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| height = {{convert|1.88|m|order=flip}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/15617/darren-carter |title=Darren Carter: Overview |publisher=ESPN |access-date=11 April 2020}}</ref>
| position = [[Central midfielder]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/darren-carter/ |title=Darren Carter: Profile |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL |access-date=11 April 2020}}</ref>
| currentclub = [[Birmingham City W.F.C.|Birmingham City Women]] (head coach)
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| youthyears1 = 1998–2001| youthclubs1 = [[Birmingham City F.C. Reserves and Academy|Birmingham City]]
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| nationalyears2 = 2002–2003 | nationalteam2 = [[England national under-20 football team|England U20]] | nationalcaps2 = 11 | nationalgoals2 = 0
| manageryears1 = 2021–2022 | managerclubs1 = [[Birmingham City W.F.C.|Birmingham City Women]] (interim)
| manageryears2 = 2022– 2022–2024 | managerclubs2 = [[Birmingham City W.F.C.|Birmingham City Women]]
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'''Darren Anthony Carter''' (born 18 December 1983) is an English [[Association football|football]] coach and former professional player. Primarily a [[central midfielder]], Carter made more than 300 appearances in the [[Premier League]] and [[English Football League|Football League]] over a 14-year career, and then spent a further six seasons playing in the [[National League (division)|National League]]. He was appointedmost interimrecently head coach of [[FA WSLWomen's Championship]] club [[Birmingham City W.F.C.|Birmingham City Women]] in November 2021 before becoming permanent in May 2022 after relegation to the [[FA Women's Championship]].
 
An [[England national under-19 football team|England under-19]] and [[England national under-20 football team|under-20 international]], Carter began his career with [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]], and came to prominence at the age of 18 when his penalty in the [[2002 Football League First Division play-off final|2002 play-off final]] clinched the club's promotion to the Premier League. He was [[Loan (sports)|loaned]] to [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] in winter 2004, before he was sold to [[West Bromwich Albion]] for £1.5 million in July 2005. In August 2007, he joined [[Preston North End]] for a fee of up to £1.25 million. Loaned to [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]] in the 2010–11 season, he later had to spend the 2011–12 season without a club after tearing a groin muscle during a trial match. He returned to action in the 2012–13 campaign with [[Cheltenham Town F.C.|Cheltenham Town]], and then spent two seasons with [[Northampton Town F.C.|Northampton Town]]. He spent the next two seasons with [[Forest Green Rovers]] of the National League and a further four with [[Solihull Moors F.C.|Solihull Moors]].
 
While with Solihull Moors, he managed their youth academy and acted as a development coach, and spent time as first-team coach of [[West Bromwich Albion F.C. Women|West Bromwich Albion Women]], before taking up the post of interim head coach of [[FA WSL]] club [[Birmingham City W.F.C.|Birmingham City Women]] in November 2021. whichHe was upgraded to permanent head coach at the end of May 2022, and left the club towards the end of the 2023–24 season.
 
==Club career==
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==Coaching career==
While a player with Solihull Moors, he managed the club's academy,<ref name="Moors Academy Mgr"/> and also acted as a youth development coach.<ref name="Blues Women interim"/> He spent time in the early part of the 2021–22 season as first-team coach of [[West Bromwich Albion F.C. Women|West Bromwich Albion Women]], before taking on the role of interim head coach of [[FA WSL]] club [[Birmingham City W.F.C.|Birmingham City Women]] on 21 November 2021 following the dismissal of [[Scott Booth]].<ref name="Blues Women interim">{{cite web |url=https://www.bcfc.com/news/articles/2021/blues-women-interim-head-coach-darren-carter/ |title=Blues Women interim head coach: Darren Carter |publisher=Birmingham City F.C. |date=21 November 2021 |access-date=21 November 2021 |archive-date=3 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203160545/https://bcfc.com/news/articles/2021/blues-women-interim-head-coach-darren-carter/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59368358 |title=Birmingham City: Darren Carter named women's interim boss |website=BBC Sport |date=21 November 2021 |access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref> After being unable to avoid relegation to the [[FA Women's Championship]], his role as head coach became permanent on 30 May 2022 after a two -year deal was signed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61640318|title=Darren Carter: Birmingham City name permanent manager after WSL relegation|website=BBC Sport |date=30 May 2022|accessdate=30 May 2022}}</ref> The team fell just one point short of promotion in 2022–23, and Carter left the club by mutual consent in April 2024.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bcfc.com/news/womens/darren-carter-leaves-blues-women |title=Darren Carter leaves Blues Women |publisher=Birmingham City F.C. |date=11 April 2024 |access-date=11 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://fawslfulltime.co.uk/2024/04/11/birmingham-city-announce-departure-of-head-coach-carter/ |title=Birmingham City announce departure of head coach Carter |first=Daniel |last=Pentland |website=WSL Full-time |date=11 April 2024 |access-date=11 April 2024}}</ref>
 
==Career statistics==
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