Darren Forsyth
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| Darren Forsyth | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Darren Forsyth | |
| Date of birth | February 21, 1988 | |
| Place of birth | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | |
| Height | 6ft 2" | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | UCD AFC | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2006-present | UCD AFC | 8 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Darren Forsyth, born in Dublin on 21 February 1988, is a footballer, currently playing with Eircom League side UCD.
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[edit] Early career
He moved to UCD in 2006 and received a call up to the first team in 2007. Darren started his playing career with St. Josephs Boys AFC Sallynoggin before moving on to Cherry Orchard.During his time in Cherry Orchard Darren played in the Milk Cup where they were defeated by Manchester United,Darren went on to sign for UCD when he finished his Cherry Orchard season.Darren was one of the most well known "Joeys" players of his generation.Darren also representsd his county and province in several representative teams throughout the years, he was also selected for the Irish schools team in 2006 where he received 6 caps.
[edit] Schools Level
At school level Darren was part of the first soccer team to emerge from Presentation College Glasthule. The team began in 2001 while Darren was in second year and had minor success against local schools in their leagues. The teams greatest success came in 2005, while Darren was in fifth year and being an influential player in the team at the time,They reached the Dublin Schools quarter final and FAI Dublin Schools Cup semi final. However they lost to the same team in both cups in the semi final and quarter finals.This was a notable point in Darren's career as he was sent off in the quarter final loss and then missed the semi final of the FAI Cup.It was hard on him as he had guided them to the semi final and quarter finals.Presentation lost on penalties against Deanswrath of Glasnevin. Unfortunately though for Darren, a lot of his limelight was stole from Jay Ellard, as Jay was consistently Pres' best performer. Much to Darren's anger, he responded saying it's stupid the way Jay gets all the plaudets, I'm tellin' ye if he was white, no one would notice him.
From his performances for the school he went on to represent the Leinster schools team and also the Irish schools team.
[edit] College
After the Leaving Certificate Darren moved to his college team UCD on a scholarship in August 2006. He played for the under 21's up until 2007 where he was the top scorer in the 2006 season only playing half a season. when he made his debut against Longford Town.Darren also played for the college in both the Harding Cup and the Collingwood cup with UCD winning both.Darren scored in both finals 2 in the Harding Cup and 1 in the Collingwood cup,He received the player of the tournament and top scorer award in the Harding Cup.Although Darren dropped out of his Arts course he continues to play for the college team becoming a professional player.Since joining ucd he claims many clubs have been after him some clubs such as real madrid inter milan cherry orchard bray longford town bank of ireland team
[edit] Career to Date
Darren is currently a first team player at UCD.He recently represented the Irish under 19s team in the Oporto Tournament in Portugal, where he received 2 caps against Portugal and Ukraine.Darren also played for the Eircom League uner 18s team, they reached the semi final with Darren scoring several goals along the way.He also represented the Irish Universities Team.
