Darel Russell

Darel Francis Russell (born October 22 1980 in Mile End, England) is an England football (soccer), currently playing for Norwich City F.C..

Russell began his career as a youth player at Norwich City F.C.. Despite a number of appearances in the side's midfield, he could not make the breakthrough to becoming a first team regular and was sold to Stoke in 2003 for £125,000, when he was 23.

Darel Russell played under Tony Pulis and Johan Boskamp regularly, missing only a handful of matches during a season. He began his Stoke career playing at right-Back, before being moved to right-Midfield and central midfield.

Russell won the Championship player of the month award for November 2006.

On 30 July 2007, Russell rejoined the Canaries for an undisclosed fee (reported to be around the £410k marked down from £600k due to a 30% sell-on clause the canaries had in the deal taking Russell to Stoke in 2003), on a three-year deal.