Karl Darlow is an English

England

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 footballer who plays for Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest F.C.

Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...

 as a goalkeeper. He is currently Nottingham Forest's second choice shot stopper behind Lee Camp

Lee Camp

Lee Michael John Camp is an English-born Northern Irish footballer who plays for Nottingham Forest and internationally for Northern Ireland as a goalkeeper. He has also played for the England under-21's.-Derby County:...

. He is also the grandson of former Wales

Wales national football team

The Wales national football team represents Wales in international football. It is controlled by the Football Association of Wales , the governing body for football in Wales, and the third oldest national football association in the world. The team have only qualified for a major international...

 forward Ken Leek

Ken Leek

Kenneth 'Ken' Leek was a Welsh footballer, who played as a centre forward or inside forward for several different clubs and for the Wales national side in a professional career which spanned from 1952 until 1968. He scored 145 goals in the Football League from 396 appearances with five clubs...

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Nottingham Forest

Weeks after being released by Aston Villa

Aston Villa F.C.

Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...

 at the age of 16, Eric Steele

Eric Steele

Eric Steele is a former English footballer turned coach, currently employed as a goalkeeping coach at Manchester United.-Biography:Steele began his playing career as a goalkeeper at Newcastle United in 1972, where he was part of the squad that won the Anglo-Italian Cup and won caps at England...

 (Villa goalkeeper coach) recommended Darlow to Forest and was signed up to their academy.
After impressive displays in the reserve team Karl was awarded a space on the bench where he was present for the majority of the season. His debut was against Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace F.C.

Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...

 on the last day of the 2010-11 season as a substitute, in which the reds won 3-0 securing a play-off spot.

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