Bent was on the Pride Park club’s books between 2015 and 2018, and Derby paid tribute to some of his key Rams moments.
Derby County have paid tribute to Darren Bent on Twitter after the Rams alumni announced his retirement from professional football aged 35.
The striker, who has been without a club since being released by the Pride Park outfit at the end of the 2017-18 season, scored 216 goals in 568 appearances in all competitions during his 18-year playing career.
As reported by talkSPORT, the outlet where he made the announcement, Bent is one of just 28 players to have scored more than 100 Premier League goals, and played for six different clubs in the top flight.
The England international came through the academy system at Ipswich Town before joining Charlton Athletic in 2005 for an initial fee of £2.5million and scoring 18 Premier League goals in his first season with the Addicks.
Bent also played for Tottenham Hotspur, Sunderland and Aston Villa, his time on the West Midlanders’ books also seeing him loaned to Fulham, Brighton & Hove Albion and Derby, with his move to Pride Park made permanent in June 2015.
While at Derby, Bent made 86 appearances, scoring 28 goals and registering four assists (Transfermarkt), and was loaned to Burton for the final six months of the 2017-18 season.
Here is what some Rams fans said on social media about Bent announcing his retirement:
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