Darren Byfield

Byfield started his career at Aston Villa, and graduated through the club's Academy to make his Premier League debut on 28 December 1997, in a 1–1 draw with Leeds United at Elland Road. Given his debut by outgoing boss Brian Little, he rarely featured under new "Villans" manager John Gregory. He made six further substitute appearances in 1997–98. He appeared in the UEFA Cup in a 3–2 win over Norwegian outfit Strømsgodset IF at Villa Park on 15 September 1998. Byfield was loaned out to Preston North End in November 1998, and scored on his debut at Deepdale on 7 November, in a 4–1 win over Burnley. He played four further Second Division games for David Moyes's "Lilywhites", and did not feature in the latter half of the 1998–99 season. He joined Northampton Town on a six-week loan in August 1999, and scored twice in seven games for the "Cobblers". After the departure of manager Ian Atkins, Kevin Wilson led the Sixfields outfit to promotion out of the Third Division. Byfield meanwhile joined Cambridge United on loan immediately after leaving Northampton, and featured four times at the Abbey Stadium under manager Roy McFarland. In March 2000 he joined Blackpool on loan, in his third such move of the 1999–2000 campaign. He played three Second Division games for Steve McMahon's "Seasiders", in a brief stay at Bloomfield Road. In June 2000, Byfield signed with Ray Graydon's Second Division side Walsall. He hit 11 goals in 51 games in 2000–01, and scored the winning goal in the 109th…

Though born in Birmingham, his Jamaican heritage allowed him to win six caps for Jamaica in 2003. He was a squad member for the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The "Reggaeboyz" exited the tournament at the quarter-finals with a 5–0 defeat to hosts Mexico.

In May 2016, Byfield took up his first management position after taking over at Southern Premier Division side Redditch United. He remained registered as a player, making six league appearances during the 2016–17 season. Byfield joined Stratford Town as manager in May 2018. However, he left the club in September and was subsequently appointed manager of Walsall Wood in October. In May 2019 he left Walsall Wood to become manager of Alvechurch in May 2019. Byfield returned to Walsall Wood in Jan 2020. Byfield joined Crawley in the summer of 2022. In December 2022, Byfield took over as caretaker-manager at Crawley Town. He was in charge for two games, resulting in a 3-1 defeat against Stevenage on December 30th 2022 and a 2-2 draw against Newport County on 2nd January 2023. He then became first team coach under the new manager Scott Lindsey in January 2023. In July 2023, Byfield returned to former club Walsall as a first-team coach. He was appointed caretaker manager in March 2026 following the sacking of Mat Sadler. On 18 March 2026 he was given the interim head coach job until the end of the season after two games as caretaker

He married pop singer Jamelia in June 2008, before the pair filed for divorce in November 2009. Together they had a daughter, Tiani, on 21 October 2005. During their relationship he was also step-father to Teja, was born in 2001. In contrast to the WAGs stereotype, Jamelia was considered to be a more famous celebrity than Byfield. This led to embarrassment for Byfield when Jamelia became engaged in a public spat with Alex Curran, wife of Steven Gerrard; Curran told OK! magazine that "[Jamelia will] be glad to know I don't know her boyfriend's name but Steven thinks he's lower than a non-league footballer." At the time of the quote Byfield was playing for Millwall F.C. of League One, the third highest tier of English football. The couple divorced in November 2009, after 17 months of marriage.