201

Senior
Appearances

44

Senior
Goals

32

Reserve League Appearances

12

Reserve League Goals

2

FA Youth Cup
Appearances

1

FA Youth Cup Goals

-

Other Appearances | Goals

Darius Vassell

First Team

🟥 1 Nov 2025, Villa 0-2 Liverpool, Anfield IG2.jpg

Forward

CF Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #726 |

Darius Martin Clarke Vassell

13 June 1980

Birmingham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Born

Birthplace

Country

Citizenship

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Jamaica 🇯🇲

(5 ft 7 in) 1.71 m

Right

Height

Foot

Transfer Notes

Transfer In

Transfer In:

1996-97

Aston Villa Youth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Youth

1 July 1996

Brian Little 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Transfer Out

Transfer Out:

2004-05

Manchester City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

£3.24m

30 June 2005

David O'Leary 🇮🇪

Previous Clubs

Darius Vassell

Previous Clubs:

-1996 Romulus FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
1996-97 Aston Villa Youth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Peak Villa

Darius Vassell

First Team

CF Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1998-05 | Youth |
🕒 201 | 124 (77) | ⚽ 45 | 🔥 14 | 🇺 25 | #726 |
🟩 75 | 🟨 52 | 🟥 74 |
Cards 🟨 15 | 🟥 1 |

Career Progression

Darius Vassell

1996-98 Aston Villa u18s
1998-05 Aston Villa Reserves
1998-05 Aston Villa First Team

Reserve & Youth

Darius Vassell

Forward

2004-05 PRL 🕒 2 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 1 | 🇺 0 |
2003-04 PRL 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🇺 0 |
2002-03 PRL 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🇺 0 |
2000-01 PRL 🕒 5 | ✅ 5 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🇺 0 |
1999-00 PRL 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🇺0 |
1998-99 PLPrem 🕒 15 | ✅ 15 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 6~ | 🇺2* |
1997-98 PLPrem 🕒 7 | ✅ 6 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 1 | 🇺0 |

1997-98 FA Youth Cup 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🇺0 |
1996-97 FA Youth Cup 🕒 1 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 1 | 🇺0 |

1995-96 MYL 🕒 1 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🇺2 |

1995-96 MYC 🕒 0 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🇺1 |

Squad Honours

Darius Vassell

🏆 1995-96 Midland Youth League Winner
🏆 1995-96 Midland Youth Cup Winner
🏆 2003-04 FA Premier Reserve League Champion
🥈2004-05 FA Premier Reserve League Runner-Up

Loans Out

Darius Vassell

Loans Out:

None

Subsequent Clubs

Darius Vassell

Subsequent Clubs:

2005-09 Manchester City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 £3.08m
Premier League, 🕒 124 | 110 (14) | ⚽ 22 |

2009-10 MKE Ankaragücü 🇹🇷 Free
Süper Lig, 🕒 25 | 25 (0) | ⚽ 4 |

2010 Without Club

2010-12 Leicester City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Championship, 🕒 45 | 37 (8) | ⚽ 6 |

2012 Retired aged 32

Reserve & Youth Appearances

Darius Vassell

Premier League 2, FA Premier Reserve League, EFL Trophy, FA Youth Cup, UEFA Youth League, Birmingham Senior Cup, Premier League Cup

🟥 16 Dec 1995 Wolves 2-0 Villa

1995-96

Midland Youth League

🟥 4 Dec 1996 Coventry 2-1 Villa

1996-97

FA Youth Cup 2nd Round

🟥 19 Nov 1997 Villa 2-4 Notts County

1997-98

FA Youth Cup 1st Round