Ben Hall (footballer, born 1997)

Ben Hall
Personal information
Full name Ben Hall[1]
Date of birth (1997-01-16) 16 January 1997[2]
Place of birth Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Notts County
(on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion)
Number 6
Youth career
2012–2013 Dungannon Swifts
2013–2015 Motherwell
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Motherwell 18 (1)
2016– Brighton & Hove Albion 0 (0)
2018– → Notts County (loan) 5 (0)
National team‡
Northern Ireland U15 2 (0)
Northern Ireland U16 1 (0)
2013 Northern Ireland U17 2 (0)
2015–2016 Northern Ireland U19 5 (0)
2017– Northern Ireland U21 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:26, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:47, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Ben Hall (born 16 January 1997) is a Northern Irish footballer who plays as a defender for League Two club Notts County, on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion.

Career

Club career

Born in Enniskillen, Hall started his career at Dungannon Swifts. In the summer of 2013, Hall signed a two-year contract with Scottish Premiership club Motherwell.[3] In his first two seasons, Hall had become a regular in the Motherwell Under-20 setup.

Hall made a surprise first team debut on 12 December 2015, starting at centre-back in a 3–1 home win over Dundee.[4] He scored his first Motherwell goal on the 30 December 2015, in a 2–0 win over St Johnstone.[5]

On 14 June 2016, Hall signed a two-year contract with Brighton & Hove Albion FC, initially linking up with the Seagulls' U21 team.[6] In January 2018, he went on loan to Notts County FC until the end of the season, in order to get more experience of senior football. [7] And on 14 May 2018, Brighton announced that they were taking up the option of extending his contract by another year. [8]

International career

Hall has appeared for the Northern Ireland, at every age level from Under-15 to Under-21.

References

  1. ↑ "EFL Released and Retained List 2016–17" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Ben Hall". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Hall off to the Well". Ulster Herald. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Motherwell 3-1 Dundee". BBC Sport. 12 December 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Motherwell 2-0 St Johnstone". BBC Sport. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  6. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36528293
  7. ↑ https://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/2018/january/ben-hall-loan/
  8. ↑ https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/news/2018/may/nine-under-23-players-retained-for-201819-seasonnew-page/
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