Ben Greenhalgh

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Ben Greenhalgh
Personal information
Full name Ben Greenhalgh
Date of birth (1992-04-16) 16 April 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Orpington, England
Position(s) Midfielder, striker
Team information
Current team
 Margate (player-manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2010 Welling United 1 (0)
2010–2011 Inter Milan 0 (0)
2010 → Como (loan) 12 (8)
2012 Welling United 16 (3)
2012–2013 Ebbsfleet United 10 (1)
2013 Maidstone United 3 (0)
2013 Concord Rangers 11 (5)
2013–2014 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 6 (0)
2014 → Stenhousemuir (loan) 6 (3)
2014–2015 Maidstone United 46 (10)
2015–2016 Concord Rangers 42 (13)
2016–2017 Maidstone United 21 (2)
2017 → Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) 18 (4)
2017 Hemel Hempstead Town 11 (4)
2017–2018 Concord Rangers 27 (8)
2018–2020 Dartford 54 (7)
2019–2020 → Tonbridge Angels (loan) 8 (1)
2020–2021 Tonbridge Angels 18 (2)
2021– Margate 137 (48)
Managerial career
2022–2023 Margate (joint-caretaker)
2024– Margate (player-manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:10, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Ben James Greenhalgh (born 16 April 1992) is an English footballer and golfer who plays as a midfielder or striker. He is currently player-manager of Margate. He is noted for winning the football reality show Football's Next Star , where he won a contract at Italian giants Inter Milan.

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Career

Football's Next Star

Greenhalgh, from Orpington, who played for the 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 presented the Inter Milan shirt to ten players who would travel to Italy to compete for their dream of a professional contract in later episodes. [1]

After 20,000 entries to the show and eight episodes, Greenhalgh was given the shirt and revealed as the winner of Football's Next Star 2010, receiving a professional six-month contract with Inter Milan. [2]

Back in the United Kingdom

After his six-month professional contract at Inter Milan came to an end, Greenhalgh was offered another year from the Italian giants which included a four-month loan spell to Calcio Como, where he scored eight goals from 12 games. [3] Despite never playing a senior game during his time with Inter Milan, Greenhalgh was presented with a Champions League Winners medal after being part of the travelling squad for the 2010 UEFA Champions League Final. After his contract was up, he returned to the UK and spent time at Brighton & Hove Albion, [4] 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, [5] before later joining Ebbsfleet United [6] and Maidstone United. [7]

In June 2013 he transferred to Scottish club Inverness Caledonian Thistle. [8] This was due to happen in February 2013, however international clearance stopped Greenhalgh from leaving England until the 2013–14 season.

Having played only six first-team games for Inverness, Greenhalgh was loaned to Scottish League One club Stenhousemuir for the final six games of the season. [9]

In June 2014 it was reported that Inverness had opted not to offer Greenhalgh a further contract, with manager John Hughes stating that he could not guarantee Greenhalgh first-team football. [10]

It was announced on 22 June 2015, that Greenhalgh had signed for National League South side Concord Rangers, returning to a club where he had made a big impact during the run-in of the 2012–13 season, winning both the Isthmian League Cup, and the Isthmian League Premier Division play-offs. [11]

On 26 May 2016, it was announced that Greenhalgh had signed for Maidstone United again. [12] He was released by Maidstone a year later in May 2017. He was immediately signed by National League South side Hemel Hempstead Town, who had Greenhalgh on loan towards the back end of the 2016–17 season.

On 24 May 2018, it was announced that Greenhalgh had signed for Dartford. [13]

On 8 November 2019, it was announced that Greenhalgh had signed for Tonbridge Angels on an initial month's loan. [14] [15] His loan was then extended until 4 January 2020. [16] On 7 January 2020, it was announced that Greenhalgh had left Dartford by mutual consent. [17] The following day, Greenhalgh signed permanently for Tonbridge Angels. [18]

On 6 April 2021, Greenhalgh signed for Margate for the 2021–22 season. [19] Greenhalgh was appointed captain ahead of the 2022–23 season. [20] In December 2022, the sacking of Andy Drury saw Greenhalgh appointed joint-caretaker manager with fellow player Reece Prestedge. [21] On 31 January 2023, Prestedge was appointed manager on a permanent basis with Greenhalgh as his assistant manager. [22] Following relegation at the end of the 2023–24 season, Greenhalgh was named player-manager. [23]

Personal life

In 2015 he became a professional golfer and joined the PGA circuit, playing in one-day golf tournaments while continuing to play semi-professional football. [24]

Career statistics

As of match played 5 November 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Welling United 2009–10 [25] Conference South 1000—0010
Inter Milan 2010–11 [26] Serie A 0000—0000
Como (loan) 2010–11 [26] Lega Pro Prima Divisione Group A12800——128
Welling United 2011–12 [25] Conference South163——00163
Ebbsfleet United 2012–13 [27] Conference Premier 10110—1 [a] 0121
Maidstone United 2012–13 [25] Isthmian League Division One South30———30
Concord Rangers 2012–13 [25] Isthmian League Premier Division115———115
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2013–14 [27] Scottish Premiership 600000—60
Stenhousemuir (loan) 2013–14 [27] Scottish League One 63———63
Maidstone United 2014–15 [28] Isthmian League Premier Division461053—4 [b] 15514
Concord Rangers 2015–16 [25] National League South 421310—2 [a] 14514
Maidstone United 2016–17 [27] National League 21220—2 [a] 1253
Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) 2016–17 [27] National League South184———184
Hemel Hempstead Town 2017–18 [27] National League South11420—00134
Concord Rangers 2017–18 [27] National League South278——1 [a] 0288
Dartford 2018–19 [27] National League South42420—3 [a] [c] 0474
2019–20 [27] National League South12330—00153
Dartford total547500030627
Tonbridge Angels (loan) 2019–20 [27] National League South81———81
Tonbridge Angels 2019–20 [27] National League South71———71
2020–21 [27] National League South11142—1 [a] 0163
Tonbridge Angels total263420010315
Margate 2021–22 [29] Isthmian League Premier Division421830—10 [a] [d] [c] 65524
2022–23 [29] Isthmian League Premier Division421220—8 [a] [c] [e] 55217
2023–24 [29] Isthmian League Premier Division391441—2 [a] [e] 04515
2024–25 [29] Isthmian League South East Division14464—4 [a] [c] 32411
Margate total1374815500241417667
Career total4471193510003817520146
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  2. ↑ Two appearances in FA Trophy, two appearances and one goal in Alan Turvey Trophy
  3. 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in Kent Senior Cup
  4. ↑ Appearance(s) in Velocity Trophy
  5. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Velocity Cup

Managerial statistics

As of match played 5 November 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamFromToRecord
PWDLWin %
Margate (joint-caretaker)26 December 202231 January 20236123016.7
Margate (player-manager)29 May 2024Present241464058.3
Total301587050.0

Honours

Welling United
Inter Milan
Brighton & Hove Albion
Concord Rangers
Maidstone United

Individual

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  12. ↑ "Greenhalgh gets back to the Gallagher". Maidstone United FC. 26 May 2016.
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