Darren Beckford, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Darren Beckford

British footballer

Date of Birth: 12-May-1967

Place of Birth: Moss Side, England, United Kingdom

Profession: association football player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Darren Richard Lorenzo Beckford (born 12 May 1967) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward.
His younger brother Jason also played professional football. In fourteen years as a professional footballer he scored a total of 96 goals in 302 league games.
Advancing through the Manchester City youth team, he also spent a brief time on loan at Bury before joining Port Vale in 1987.
He enjoyed the most successful time of his career at Vale, scoring 68 goals in 167 league games, helping the club to promotion via the play-offs in 1989.
After four successive seasons as the club's top scorer he earned a £925,000 move to Norwich City in 1991.
Unable to find the form he hit at Vale Park, he was sold on to Oldham Athletic for £300,000 in 1993.
Three years later he moved on to Scottish side Hearts.
He later played for Preston North End, Fulham, Walsall, Rushden & Diamonds, Southport, Total Network Solutions, Bury and Bacup Borough.