Darius Martin Clarke Vassell (born 13 June 1980) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward for Aston Villa, Manchester City, Ankaragücü and Leicester City.
Vassell began his career at his home town club Aston Villa in the Premier League, being developed by their academy and making his first team debut in 1998. He was sold for £2 million in 2005 to another Premier League club, Manchester City, staying for four seasons before being released in 2009, moving abroad to Turkey for a season to play for the Süper Lig team Ankaragücü. In October 2010 he was brought back to England by his former international manager Sven-Göran Eriksson to play for the Championship side Leicester City.
Under Eriksson with England, Vassell scored six goals from 22 international caps awarded between 2002 and 2004, including appearances at the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan, and UEFA Euro 2004 in Portugal.
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match to a penalty shoot-out. Portugal won 6–5, as Ricardo saved from DariusVassell and then scored the winning goal himself. The Greeks, meanwhile, continued...
Munich disaster. Manchester City won 2–1 thanks to first-half goals from DariusVassell and debutant Benjani. Fans in attendance were given commemorative scarves...
air disaster; a well-observed one-minute silence preceded the match). DariusVassell and Benjani scored for City in the 24th and 45th minutes respectively...
the club since Peter Schmeichel. On 5 May 2007, his penalty save from DariusVassell helped assure a 1–0 triumph over Manchester City in the Manchester derby...
shoot-out went to sudden death at 4–4. Taking England's seventh penalty, DariusVassell had his shot saved by goalkeeper Ricardo, who then took Portugal's next...
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