Darren Shaun Bazeley was born on 5 October 1972 and is an English football coach and former player.
18 Facts About Darren Bazeley
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Darren Bazeley played as either a right back or right-sided midfielder.
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Darren Bazeley is currently head coach of the New Zealand team and head coach of the national U-23 and Olympic sides.
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Darren Bazeley finished the campaign with a total of seven goals from his 38 appearances.
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Watford began the following season under a new manager in Glenn Roeder, but a medial collateral ligament saw Darren Bazeley only make a total of 10 appearances in the campaign.
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Darren Bazeley was a regular in the side in the following two seasons, making over 40 league appearances in each.
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Darren Bazeley chose to move on a free transfer to First Division club Wolverhampton Wanderers, who were managed by Colin Lee.
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In total, Darren Bazeley made 80 appearances for the club, scoring four goals.
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In July 2002, Darren Bazeley moved to First Division club Walsall, again working under Lee.
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Darren Bazeley signed with the re-invented New Zealand Knights for the new Australian A-League, alongside former Wolves and Walsall teammate Neil Emblen.
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In 2008, Darren Bazeley became head coach of Waitakere United youth team.
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Darren Bazeley became assistant of the club's senior team in June 2009, working under his former Wolves teammate Emblen, the side's head coach.
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In 2009, Darren Bazeley was appointed assistant coach for the New Zealand U-17 national team.
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In September 2013, Darren Bazeley was appointed as head coach of the New Zealand U-20 national team, but he remained in charge of the U-17s for the World Cup the following month, in which New Zealand lost all three matches to finish bottom of their group.
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Darren Bazeley led the U-20 team to a victory at 2016 OFC U-20 Championship in Vanuatu, qualifying for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.
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Darren Bazeley continued to work with the senior side as they won at the 2016 OFC Nations Cup and played at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia.
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Darren Bazeley cited the travel conditions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and his family in New Zealand as factors in his departure from Newcastle.
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Darren Bazeley became a New Zealand citizen in 2015 retaining his British Citizenship.