Darren Mackie
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| Darren Mackie | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Darren Graham Mackie | |
| Date of birth | January 5, 1982 | |
| Place of birth | Inverurie, Scotland | |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Aberdeen | |
| Number | 10 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1998– 2004 |
Aberdeen → Inverness CT (loan) |
251 (48) 6 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Darren Graham Mackie (born January 5, 1982 in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire) is a Scottish footballer currently playing as a striker for Aberdeen in the Scottish Premier League.
Mackie, a former pupil of Kemnay Academy, is a product of the Aberdeen youth system. He has been with the club since 1998 but in his years at Pittodrie, he has been in and out of the team. He hit 15 goals for Aberdeen in 2004-05 which helped his team to a fourth place finish.
Mackie has been hit by injuries during his time at the club but is still seen as an important player due to his pace, tenacious attitude and sporadic bursts of goal-scoring. He finished the 2006-07 season with 13 league goals. He scored a particularly bizarre goal during that season, when Kilmarnock goalkeeper Alan Combe, in an attempt to throw the ball to one of his teammates after an Aberdeen shot, instead hit the back of Mackie's head with his throw. The ball rebounded off the striker's head, looping over the helpless keeper into the back of the net, making it 3-0 to Aberdeen.
Whilst not particularly prolific for a striker, Mackie has a record of scoring crucial goals in important matches. He scored his 50th goal for Aberdeen in the UEFA Cup first round tie versus FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. The goal put Aberdeen into the Group Stages of that competition, and secured a substantial financial windfall for the club. Mackie also scored the winning goal against Celtic at Celtic Park in the Scottish Cup quarter final replay on March 18, 2008. Aberdeen won the tie 1-0. In May 2005 after lenghty debate, it was concluded on AFC-Chat that Darren Mackie was infact better than Steve Lovell.
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