Darren Carter

Carter playing for Northampton Town in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Darren Anthony Carter[1]
Date of birth	(1983-12-18) 18 December 1983 (age 42)[2]
Place of birth	Solihull, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[3]
Position	Central midfielder[4]
Youth career
1998–2001	Birmingham City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2005	Birmingham City	45	(3)
2004	→ Sunderland (loan)	10	(1)
2005–2007	West Bromwich Albion	53	(4)
2007–2011	Preston North End	94	(4)
2010–2011	→ Millwall (loan)	10	(0)
2012–2013	Cheltenham Town	34	(6)
2013–2015	Northampton Town	60	(6)
2015–2017	Forest Green Rovers	62	(11)
2017–2021	Solihull Moors	118	(10)
Total		486	(45)
International career
2002	England U19	2	(0)
2002–2003	England U20	11	(0)
Managerial career
2021–2022	Birmingham City Women (interim)
2022–2024	Birmingham City Women
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Darren Anthony Carter (born 18 December 1983) is an English football coach and former professional player. Primarily a central midfielder, Carter made more than 300 appearances in the Premier League and Football League over a 14-year career, and then spent a further six seasons playing in the National League. He was most recently head coach of FA Women's Championship club Birmingham City Women.

An England under-19 and under-20 international, Carter began his career with Birmingham City, and came to prominence at the age of 18 when his penalty in the 2002 play-off final clinched the club's promotion to the Premier League. He was loaned to 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 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, and then spent two seasons with Northampton Town. He spent the next two seasons with Forest Green Rovers of the National League and a further four with 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 Women, before taking up the post of interim head coach of FA WSL club Birmingham City Women in November 2021. He was upgraded to permanent head coach at the end of May 2022, and left the club towards the end of the 2023–24 season.