Darren Jackson

Darren Jackson

Personal information
Full name	Darren Jackson
Date of birth	25 July 1966 (1966-07-25)
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1985–1986	Meadowbank Thistle	48	(22)
1986–1988	Newcastle United	69	(7)
1988–1992	Dundee United	87	(30)
1992–1997	Hibernian	170	(50)
1997–1999	Celtic	29	(3)
1998–1999	→ Coventry City (loan)	3	(0)
1999–2001	Heart of Midlothian	56	(7)
2001	→ Livingston (loan)	9	(1)
2001–2002	St. Johnstone	9	(1)
2002	→ Clydebank (loan)	13	(2)
National team
1995–1998	Scotland	28	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Darren Jackson (born 25 July 1966 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish former international footballer who played predominantly as a striker.

Career

Jackson began his career in 1985 with Meadowbank Thistle, where 22 league goals won him a move south to Newcastle United. In two years with the Magpies, Jackson scored only seven goals and returned to Scotland in 1988 with Dundee United. Jackson spent four years at Tannadice, picking up a Scottish Cup runners-up medal, before joining hometown team Hibernian in 1992. During his five years at Easter Road, Jackson was a runner-up again, this time in the League Cup and his form saw him move to Celtic in 1997. During his time at Celtic, Jackson was treated for hydrocephalus, requiring surgery in September 1997 although he was playing again within three months as Celtic went on to win both the League and League Cup. The following season, Jackson had a spell on loan with Coventry City before joining his boyhood heroes Hearts.

In July 2000, Jackson revealed he intended to move into management once his playing career finished. In October, Jackson was barred from playing for Hearts due to the impending trigger of a clause enforcing a one-year extension to his contract, seeing him discuss a possible return to former club Dundee United. After United signed Charlie Miller instead, Jackson negotiated a deal to return to first-team action at Hearts, only to find himself surplus to requirements when Craig Levein was appointed three weeks later.

In January, Jackson joined Livingston on a month's loan, subsequently exending it until the end of the season. During this time, Hearts released Jackson from his contract. After winning the First Division title with Livi, Jackson was not offered a permanent contract, returning instead to the Premier League with St Johnstone on a one-year contract. Jackson made nine league appearances for the Saints before being allowed to join Clydebank on loan in January 2002, where scored a début goal in a 1-0 win.

Despite Jackson's earlier vow to move into management, he works as one of the SFA's 52 agents representing players including fellow Scots Jackie McNamara, Mark Wilson and Steven Thompson.

Jackson won 28 caps for Scotland, scoring four goals. Making his début in March 1995, Jackson was also part of the Scotland squads for Euro 96 and the 1998 World Cup, playing in two of the World Cup matches. Jackson played two further games after the tournament, appearing in the European Championship qualifying matches against Lithuania and Estonia.

International goals

Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	5 October 1996	Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia	Latvia	2-0	2-0	1998 WC Qualifying
2	1 June 1997	Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta	Malta	2-1	3-2	Friendly
3				3-2
4	22 April 1998	Easter Road, Edinburgh, Scotland	Finland	1-0	1-1	Friendly

Career statistics

Club	Season	League		Cup		Lg Cup		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Meadowbank Thistle	1985–86	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Total	48	22							48	22
Newcastle United	1986–87	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	1987–88	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Total	69	7							69	7
Dundee United	1988–89	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	1989–90	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	1990–91	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	1991–92	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Total	87	30							87	30
Hibernian	1992–93	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	1993–94	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	1994–95	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	1995–96	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	1996–97	28	11	4	1	1	0	0	0	33	12
	Total	170	50	4	1	1	0	0	0	175	51
Celtic	1997–98	23	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	28	5
	1998–99	6	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	13	1
	Total	29	3	3	1	3	1	6	1	41	6
Heart of Midlothian	1998–99	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1
	1999–00	36	6	3	1	3	2	0	0	42	9
	2000–01	11	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	14	1
	Total	56	7	3	1	4	2	2	1	65	11
Livingston	2000–01	9	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	13	1
	Total	9	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	13	1
St Johnstone	2001–02	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	1
	Total	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	1
Clydebank (loan)	2001–02	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	2
	Total	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	2
Career total		490	123	14	3	9	3	8	2	521	131

Honours

Dundee United

• Scottish Cup Runner-up: 1

1990-91

Hibernian

• Scottish League Cup Runner-up: 1

1993-94

Celtic

• Scottish Premier Division: 1

1997-98

• Scottish League Cup: 1

1997-98

Livingston

• Scottish First Division: 1

2000-01

External links

• Darren Jackson career stats at Soccerbase
• Darren Jackson at scottishfa.co.uk