Darren Eales

Background

Eales grew up in Cambridge, England.

Education

Eales attended Brown University, a member of the Ivy League, playing on the school"s National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I soccer team from 1991 to 1994.

Career

He was a 1995 first team All American and earned his Cambridge Blue in 1998. In July 2010, he was appointed director of football administration at Tottenham Hotspur. He currently serves as a president of the Master of Library Science Atlanta expansion club

As he approached the end of his secondary education, he was faced with the decision of attending University or pursuing a football career.

When approached by a scout from an American University offering him the opportunity to both play and attend College, he decided to move to the United States. He received a first class bachelor"s degree in economics.

United States. football

In 1995, Eales signed with the Hampton Roads Mariners of the USISL. He spent two seasons with the Mariners, scoring 24 goals in 19 games in 1995. In 1997, he played five games for the Hershey Wildcats.

English football

Eales continued to play at the amateur level

In 2001, he joined the Newmarket Town Reserves in the Kershaw League. He later moved to the Lancashire County Football Association where he played for Millhead Reserves from 2004 to 2006 and Higher Poynton from 2006 to 2007. In 1997, Eales returned to England where he read law at Cambridge, and gained his Cambridge Blue in 1998.

On 6 May 2006, he was hired as an in-house legal counsel by West Bromwich Albion. and was subsequently made a Director and Company Secretary.

On 2 March 2010, Tottenham Hotspur announced that Eales was joining them as club secretary at the end of that season. On 1 July 2010, he officially joined the club as Director of Football Administration.

On September 10, 2014, Eales was named the president of the Master of Library Science Atlanta Master of Library Science expansion club

Achievements

• In his final season, he was the Ivy League Player of the Year and a first team All American.

Membership

He became a member of the bar in 2000 and eventually joined 2 Temple Gardens.