Ben Wilson (English footballer)

Ben Wilson (born 9 August 1992) is an English footballer who plays for Coventry City as a goalkeeper.

Ben Wilson
Personal information
Full name Ben Wilson[1]
Date of birth (1992-08-09) 9 August 1992[2]
Place of birth Stanley, England
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Coventry City
Number 13
Youth career
2006–2011 Sunderland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Sunderland 0 (0)
2011 → Harrogate Town (loan) 3 (0)
2012 → Gateshead (loan) 0 (0)
2012–2013 → Chesterfield (loan) 0 (0)
2013 Cambridge United 0 (0)
2013 Accrington Stanley 0 (0)
2014–2018 Cardiff City 3 (0)
2015 → AFC Wimbledon (loan) 8 (0)
2017 → Rochdale (loan) 8 (0)
2017–2018 → Oldham Athletic (loan) 5 (0)
2018 → Telford United (loan) 17 (0)
2018–2019 Bradford City 4 (0)
2019– Coventry City 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:51, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

Career

Early career

Wilson began his career with Sunderland in 2006 earning a professional contract in 2010 and played a match with Harrogate Town.[3] He went out on loan to Gateshead and Chesterfield failing to make an appearance for either and was released by Sunderland in the summer of 2013.[4][5] After leaving Sunderland Wilson joined Cambridge United on a non-contract basis on 9 August 2013.[6] He joined Accrington Stanley on 27 August 2013 and made his professional debut on 3 September 2013 in a 1–0 defeat against Crewe Alexandra in the Football League Trophy.[7][8] He left Stanley after a single Football League Trophy appearance, in November 2013 after his contract was cancelled by mutual consent.[9]

Cardiff City

He joined Cardiff City in the same month. On 7 July 2014, Wilson played 10 minutes as a midfielder, against Carmarthen Town in a friendly. Wilson has featured on the bench several times during the 2014–2015 season as well as making a number of under 21 appearances. The following season, Wilson signed a new contract keeping him in South Wales until 2017.[10] He made his Cardiff debut against AFC Wimbledon on 11 August 2015 in the League Cup.[11]

Two months later, Wilson joined AFC Wimbledon on an emergency one-month loan deal. Wilson was signed as a short-term replacement for the injured first choice keeper James Shea. He made his Wimbledon debut on the same day he was signed in a 3–4 League Two away win against Accrington Stanley.[12][13] However, having let in a goal from a speculative long free-kick taken by Jerome Okimo from inside his own half during a 2–1 defeat to Stevenage,[14] Wilson became embroiled in a social media row with Wimbledon supporters after they criticised his performance on the website Twitter. Wilson responded to some critical messages by posting "you're still paying to watch me every week and helping towards my wage, I'm laughing and you're losing out".[15][16] As a result, his loan spell was terminated early by Wimbledon on 14 December 2015.[17]

His league debut for Cardiff City came on 27 August 2016, where he played in a 1–0 loss to Reading, after signing a two-year contract extension.[18][19] Having not made an appearance for Cardiff since September 2016, Wilson then joined League One side Rochdale on loan for the remainder of the 2016–17 season.[20]

At the start of the following season, Wilson joined Oldham Athletic on loan until 1 January 2018.[21] However, on 31 January 2018, he was then loaned to non-league Telford United.[22]

Bradford City

He signed for Bradford City in July 2018.[23]

In May 2019, following Bradford City's relegation to League Two, it was announced that he would leave the club upon the expiry of his contract on 30 June 2019, one of 11 players to be released.[24]

Coventry City

In May 2019, he agreed to sign a three-year deal with Coventry City, which will begin in July 2019.[25]

Career statistics
As of match played 3 December 2019[26]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Harrogate Town (loan) 2011–12[26] Conference North 3000—30
Gateshead (loan) 2011–12[27] Conference Premier 0000—00
Chesterfield (loan) 2012–13[28] League Two 000000—00
Cambridge United 2013–14[29] Conference Premier 000000—00
Accrington Stanley 2013–14[29] League Two 0000001[lower-alpha 1]010
Cardiff City 2014–15[30] Championship 000000—00
2015–16[31] 000010—10
2016–17[32] Championship 300000—00
Total 3000100040
AFC Wimbledon (loan) 2015–16[31] League Two 801000—90
Rochdale (loan) 2016–17[32] League One 800000—80
Oldham Athletic (loan) 2017–18[33] League One 5000101[lower-alpha 2]070
AFC Telford United (loan) 2017–18[33] National League North 17000—170
Bradford City 2018–19[34] League One 401010—60
Coventry City 2019–20[35] League One 0010204[lower-alpha 2]070
Career totals 480305060620
  1. Appearance in the Football League Trophy
  2. Appearance in the EFL Trophy
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References
  1. "The Football League Limited: Club list of registered players as at 16th May 2015" (PDF). The Football League. 16 May 2015. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  2. "Ben Wilson". 11v11. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. "Harrogate Town sign goalkeeper Ben Wilson". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  4. "Gateshead sign Sunderland goalkeeper Ben Wilson". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  5. "Chesterfield sign Chris Atkinson & Ben Wilson on loan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  6. "Ben Wilson: Cambridge United sign ex-Sunderland keeper". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  7. "Accrington Stanley sign keeper Ben Wilson on short-term deal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  8. "Crewe 1–0 Accrington". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  9. "Ben Wilson Leaves Club". Accrington Stanley. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  10. "Cardiff City: McNaughton, Maynard and Gabbidon to leave". BBC Sport. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  11. "COC1 Report: Cardiff 1–0 AFC Wimbledon". Cardiff City FC. 11 August 2015. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  12. "Neal swoops for keeper". AFC Wimbledon. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  13. "Dons earn thrilling win". AFC Wimbledon. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  14. "AFC Wimbledon 1-2 Stevenage". BBC Sport. 12 December 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  15. "AFC Wimbledon star Ben Wilson calls fans c***s before leaving club". Metro. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  16. "Cardiff goalkeeper Ben Wilson calls AFC Wimbledon fans 'c****' before ending loan spell at Kingsmeadow". Mirror. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  17. "Ben Goes Back to Cardiff". AFC Wimbledon. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  18. "Cardiff City 0–1 Reading". BBC Sport. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  19. "Murphy sings, Amos Interview, Wilson new contract". Cardiff City Official Site. 2 September 2016. Archived from the original on 3 September 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  20. "Ben Wilson: Rochdale sign Cardiff City goalkeeper on loan". BBC Sport. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  21. "Ben Wilson joins Oldham on loan". 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  22. Joe Edwards (31 January 2017). "AFC Telford sign Amari Morgan-Smith and Ben Wilson". Shropshire Star. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  23. "Bradford City: Goalkeeper Ben Wilson joins League One club". BBC Sport. 28 July 2018.
  24. Simon Parker (7 May 2019). "Bradford City announce retained list". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  25. "Ben Wilson: Coventry City to sign Bradford City goalkeeper on three-year deal". BBC Sport. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  26. Ben Wilson at Soccerway
  27. "Games played by Ben Wilson in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  28. "Games played by Ben Wilson in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  29. "Games played by Ben Wilson in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  30. "Games played by Ben Wilson in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  31. "Games played by Ben Wilson in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  32. "Games played by Ben Wilson in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  33. "Games played by Ben Wilson in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  34. "Games played by Ben Wilson in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  35. "Games played by Ben Wilson in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
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