Darnell Fisher
Darnell Fisher (born 4 April 1994) is an English footballer who plays as a Right-back for Preston North End.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Darnell Fisher[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 4 April 1994||
Place of birth | Reading, England | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
Playing position(s) | Right-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Preston North End | ||
Number | 2 | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2011 | Farnborough | ||
2011–2013 | Celtic | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2016 | Celtic | 17 | (0) |
2015–2016 | → St Johnstone (loan) | 23 | (1) |
2016–2017 | Rotherham United | 34 | (0) |
2017– | Preston North End | 95 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 June 2020 (UTC) |
Career
Born in Reading, Berkshire, Fisher began his career at hometown club Eldon Celtic, before moving on to Farnborough.[3] He then signed his first professional contract in the summer of 2011 when he joined Celtic.[4] Fisher made his first team debut for Celtic on 19 October 2013 against Hibernian at Easter Road. Fisher got this opportunity to play at right-back for the first team due to Adam Matthews and Mikael Lustig both being injured.[5] The young defender got an extended run in the team and made a further 12 appearances.[6] An injury sustained in March 2014 ruled Fisher for the rest of the season, but Celtic went on to win the league title and he made enough appearances to collect a league winner's medal.[7][8]
Fisher returned to playing football for the Development Side in September 2014.[7] He made his first appearance of the season for the first team on 11 December 2014 when he came on as a substitute for the under-performing Matthews in Celtic's 4–3 defeat away against Dinamo Zagreb in the Europa League.[9][10] Fisher made a further four substitute appearances in League and League Cup games from January to March 2015.[9] He was an unused substitute in Celtic's 2–0 win over Dundee United on 15 March 2015 in the 2015 Scottish League Cup Final, entitling him to a winner's medal.[11] On 25 August 2015, Fisher was loaned to St Johnstone for the rest of the 2015–16 season.[12] He scored his first professional goal in a 3–0 win over Hearts on 19 March 2016.[13]
Fisher signed a three-year contract with Rotherham United in August 2016.[14]
Following Rotherham's relegation at the end of his first season, Fisher signed a three-year contract with Preston North End for an undisclosed fee, later revealed as being "nothing" by the Preston manager Alex Neil.[15][16]
Career statistics
- As of match played 14 September 2019 [17]
Club | Season | League | Domestic Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Celtic | 2013–14[18] | Scottish Premiership | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
2014–15[19] | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
Total | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
St Johnstone (loan) | 2015–16[20] | Scottish Premiership | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
Rotherham United | 2016–17[21] | Championship | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
Preston North End | 2017–18[22] | Championship | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
2018–19[23] | Championship | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
2019–20[24] | Championship | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
Total | 74 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 0 | ||
Career Total | 148 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 157 | 1 |
- Appearance in the Europa League
Honours
- Celtic
References
- "EFL Released and Retained List 2017-18" (PDF). English Football League. p. 30. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- "Darnell Fisher". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- Halliday, Stephen (29 January 2014). "Darnell Fisher's quirky route to Celtic first team". The Scotsman. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
- "Celtic Football Club". Celticfc.net. 17 July 2012. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
- "Hibernian 1-1 Celtic - BBC Sport". M.bbc.co.uk. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- "Darnell Fisher". Fitbastats. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
- McHugh, Joe (30 September 2014). "Fisher makes his return from injury". Video Celts. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- "I'm relishing Celtic'c Champions League campaign - Darnell Fisher". Inside Futbol. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- "Games involving Fisher,Darnell in season 2014/2015". FitbaStats. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- "Match report - Dinamo Zagreb 4 - 3 Celtic". ESPN. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- Wilson, Richard (15 March 2015). "Dundee Utd 0 - 2 Celtic". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- "Celtic's Darnell Fisher joins St Johnstone on loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- "Hearts 0-3 St Johnstone". BBC Sport. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
- "Darnell Fisher: Rotherham sign defender from Celtic on three-year deal". BBC Sport. BBC. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- "Darnell Fisher Signs For Preston North End". PNEFC. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
- "Preston boss Alex Neil on the reasons for appointing new head of recruitment Joe Savage". BBC Radio Lancashire. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
- "D. Fisher". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- "Games played by Darnell Fisher in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- "Games played by Darnell Fisher in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- "Games played by Darnell Fisher in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- "Games played by Darnell Fisher in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- "Games played by Darnell Fisher in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- "Games played by Darnell Fisher in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- "Games played by Darnell Fisher in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 February 2018.