Strevens playing for Eastleigh in 2017
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Benjamin John Strevens | ||
Date of birth | 24 May 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Edgware, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Eastleigh | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–1999 | Wingate & Finchley | ||
1999–2006 | Barnet | 195 | (42) |
1999 | → Wingate & Finchley (loan) | ||
2000 | → Slough Town (loan) | 4 | (2) |
2001 | → St Albans City (loan) | 3 | (2) |
2006 | Crawley Town | 15 | (4) |
2006–2009 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 111 | (34) |
2009–2010 | Brentford | 25 | (6) |
2010–2012 | Wycombe Wanderers | 76 | (11) |
2012–2013 | Gillingham | 12 | (1) |
2013 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 14 | (1) |
2013–2016 | Eastleigh | 118 | (21) |
2016 | Whitehawk | 7 | (0) |
2016– | Eastleigh | 0 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2016 | Eastleigh (caretaker) | ||
2016 | Whitehawk (joint caretaker) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:11, 12 December 2016 (UTC). |
Benjamin John "Ben" Strevens (born 24 May 1980) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker or an attacking midfielder for National League club Eastleigh.
Strevens began his career at Wingate & Finchley and in the 1998–99 season in the Isthmian League Division Three he scored 28 league goals coming joint second in the top scorers chart, helping the side to promotion. He was then signed by Barnet, having scored 38 goals in 67 appearances for the Blues.
He was then loaned out to Slough Town and then to St Albans City, before becoming a regular first team player for the Bees. He made 41 appearances in 2005–06 season for Barnet, by which point he was their longest serving player, but left the club at the end of the season, having scored 42 career goals for the club.
He was the only player in the Barnet squad to be relegated to the Conference National in 2000–01 season, and then be re-promoted back into the Football League in 2004–05. He was picked up on free transfer by Crawley Town and scored his first goal for the club on his debut against Rushden & Diamonds.
Strevens suffered a fractured cheek bone and damaged eye socket in Crawley's 3–2 defeat to Lewes in an FA Cup game in 2006.