Alun Armstrong (footballer)

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Personal information
Alun Armstrong
Full name	Alun Armstrong
Date of birth	February 22, 1975 (age 32)
Place of birth	Gateshead, England
Height	6 ft 0 in
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Darlington
Number	25
Youth clubs
	Newcastle United
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993–94 1994–98 1998–2000 2000 2000–04 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006 2006–present	Newcastle United Stockport County Middlesbrough → Huddersfield Town (loan) Ipswich Town → Bradford City (loan) Darlington Rushden & Diamonds → Doncaster Rovers (loan) Darlington	000 0(0) 160 (49) 029 0(9) 006 0(1) 079 (14) 006 0(1) 032 0(9) 009 0(0) 006 0(0) 016 0(2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:00, 17 December 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Alun Armstrong (born Gateshead, 22 February 1975) is an English professional footballer, currently playing for Darlington.

His first club was Newcastle United, where in October 1993 he came up from their youth team. He left in June 1994 having not played for them, and signed to Stockport County for £50,000. In 200 games for them, he scored 62 goals. In February 1998 he joined Middlesbrough for £1.6m. He stayed until 2000, when in March he joined Huddersfield Town for three months on loan. In December 2000 he joined Ipswich Town for £500,000. In the three years he was at Ipswich he scored 19 goals in 94 appearances. From December 2003 until March 2004 he was on loan to Bradford City, and in September 2004 he joined Darlington on a free transfer. He left Darlington in June 2005, yet re-signed for them in August 2006 to join the club on a second spell.