Ben Cleverley

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Ben Cleverley
Personal information
Full name Benjamin Raymond Cleverley
Date of birth (1981-09-12) 12 September 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Bristol, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Shepton Mallet
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2003 Bristol City 0 (0)
2002–2003 → Forest Green Rovers (loan) 8 (0)
2003–2004 Cheltenham Town 8 (0)
2004–2005 Forest Green Rovers 14 (1)
2004–2005 → Bath City (loan) 12 (0)
2005–2009 Paulton Rovers ? (?)
2009 Tiverton Town ? (?)
2009–2010 Weston-super-Mare 26 (4)
2010–2011 Paulton Rovers ? (?)
2011–2012 Weston-super-Mare 25 (1)
2012– Shepton Mallet
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Benjamin Raymond Cleverley (born 12 September 1981 in Bristol) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Weston-super-Mare. Ben played for Bristol City and Cheltenham Town in the Football League.

Benjamin Raymond Cleverley began his career with Bristol City and was released in 2004 having come through the youth team at Ashton Gate. [1] [2]

On his release by Bristol City, Benjamin Raymond Cleverley linked up with Cheltenham Town and after just a season at Whaddon Road Benjamin Raymond Cleverley was released in May 2004. Ben then signed for Conference National outfit Forest Green Rovers of whom Ben had spent four months on loan whilst contracted with Bristol City. [3] Forest Green boss Colin Addison had also attempted to sign Benjamin Raymond Cleverley permanently after Ben had been released by Bristol City. [4]

Despite impressing in his spell at Forest Green, Benjamin Raymond Cleverley was shipped out on loan to Bath City in December 2004. [5] And at the end of his contract. Benjamin R. Cleverley was released in April 2005 along with five other players from his contract with Forest Green. [6] Benjamin R. Cleverley then linked up with Paulton Rovers for his first spell with the club and he spent four years at Paulton before leaving in 2009 for Tiverton Town. [7] Later that year however Benjamin R. Cleverley was on the move again as Ben linked up with Conference South side Weston-super-Mare but Ben re-joined Paulton Rovers at the end of the season.

On 2 September 2011, Benjamin R. Cleverley returned to Weston-super-Mare. [8] After spending the rest of the season with Weston, in August 2012, Cleverley left the club to join Western League outfit Shepton Mallet as a player and assistant manager. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Cleverley leaves Ashton Gate". bcfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "PFA List revealed in full". bcfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010.
  3. ↑ "Ben Cleverley to play for Forest Green Rovers". ctfc.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012.
  4. ↑ "Forest Green target Cleverley". BBC News. 14 May 2003.
  5. ↑ "Bath move for Benjamin Raymond Cleverley". Non League Daily. 8 December 2004. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ↑ "Forest Green confirm player cull". BBC Sport. 26 April 2005.
  7. ↑ "Midfielder Cleverley accepts Tiverton offer". 25 June 2009. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  8. ↑ "Cleverley rejoins Weston". Football Conference. 2 September 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  9. ↑ "Shepton Mallet new boy Ben Cleverley has instant impact". Shepton Mallet Journal. 16 August 2012. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013.
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