Ben Davies (footballer)

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Ben Davies
Personal information
Date of birth	May 27, 1981 (1981-05-27) (age 27)
Place of birth	Walsall, England
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Playing position	Midfield
Club information
Current club	Shrewsbury Town
Number	14
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999–2000 2000–2002 2002–2006 2006–	Walsall Kidderminster Harriers Chester City Shrewsbury Town	000 0(0) 012 0(0) 153 (16) 070 (18)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:19, 12 June 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Ben Davies (born May 27, 1981 in Birmingham) is an Welsh professional football player, currently with Shrewsbury Town.

[edit] Career

A midfielder, Davies began his career with Walsall. He had spells with Kidderminster Harriers and Chester City, joining Shrewsbury two days before turning 25. While at Chester, Ben won a Nationwide Conference championship medal in 2004.

Davies made his Shrewsbury debut in the 2006–07 opener against Mansfield Town, which finished 2–2. He scored in Shrewsbury's next two matches, going on to net a total of 12 times over the course of the season.

After Davies helped Shrewsbury to seventh position in the league, he suffered an injury in the play-off semi-final against MK Dons, which not only meant that he missed the play-off final, but also the first half of the 2007-08 season.^[1]

Davies made better than expected progress in his recovery from his cruciate knee ligament injury, returning for the first team in late November. He played an instrumental role in Shrewsbury's return to winning ways, scoring a stunning free kick and an excellent driven goal in a 4–0 win against Dagenham and Redbridge and also scoring away against Accrington Stanley.

Following Stewart Drummond's departure in the January 2008 transfer window, Davies was installed as Shrewsbury's club captain.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Ben Davies career stats at Soccerbase

v • d • e Shrewsbury Town F.C. – current squad 1 Garner • 2 Moss • 5 Kempson • 6 Hunt • 7 Pugh • 8 Langmead • 9 Hibbert • 10 Constable • 12 Herd • 14 Davies • 17 Humphrey • 18 Leslie • 19 Madjo • 21 Bevan • 23 Tierney • 28 McIntyre • 33 Meredith • –– Hindmarch • –– Murray • Manager: Simpson

Persondata
NAME	Davies, Ben
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1981-05-27
PLACE OF BIRTH	Birmingham, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH