh-premier.com/index.php/headline-news/3788-ward-and-bangor-city-part-company?. Retrieved 4 August 2011. 

External links

• Darren Moss career stats at Soccerbase

Persondata
Name	Moss, Darren
Alternative names	Moss, Darren Michael
Short description	Professional footballer
Date of birth	1981-05-24
Place of birth	Wrexham, Wales
Date of death
Place of death