Ben Godfrey - Wikipedia

english association football player

Benjamin Matthew Godfrey ( bear 15 January 1998 ) is an english professional football player who plays as a centre-back for Premier League golf club Everton and the England national team .

early and personal life [edit ]

Godfrey was born in York, North Yorkshire, [ 4 ] and attended Archbishop Holgate ‘s School. His church father Alex Godfrey is a former master rugby league football player. [ 6 ] Godfrey is of jamaican descent through his paternal grandfather. [ 7 ]

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Club career [edit ]

early career [edit ]

Godfrey captained the York & District under-13 team that beat Southampton at Stadium MK in the final of the English Schools ‘ FA Inter-Association Trophy in May 2011. This was the beginning time a team from York had won an english Schools ‘ FA competition. He started his career with York City ‘s youth arrangement, before moving to Middlesbrough in the summer of 2011. [ 6 ] After being released by the club, he had trials with Leeds United and Sheffield Wednesday, before returning to York at under-15 degree, [ 6 ] with whom he started his scholarship. [ 8 ] Godfrey captained York ‘s under-18 team in the 2014–15 season, [ 9 ] while silent a freshman scholar. [ 10 ] His first participation with the first base team came as an unused ersatz in a League Two match against Newport County on 11 October 2014. [ 11 ] Godfrey made his debut aged 17 when starting York ‘s 1–0 home win over Yeovil Town on 18 August 2015. [ 12 ] He scored his first base goal for York in the eighth hour of stop time in a 2–1 home loss to Plymouth Argyle on 14 November 2015 with a shot from 10 yards. [ 13 ]

Norwich City [edit ]

Godfrey signed for Premier League club Norwich City on 15 January 2016 on a three-and-a-half-year condense for an undisclosed fee and would initially play in their academy team. [ 14 ] He made his debut on 23 August as a ersatz in the sixty-fifth infinitesimal of Norwich ‘s EFL Cup second round couple against Coventry City and scored in the 87th hour of a 6–1 home succeed with a shoot from outside the punishment area. [ 15 ] Godfrey made his league debut in a 2–0 home succeed over Birmingham City on 28 January 2017 as an 81st-minute substitute. [ 16 ] He signed a new four-year contract with Norwich on 11 August 2017, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2021. [ 17 ] On 24 August 2017, Godfrey joined League One club Shrewsbury Town on loanword until 1 January 2018. [ 18 ] The consider was later extended to the end of the temper. [ 19 ] For the 2018–19 season, Godfrey was back with Norwich. He played in their four EFL Cup games but his appearances in the league were limited to substitute appearances until December : [ 20 ] With Grant Hanley and Timm Klose both hurt, Godfrey made his first league start for Norwich in the Championship match against Bolton Wanderers, partnering Christoph Zimmermann at center half in a 3–2 win. [ 21 ] He remained in the side even when Hanley was fit again and scored his inaugural goal for Norwich at the goal of the year to give them an early run against Derby County, although a late comeback from Derby saw Norwich lose the game 4–3. [ 22 ] This was merely a impermanent reverse for both Godfrey and Norwich however. Godfrey would score three more goals, all of which would earn Norwich points as they chased promotion back to the Premier League. [ 20 ] This was achieved in the penult game, a 2–1 succeed over Blackburn Rovers, with Godfrey in the team. [ 23 ] In all, Godfrey played 31 league games during the season, starting 26 of them. [ 20 ] Godfrey made his first Premier League appearance in the afford game of the 2019–20 season, a 4–1 frustration against Liverpool, playing aboard Hanley. [ 24 ] There were again a number of injuries to centre halves throughout the season, to the charge that Godfrey was the only fit even center back at one point, and even captained the side with Hanley, Alexander Tettey, Klose and Zimmermann all injured. [ 25 ] After a promise begin winning two of their first gear five games, Norwich soon slid to the bottom of the board. When they did record a rare win against fellow strugglers AFC Bournemouth, Godfrey was sent off in the second half for a late challenge on Callum Wilson, having the unfortunate distinction of being the beginning Premier League player to be dismissed as a result of a referee consulting a VAR monitor. [ 26 ] Godfrey again made 30 league appearances for Norwich but, in a season disrupted by a three-month suspension during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, the club were relegated rear to the Championship. [ 27 ] Godfrey would play in Norwich ‘s first base three games in the 2020–21 temper, making his death appearance in a 1–0 get the better of by Bournemouth. [ 28 ]

Everton [edit ]

Godfrey playing for Everton in 2021 Godfrey signed for Premier League cabaret Everton on 5 October 2020 on a five-year shrink for an undisclosed fee, [ 29 ] reported by The Athletic to be an initial £20 million, potentially rising to £25 million in add-ons. [ 30 ] He made his debut on 17 October in a Merseyside bowler hat against Liverpool in a 2–2 puff at home in the Premier League, coming on as a 31st-minute ersatz after an injury to Séamus Coleman. [ 31 ] Adam Jones of the Liverpool Echo said that Godfrey “ was thrown into the deep end for his debut and stood up to the undertaking very well ”. [ 32 ] At the end of his beginning season at the club, Godfrey was voted by Everton fans as the club ‘s Young Player of the Season. [ 33 ]

International career [edit ]

Godfrey received his beginning call-up for the England national under-20 team ahead of their 2018–19 Under 20 Elite League fixtures against Poland and Portugal in March 2019. [ 34 ] He made his introduction when starting in the 3–1 get the better of at dwelling to Poland. [ 35 ] He made two appearances for the under-20s. [ 36 ] Godfrey was included in the England national under-21 team for the first fourth dimension for their 2021 UEFA european Under-21 Championship reservation matches against Turkey and Kosovo in September 2019. [ 37 ] He made his introduction as an 81st-minute substitute during a 3–2 away win against Turkey on 6 September. [ 38 ] He started the following match as master, as England beat Kosovo 2–0 at home. [ 39 ] Godfrey scored his inaugural external goal on 8 September 2020 in a 2–1 away win against Austria in 2021 UEFA european Under-21 Championship qualification with a sliding finish after a seasonably move. [ 40 ] On 25 May 2021, Godfrey was called up as partially of Gareth Southgate ‘s 33-man probationary England team for the delayed UEFA Euro 2020. [ 41 ] He was not named in the final examination 26-man team, with Southgate stating that Godfrey was share of the probationary team “ in orderliness to gain feel ”. [ 42 ] however, he remained in the squad for England ‘s pre-tournament friendlies against Austria and Romania at the Riverside Stadium [ 43 ] and made his debut on 2 June as a 61st-minute substitute as England beat Austria 1–0. [ 44 ] He made his first base start four days late, playing the entirety of a 1–0 win over Romania. [ 45 ]

style of play [edit ]

Godfrey chiefly plays as a centre-back, but besides played in central midfield and at full-back in his early career. [ 29 ]

career statistics [edit ]

cabaret [edit ]

As of match played 1 December 2021

International [edit ]

As of match played 6 June 2021[49]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
England	2021	2	0
Total		2	0

Honours [edit ]

Shrewsbury Town
Norwich City
Individual

Everton Young Player of the Season: 2020–21[33]

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