Ben Chilwell

Benjamin James Chilwell (born 21 December 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left back for Premier League club Leicester City and the England national team.

Ben Chilwell
Chilwell playing for England U19 in 2015
Personal information
Full name Benjamin James Chilwell[1]
Date of birth (1996-12-21) 21 December 1996[2]
Place of birth Milton Keynes, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[3]
Playing position(s) Left back[4]
Club information
Current team
 Leicester City
Number 3
Youth career
0000–2015 Leicester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Leicester City 99 (4)
2015–2016 → Huddersfield Town (loan) 8 (0)
National team‡
2014 England U18 [5] 3 (0)
2014–2015 England U19[6] 6 (0)
2015 England U20[7] 2 (1)
2016–2018 England U21[8] 10 (0)
2018– England 11 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:05, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:29, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Chilwell was born in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire,[9] and attended Redborne Upper School and Community College.[10] He is a product of the Leicester City academy and won their Academy Player of the Year award at the end of the 2014–15 season.[11]

After featuring for the club in pre-season under new manager Claudio Ranieri, Chilwell was given the number 30 shirt ahead of the 2015–16 season. He made his professional debut on 27 October 2015 in the club's League Cup match against Hull City. Chilwell played the entire match as Leicester lost 5–4 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time.[12]

On 19 November 2015, Chilwell joined Championship side Huddersfield Town on a youth loan until 3 January 2016.[13] He made his debut in the 2–0 home loss to Middlesbrough nine days later.[14]

On 28 July 2016, Chilwell signed a new contract with the club until 2021.[15] On 26 December 2016, in the 2016–17 season, he made his Premier League debut in a 0–2 home defeat to Everton. Chilwell received praise for his performance.[16] He made 19 total appearances across the campaign, including two in the UEFA Champions League, and scored his first career goal on 18 May 2017 in a 6–1 home loss to Tottenham Hotspur.[17]

Chilwell was sent off for the first time in his career on 13 January 2018 after receiving two yellow cards within five minutes of each other in a goalless draw at Chelsea.[18]

International career

Along with his Leicester clubmate Demarai Gray, Chilwell was called up from the under-21 side to the full England squad in September 2018 for a friendly match against Switzerland.[19] He made his debut in this match on 11 September, as a 79th-minute substitute for Danny Rose in a 1–0 home win.[20] Upon taking to the pitch in the match at the King Power Stadium he became the first England player to debut at his club ground since Paul Scholes at Old Trafford in 1997.[21] Chilwell made his first start on 12 October in a goalless draw with Croatia in the UEFA Nations League A, in a match played behind closed doors.[22][23]

Personal life

Chilwell's father is from New Zealand and emigrated to England in 1993, three years prior to Chilwell's birth.[24][25]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 4 July 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Leicester City 2015–16[26] Premier League 002010—30
2016–17[27] Premier League 12140102[lower-alpha 1]0191
2017–18[28] Premier League 2404040—320
2018–19[29] Premier League 3600000—360
2019–20[30] Premier League 2733030—333
Total 99413090201234
Huddersfield Town (loan) 2015–16[26] Championship 80———80
Leicester City U23 2016–17[27] ———1[lower-alpha 2]010
Career total 107413090301324
  1. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. Appearance in EFL Trophy

International
As of match played 17 November 2019[31]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
England 201850
201960
Total110

Honours

England

References
  1. "Squads for 2016/17 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  2. "B. Chilwell: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  3. "Ben Chilwell: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  4. "Ben Chilwell". Leicester City F.C. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  5. "Ben Chilwell". England Football Online. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  6. "England's matches: The under 19's: 2010–20". England Football Online. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  7. "England's matches: The under 20s". England Football Online. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  8. "England's matches: The under 21's: 2010–20". England Football Online. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  9. "Ben Chilwell". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  10. "News from Summer 2016". Redborne Upper School. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  11. "Esteban Cambiasso Named Leicester City Player of the Year". Leicester City F.C.
  12. "Hull City vs. Leicester City – 27 October 2015". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  13. Thomson, Doug (19 November 2015). "Huddersfield Town complete loan signing of Leicester City left-back Ben Chilwell".
  14. Thomson, Doug (29 November 2015). "Defeat by Middlesbrough took gloss off League debut of Huddersfield Town's on-loan Leicester City left-back Ben Chilwell". The Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  15. "Ben Chilwell: Highly Rated Youngster Signs Long-Term Leicester City Contract". Leicester City F.C. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  16. "Leicester City 0–2 Everton". BBC Sport. 27 December 2016.
  17. Rostance, Tom (18 May 2017). "Leicester City 1–6 Tottenham Hotspur". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  18. Chowdhury, Saj (13 January 2018). "Chelsea 0–0 Leicester City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  19. "Ben Chilwell and Demarai Gray added to England squad for Switzerland friendly". BBC Sport. 9 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  20. McNulty, Phil (11 September 2018). "England 1–0 Switzerland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  21. Tanner, Rob (11 September 2018). "England's return to Leicester City showcases the progress the club has made in the last 15 years". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  22. McNulty, Phil (12 October 2018). "Croatia 0–0 England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  23. "Coronavirus: What is it like to play behind closed doors?". BBC Sport. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  24. James, Stuart (7 December 2018). "Ben Chilwell: 'My aim is to be one of England's best ever left-backs'". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  25. "Ben Chilwell: My story". The Football Association. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  26. "Games played by Ben Chilwell in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  27. "Games played by Ben Chilwell in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  28. "Games played by Ben Chilwell in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  29. "Games played by Ben Chilwell in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  30. "Games played by Ben Chilwell in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  31. "Chilwell, Ben". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  32. McNulty, Phil (9 June 2019). "Switzerland 0–0 England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
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