Personal information | |||
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Full name | Benjamin Joshua Chrisene [1] | ||
Date of birth | 12 January 2004 | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Aston Villa | ||
Youth career | |||
2015–2019 | Exeter City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2020 | Exeter City | 1 | (0) |
2020– | Aston Villa | 0 | (0) |
2022–2023 | → Kilmarnock (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2024 | → Blackburn Rovers (loan) | 16 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | England U15 | 3 | (0) |
2019–2020 | England U16 | 7 | (0) |
2020–2022 | England U17 | 6 | (0) |
2022 | England U19 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:17, 5 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:46, 25 September 2022 (UTC) |
Benjamin Joshua Chrisene (born 12 January 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club Aston Villa.
He is a product of the Exeter City academy and made five first-team appearances during the 2019–20 season, at the age of fifteen. He subsequently was signed by Aston Villa in August 2020 and joined their academy side, before making his senior debut in January 2021. Chrisene has represented England at youth level, appearing at under-15, under-16, under-17 and under-19 levels.
Chrisene began his career with Exeter City at the age of 11, [3] and was linked with a move to Liverpool in the summer of 2018. [4]
He made his debut for Exeter City on 13 August 2019, in the EFL Cup against Coventry City, [5] at the age of 15 years, 7 months, and 1 day, becoming the club's youngest ever player, beating Ethan Ampadu's record. [6]
He made his league debut as a late substitute in a 2–0 home win against Cambridge United on 11 January 2020. [7]
On 19 August 2020, Chrisene joined Premier League side Aston Villa for an undisclosed fee, initially joining their academy. [3] [8] [9] On 17 November 2020, Chrisene made his debut for Aston Villa in a 3–1 defeat to Carlisle United as part of an invited Under-21 squad in the EFL Trophy. [10] Chrisene was named in the Aston Villa starting line-up for his senior debut on 8 January 2021 in an FA Cup third-round tie against Liverpool. [11] A few days later he signed his first professional contract. [12]
On 24 May 2021, Chrisene was part of the Aston Villa squad that lifted the FA Youth Cup. Chrisene scored the opening goal as Villa beat Liverpool U18s 2–1 in the final. [13]
On 24 January 2022, Chrisene signed a new contract with Aston Villa, [14] with manager Steven Gerrard saying he was "excited" to help him become a Premier League player. [15] On 9 February, Chrisene featured in a Premier League squad for the first time, as an unused substitute in a 3–3 draw against Leeds United. [16]
On 25 August 2022, Chrisene signed for Scottish Premiership club Kilmarnock on a season-long loan. [17] [18] [19] Chrisene made his debut for Kilmarnock on 27 August 2022, playing 90 minutes in a 2–1 home victory over Motherwell. [20] In January 2023, he tore his medial ligament, an injury that would ultimately rule him out for the remainder of the season. [21]
On 5 January 2024, Chrisene joined Championship club Blackburn Rovers on loan until the end of the 2023–24 season. [22] [23]
Chrisene has represented England at under-15, under-16, and under-17 youth levels. [3]
On 21 September 2022, Chrisene made his England U19 debut during a 2–0 2023 U19 EURO qualifying win over Montenegro in Denmark. [24]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Exeter City | 2019–20 [5] | League Two | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Aston Villa | 2020–21 [26] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2021–22 [27] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2022–23 [28] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2023–24 [29] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
Kilmarnock (loan) | 2022–23 [28] | Scottish Premiership | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
Blackburn Rovers (loan) | 2023–24 [29] | Championship | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
Career total | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
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