Ben Chilwell

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

Ben Chilwell
Chilwell playing for Chelsea in 2020
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]
Position(s) Left-back[4]
Club information
Current team
 Chelsea
Number 21
Youth career
0000–2009 Rushden & Diamonds
2009–2015 Leicester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2020 Leicester City 99 (4)
2015–2016 → Huddersfield Town (loan) 8 (0)
2020– Chelsea 17 (2)
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 12 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:39, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:36, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Early life

Chilwell was born in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire,[9] and attended Redborne Upper School and Community College.[10]

Club career

Leicester City

Chilwell joined Leicester City's academy aged 12 in 2009 having played in Rushden & Diamonds' centre of excellence.[11] He won their Academy Player of the Year award at the end of the 2014–15 season.[12]

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 first-team 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.[13]

On 19 November 2015, Chilwell joined Championship club Huddersfield Town on a youth loan until 3 January 2016.[14] He made his debut nine days later in a 2–0 home loss to Middlesbrough.[15]

On 28 July 2016, Chilwell signed a new contract with Leicester until June 2021.[16] He made his Premier League debut on 26 December in a 2–0 home defeat to Everton. Chilwell received praise for his performance.[17] He made 19 appearances across the 2016–17 season, 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.[18]

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 away to Chelsea.[19] He signed a new contract with Leicester on 20 October, tying him to the club until June 2024.[20]

Chelsea

Chilwell signed for Leicester's Premier League rivals Chelsea on 26 August 2020 on a five-year contract for an undisclosed fee reported by BBC Sport to be £45 million.[21] He made his debut on 23 September, providing the assist for Olivier Giroud's goal in a 6–0 home win against Barnsley in the third round of the EFL Cup after he came off from the bench.[22] On his first league start for the club on 3 October, Chilwell scored the opening goal and assisted Kurt Zouma for the second as Chelsea beat Crystal Palace 4–0 at home.[23]

International career
Chilwell playing for England U19 in 2015

Along with his Leicester teammate Demarai Gray, Chilwell was called up from the under-21 team to the full England squad in September 2018 for a friendly match against Switzerland.[24] He made his debut in this match on 11 September, as a 79th-minute substitute for Danny Rose in a 1–0 home win.[25] 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.[26] Chilwell made his first start on 12 October in a goalless draw with Croatia in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League A, in a match played behind closed doors.[27][28]

Personal life

Chilwell's father is from New Zealand and emigrated to England in 1993, three years prior to Chilwell's birth.[29][11]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 27 January 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Leicester City 2015–16[30] Premier League 002010——30
2016–17[31] Premier League 12140102[lower-alpha 1]000191
2017–18[32] Premier League 2404040——320
2018–19[33] Premier League 3600000——360
2019–20[34] Premier League 2733030——333
Total 9941309020001234
Huddersfield Town (loan) 2015–16[30] Championship 80————80
Leicester City U23 2016–17[31] ————1[lower-alpha 2]010
Chelsea 2020–21[35] Premier League 17200204[lower-alpha 1]0—232
Career total 124613011060101556
  1. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. Appearance in EFL Trophy

International
As of match played 15 November 2020[36]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
England 201850
201960
202010
Total120

Honours

England

References
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  6. "England's matches: The under 19's: 2010–20". England Football Online. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
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  8. "England's matches: The under 21's: 2010–20". England Football Online. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
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  10. "News from Summer 2016". Redborne Upper School. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  11. Chilwell, Ben (12 October 2018). "Ben Chilwell charts his rise through from grassroots to Leicester City and England". The Football Association. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  12. "Esteban Cambiasso Named Leicester City Player of the Year". Leicester City F.C.
  13. "Hull City vs. Leicester City – 27 October 2015". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
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  15. 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". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
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  18. Rostance, Tom (18 May 2017). "Leicester City 1–6 Tottenham Hotspur". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  19. Chowdhury, Saj (13 January 2018). "Chelsea 0–0 Leicester City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
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    "Leicester City Confirm Transfer Of Ben Chilwell To Chelsea". Leicester City F.C. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  22. "Chelsea 6–0 Barnsley". BBC Sport. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  23. "Chelsea 4–0 Crystal Palace". BBC Sport. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  24. "Ben Chilwell and Demarai Gray added to England squad for Switzerland friendly". BBC Sport. 9 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
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  27. McNulty, Phil (12 October 2018). "Croatia 0–0 England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  28. "Coronavirus: What is it like to play behind closed doors?". BBC Sport. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  29. 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.
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  32. "Games played by Ben Chilwell in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  33. "Games played by Ben Chilwell in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  34. "Games played by Ben Chilwell in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  35. "Games played by Ben Chilwell in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
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    McNulty, Phil (15 November 2020). "Belgium 2–0 England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  37. McNulty, Phil (9 June 2019). "Switzerland 0–0 England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
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