Darren Tilley
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Darren John Tilley | ||
Date of birth | 15 March 1967 | ||
Place of birth | Keynsham, Somerset, England | ||
Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1983-1984 | Bristol Rovers | 0 | (0) |
1986-1988 | Bath City | ||
1991 | Kitchener Kickers | ||
1991-1993 | York City | 21 | (0) |
1994 | Happy Valley AA | ||
1994 | Guangdong Hongyuan | 13 | (3) |
1995 | Frankwell FC | ||
1996 | Foshan Fosti | ||
1997 | Toronto Lynx | 18 | (6) |
1997 | Montreal Impact | 9 | (7) |
1998-1999 | Rochester Rhinos | 51 | (26) |
2000 | Montreal Impact | 7 | (0) |
2000-2001 | Vancouver 86ers | 34 | (14) |
2002-2003 | Mississauga Olympians | ||
Managerial career | |||
2008-2009 | Rochester Rhinos | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Darren Tilley (born in Keynsham, Somerset) is an English football former player and coach for USL-1 club Rochester Rhinos.
Playing career
Tilley played for York City F.C. in the English Third Division from 1991-1993.[1] In 1997, Tilley began the season with the Toronto Lynx before being traded to the Montreal Impact. He then played for the Rochester Rhinos from 1998 to 2000 and is one of the franchise's top all-time scorers. In 2000, he began the season with the Montreal Impact[2] before finishing it with the Vancouver 86ers.[3] Tilley was the CSL Golden Boot winner in 2002 playing for Canadian club Mississauga Olympians. He retired following the 2003 season.
Personal life
Tilley was born in Keynsham England, the only child of Terence Tilley and Sandra Tilley. He grew up in Kingswood Bristol. He was known to be a big Liverpool fan as a kid. Tilley met his wife Monique, born in Ontario Canada, in 1991. The couple married in 1993. Tilley and his wife have two sons, Calum born in 1996 and Kieran born in 2002. They have lived in Cambridge Ontario since 1998.
Managerial career
On 26 March 2008, the Rochester Rhinos hired Tilley as the team's coach. During the 2008 season Tilley led the Rhinos into the playoffs by finishing fourth in the standings. In the club's playoff run the Rhinos defeated the Charleston Battery in the quarterfinals to advance to the semifinals. There the Rhinos were defeated by the Puerto Rico Islanders on a 3-2 aggregate on goals. The following season Tilley led the Rhinos to a sixth-place finish in the standings enough to clinch a playoff spot. In the postseason the Rhinos were eliminated in the quarterfinals by the Islanders once again on a 5-3 aggregate on goals. On 28 September 2009 Rochester announced that the organization would not be renewing his contract for the 2010 season.[4]
References
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- ↑ 2000 Montreal Impact
- ↑ 2000 Vancouver 86ers
- ↑ Coach Darren Tilley out in Rochester
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- Living people
- Canadian Professional Soccer League (1998–2005) players
- Canadian Soccer League (original) players
- English expatriate footballers
- English expatriates in Canada
- English expatriates in the United States
- English footballers
- English football managers
- Expatriate soccer players in Canada
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Association football forwards
- Happy Valley AA footballers
- Kitchener Spirit players
- British expatriates in Hong Kong
- People from Keynsham
- Rochester Rhinos players
- USISL A-League players
- York City F.C. players
- Gloucester City A.F.C. players
- British expatriates in Canada
- Expatriate footballers in Hong Kong
- Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010) players
- Toronto Lynx players
- Toronto (Mississauga) Olympians players
- Montreal Impact (1992–2011) players
- Expatriate footballers in China
- 1967 births
- British expatriates in China