Ben Chrisene
Born: January 12, 2004
Nationality: English
Position: Midfielder
Exeter City debut: Coventry 4-1 Exeter (13/08/2019)
Ben’s Story:
Ben became the club’s youngest ever player to make a competitive first team appearance at the age of 15 years, 7 months and 1 day when he came on as a late substitute in the EFL cup against Coventry in 2019, beating Ethan Ampadu’s record.
He made his league debut as a late substitute in a 2-0 win against Cambridge United on 11th January 2020. In total Ben made 5 appearances for this club and also represented England at U15 and 16 youth levels. He attracted a lot of interest notably Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Chelsea and Aston Villa reported to have been tracking him. Ben decided to leave Exeter City and join Aston Villa in 2020 initially joining their academy.
On 17 November 2020, he made his debut for Aston Villa in a 3–1 defeat to Carlisle United as part of the U21 squad in the EFL Trophy. Ben was named in the Aston Villa starting line-up for his senior debut on 8 January 2021 in an FA Cup third round tie against Liverpool. Following this he signed his first professional contract. We are proud of his development and hope to see him progress at the highest level.