Ben Knight (footballer)

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Ben Knight
Personal information
Full name Benjamin Leo Knight [1]
Date of birth (2002-06-14) 14 June 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Cambridge, England [2]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [2]
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
2009–2010 Burwell Tigers
2010–2018 Ipswich Town
2018–2021 Manchester City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2024 Manchester City 0 (0)
2021–2022 → Crewe Alexandra (loan) 6 (0)
2024 → Stockport County (loan) 0 (0)
2024–2025 Real Murcia 4 (0)
International career‡
2018–2019 England U17 11 (0)
2019 England U18 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:10, 5 February 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:11, 11 June 2022 (UTC)

Benjamin Leo Knight (born 14 June 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger.

Contents

Club career

Early career

Born in Cambridge, Knight started his career with local side Burwell Tigers, joining at under-7s level, before joining Ipswich Town. [3] [4] After eight years with Ipswich Town, Knight joined Premier League side Manchester City in July 2018. [5]

Manchester City

Knight made his debut for Manchester City in the 2021 FA Community Shield at Wembley Stadium on the 7th August 2021, coming on as a substitute in the 74th minute for Ferran Torres during the 0–1 defeat to Leicester City.

Crewe Alexandra (loan)

On 16 August 2021, Knight joined Crewe Alexandra on a season-long loan, [6] and made his Crewe debut the following day in a 1–0 defeat at Oxford United. [7] He scored his first Crewe goal on his fifth appearance, the winner in a 1–0 victory at Shrewsbury Town in an EFL Trophy group tie on 31 August 2021, [8] but then picked up an injury that ruled him out until 30 October 2021. [9] He played five further games, scoring once, before being sidelined again with a foot injury. [10]

Stockport County (loan)

On 12 March 2024, it was announced that Knight had moved to Stockport County on loan until the end of the season.The move had been agreed during the previous transfer window but had only been announced once the player had recovered from injury and completed his rehabilitation. [11]

On 12 August 2024, Knight joined Primera Federación side Real Murcia on a permanent deal. [12] On 3 February 2025, he left the club after just four substitute appearances. [13]

Personal life

Knight is the nephew of former England international cricketer Nick Knight. [14]

Career statistics

As of match played 8 May 2022 [15]
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Manchester City U23 2018–19 —1 [a] 010
2019–20 4 [a] 040
2020–21 4 [a] 242
Total000000009292
Manchester City 2021–22 Premier League ————1 [b] 010
Crewe Alexandra (loan) 2021–22 [16] League One 60—10—3 [a] 2102
Career total60001000134204
Notes
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in the EFL Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearance in the FA Community Shield

Honors

Stockport County

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References

  1. ↑ "Premier League clubs publish 2020/21 retained lists". premierleague.com. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 Ben Knight at WorldFootball.net
  3. ↑ Hasler, Matt. "Former Tiger Ben Knight Set For £1m Switch To Manchester City". burwelltigers.co.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  4. ↑ Apicella, Liam (16 August 2021). "Manchester City's former Ipswich Town youngster Ben Knight signs loan deal with Crewe Alexandra". suffolknews.co.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  5. ↑ Warren, Andy (2 July 2018). "'Time to move on and continue to work even harder' - Knight thanks Ipswich after completing Manchester City move". eadt.co.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "Ben Knight: Crewe sign Manchester City winger on loan". BBC Sport. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Oxford United 1-0 Crewe Alexandra". BBC Sport. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "Shrewsbury 0-1 Crewe". CreweAlex.net. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  9. ↑ Baggaley, Michael (12 October 2021). "Crewe Alexandra injury updates on Chris Long, Ben Knight and Callum Ainley". Cheshire Live. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  10. ↑ "Knight Injury Not As Bad As First Feared". CreweAlex.net. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  11. ↑ https://www.stockportcounty.com/county-announce-double-signing-ahead-of-the-run-in/, County announce double signing ahead of the run-in, Stockport County FC, 12 March 2024
  12. ↑ "Knight signs for Real Murcia". Manchester City F.C. 12 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  13. ↑ "Ben Knight deja de ser futbolista del Real Murcia C.F." (in Spanish). Real Murcia CF. 3 February 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  14. ↑ "Get to know our u18s - Ben Knight". mancity.com. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  15. ↑ Ben Knight at Soccerway
  16. ↑ Games played by Ben Knight in 2021/2022, Soccerbase. Retrieved: 12 October 2021.
  17. ↑ "Join us in League One next season". 7 May 2024.
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