Ben Greenhalgh

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Ben Greenhalgh
Personal information
Full name	Benjamin James Greenhalgh
Date of birth	(1992-04-16) 16 April 1992
Place of birth	Orpington, England
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Number	17
Youth career
–2010	Welling United
2010–2011	Inter Milan
2010	→ Calcio Como (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2011–2012	Welling United	10	(3)
2012–2013	Ebbsfleet United	10	(0)
2013	Maidstone United	3	(0)
2013	Concord Rangers	11	(0)
2013–	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	6	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 January 2014. † Appearances (Goals).

Ben James Greenhalgh (born 16 April 1992) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Scottish Premiership club Inverness Caledonian Thistle. He is noted for winning football reality show Football's Next Star where he won a contract at Italian giants Inter Milan.

Career

Football's Next Star

Greenhalgh, from Orpington, who played for Welling United youth team, was featured in the Sky One show Football's Next Star and impressed judges in the trial game after laying on a perfect cross for Hicham Abdellah to head home. At the end of the opening episode the judges had made their decision and presented the Inter Milan shirt to ten players who would now travel to Italy to compete for their dream of a professional contract in later episodes.^[1] After 20,000 entries to the show and 8 episodes Greenhalgh was given the shirt and revealed winner of Football's next star 2010 where he won a professional 6-month contract with Inter Milan.

Back in the United Kingdom

After his 6-month professional contract at Inter Milan came to an end Greenhalgh was offered another year from the Italian giants which included a 4-month loan spell to Calcio Como where he scored 8 goals from 12 games. After his contract was up he returned to the UK and spent 4 months with Brighton and Hove Albion, as well as a spell at Birmingham City, where he was advised to play first team football in the Conference to gain experience in the English game. He signed for non-league club Welling United in December, before later joining Ebbsfleet United and Maidstone United.^[2] In June 2013 he transferred to Scottish club Inverness Caledonian Thistle.^[3] This was due to happen in February 2013 however international clearance stopped Greenhalgh leaving England until 13/14 season.

References

↑
↑ "Stones bring in Greenhalgh". Maidstone United. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22619453

External links

Ben Greenhalgh career stats at Soccerbase

v t e Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. – current squad

1 Esson 2 Raven 3 Shinnie 4 Vincent 5 Warren 6 Meekings 7 McKay 8 R. Draper 9 Foran 10 Doran 11 Ross 12 Brill 14 Devine 15 Watkins 16 Tansey 17 Greenhalgh 18 Tremarco 19 Williams 20 Polworth 21 Pepper 22 Cooper 31 N. Draper 32 Cheyne 33 Howarth 34 Brown 37 Sutherland 35 Gorman 36 Christie 39 Ferguson 40 Evans 42 Mackay Manager: Hughes

Persondata
Name	Greenhalgh, Benjamin James
Alternative names	Greenhalgh, Ben
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	16 April 1992
Place of birth	Orpington, England
Date of death
Place of death

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