Ben Greenhalgh
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ben James Greenhalgh | ||
| Date of birth | 16 April 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Orpington, England | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder, striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2010 | Welling United | ||
| 2010–2011 | Internazionale | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2010 | Welling United | 1 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Internazionale | 0 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Como (loan) | 12 | (8) |
| 2012 | Welling United | 16 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Ebbsfleet United | 10 | (0) |
| 2013 | Maidstone United | 3 | (0) |
| 2013 | Concord Rangers | 4 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 6 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Stenhousemuir (loan) | 6 | (3) |
| 2014–2015 | Maidstone United | 46 | (9) |
| 2015–2016 | Concord Rangers | 42 | (13) |
| 2016–2017 | Maidstone United | 21 | (2) |
| 2017 | → Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) | 18 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 April 2017 (UTC). |
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Ben James Greenhalgh (born 16 April 1992) is an English footballer who last played for Maidstone United as a midfielder or striker. In May 2017 it was announced he has been released by Maidstone and will play for Hemel Hempstead Town for the 2017 - 18 season. He is noted for winning the football reality show Football's Next Star, where he won a contract at Italian giants Inter Milan.
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. After 20,000 entries to the show and 8 episodes, Greenhalgh was given the shirt and revealed as the winner of Football's Next Star 2010, receiving a professional 6-month contract with Inter Milan.
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 time at 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.
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