54 Facts About Darren Moore

Darren Mark Moore was born on 22 April 1974 and is a professional football manager and former player who played as a centre-back.

Darren Moore is the manager of EFL League Two club Port Vale.

Darren Moore signed with Barnsley in July 2008, where he would remain for two Championship seasons before he joined League Two side Burton Albion in May 2010.

Darren Moore retired in February 2012, scoring 38 goals in 668 league and cup appearances throughout a 20-year professional playing career.

Darren Moore coached the youth teams at West Bromwich Albion and was installed as caretaker manager in April 2018.

Darren Moore was sacked in March 2019, with the club in the Championship play-off places.

Darren Moore returned to management with Doncaster Rovers in July 2019 and left the club in the League One play-off places in March 2021 after being hired as the new manager of Sheffield Wednesday.

Darren Moore failed to prevent the club from being relegated from the Championship.

Darren Moore left the club by mutual consent in June 2023 and took charge at Huddersfield Town in September 2023.

Darren Moore was sacked four months later and appointed Port Vale manager in February 2024.

Darren Moore has performed extensive charity work for the Professional Footballers' Association, Show Racism the Red Card, and the Free Methodist Church.

Darren Mark Moore was born on 22 April 1974 in Birmingham, West Midlands, and attended James Watt Primary School and Holyhead Secondary, both in Handsworth.

Darren Moore played for Holly Lane Colts and in 1989 had an unsuccessful trial with Walsall.

Darren Moore began his football career as a trainee with Torquay United in June 1990, having succeeded on a one-week trial at the age of 16.

Darren Moore remained with Torquay now managed by former youth-team coach Paul Compton.

Darren Moore arrived at Sammy Chung's Doncaster with Torquay teammates Scott Colcombe and Duane Darby.

Darren Moore was named in the PFA Team of the Year.

Darren Moore was not given the chance to prove himself in the Premier League and was instead made to train with the reserves.

Darren Moore played just once more for Bradford, in the League Cup against Reading.

Darren Moore got off to a difficult start as Portsmouth lost in his first seven games.

Alongside goalkeeper Russell Hoult and left-back Neil Clement, Darren Moore was one of three West Brom players named in the PFA Team of the Year for the First Division as West Brom set a club record 27 clean sheets and conceded just 29 league goals.

Darren Moore subsequently complained that he was not offered a new contract by the club now that they were in a higher division, though Robson said "I need to see him more before making any decisions" as Darren Moore played had played only four first-team games for Robson at that point.

Moore spent three-and-a-half months out of the first XI as Neil Clement and Darren Purse were preferred ahead of him, though assistant manager Nigel Pearson praised him for his performance once he did make it back into the team.

Phil Brown was sacked as Derby manager just four days after Darren Moore arrived at the club.

Darren Moore was awarded the club's Player of the Year award.

However, Bradford decided not to pursue their interest in Darren Moore, instead opting to sign Graeme Lee.

Darren Moore signed a one-year deal with Barnsley after joining on a free transfer on 2 July 2008.

Darren Moore signed for Burton Albion on 7 May 2010, days after his release from Barnsley.

Darren Moore was signed by his former Derby teammate Paul Peschisolido.

Darren Moore received the PFA Player In The Community Award in March 2011.

Darren Moore played one game for Wellington, helping them to reach a cup final.

Darren Moore was called up to the Jamaica national team for two friendly games against Saudi Arabia in July 1999.

Darren Moore coached the under-18s at West Bromwich Albion and was first elevated to work with the first-team by Tony Pulis, who had previously managed Darren Moore at Portsmouth.

On 18 May 2018, Darren Moore was appointed as the permanent head coach of West Bromwich Albion after impressing during his caretaker spell with the Baggies.

Darren Moore experienced a "difficult summer" as the club was without a recruitment team and technical director, and only appointed an assistant manager in Graeme Jones two days before the season's opening fixture.

Darren Moore later said that he felt the club made the wrong decision in sacking him, particularly when they failed to bring in an experienced replacement.

Darren Moore was appointed as manager of League One club Doncaster Rovers on 10 July 2019.

At the time of his departure, Doncaster were pushing for promotion and chairman David Blunt was angered that Darren Moore had left "part way through what has been a season full of promise".

On 1 March 2021, Darren Moore left Doncaster with the club in the League One play-off positions to join Sheffield Wednesday, sitting inside the Championship relegation zone.

Darren Moore was forced to sit out two matches the following month after giving a positive COVID-19 test.

Darren Moore returned to the dugout for the defeat against Swansea City, but he suffered a setback a few days later in his recovery, developing pneumonia as a result of COVID-19.

On 19 June 2023, Darren Moore left the club by mutual consent, after he and Chansiri failed to agree on the terms of a potential contract renewal.

Chansiri claimed Darren Moore wanted a "minimum of four times" his current salary plus a three-year contract, though Darren Moore responded by saying it was purely a footballing decision as the two men shared vastly different views on what the club's transfer policy should be.

On 21 September 2023, Darren Moore was appointed as manager of Huddersfield Town, succeeding Neil Warnock.

Darren Moore was sacked on 29 January 2024 after just three wins in 23 matches, with the club 21st in the Championship table and three points above the relegation places.

On 13 February 2024, Darren Moore was appointed as manager of relegation-threatened League One side Port Vale after being identified by director of football David Flitcroft as the "primary target to come in and galvanise and energise the club".

Darren Moore signed a five-and-a-half-year contract, which he said was "a testament to the long-term vision of the club" that was shared by owner Carol Shanahan, club staff and supporters.

Darren Moore won a second consecutive Manager of the Month award after Vale went to the top of League Two with 16 points from six unbeaten games.

Darren Moore was made an Honorary Patron for the charity Show Racism the Red Card in September 2011, having been subject to racist abuse during both his playing and management career.

Darren Moore became a born-again Christian after being inspired by then-Bradford teammate Wayne Jacobs in 1997.

Darren Moore found his faith helped his career, providing confidence during good times and solace during times when he struggled with injury.

Darren Moore became active at the Renewal Christian Centre, a Free Methodist Church.

Darren Moore was an ambassador for the charity Inspire Afrika, assisting with a fundraising effort to help to run a school project in Kenya.

Darren Moore's brother, David Moore, was an academy player at Aston Villa and later settled in Finland, where he played for MyPa and worked as a first-team administrator for Veikkausliiga club Inter Turku.