Reeves training with Milton Keynes Dons in 2013
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Benjamin Neil Reeves | ||
Date of birth | 19 November 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Verwood, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Milton Keynes Dons | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
2001–2011 | Southampton | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2013 | Southampton | 5 | (0) |
2012 | → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2013 | → Southend United (loan) | 6 | (1) |
2013 | → Southend United (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2013– | Milton Keynes Dons | 106 | (22) |
National team‡ | |||
2014– | Northern Ireland | 2 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:09, 12 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2014 |
Benjamin Neil "Ben" Reeves (born 19 November 1991) is a Northern Ireland international footballer who plays as a midfielder for Milton Keynes Dons.
Having started out in the youth team as a left back, he was later converted into an attacking midfielder. On 5 April 2011, Reeves signed his first professional contract on a two-year deal.
On 21 September 2011, he made his debut for Southampton, playing the full 90 minutes in the League Cup third round match against Preston North End. He set up the first goal in a 2–1 win. At the start of the 2012–13 season, Reeves scored his first goal for Southampton against Stevenage in the League Cup on 28 August 2012. He made his Premier League debut as a substitute in a 3–1 defeat against Everton at Goodison Park on 29 September.
On 4 June 2013, at the end of the 2012–13 season, Reeves was released by Southampton.
He joined Dagenham & Redbridge on a month's loan on 23 February 2012, making his debut for the club two days later, in a 0–0 draw against Plymouth Argyle. Reeves made five appearances before returning to his parent club.
After six first-team appearances for the Saints in 2012–13, on 31 January 2013 Reeves joined Southend United on loan for a month. He scored his first goal for the club on 12 February, in a 2–1 defeat at home to Cheltenham Town. Eight days later, Reeves scored his second goal for the club, in the last minutes of the Football League Trophy Southern Area Final, as Southend beat Leyton Orient 3–2 on aggregate, to send the club to the final.