Ben Gladwin

Ben Gladwin
Personal information
Full name Benjamin Thomas C. Gladwin
Date of birth (1992-06-08) 8 June 1992
Place of birth Reading, Berkshire, England
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Queens Park Rangers
Number 11
Youth career
Eldon Celtic
2001–2005 Reading
Aldershot Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Wallingford Town 31 (7)
2010 Hayes & Yeading United (–)
2010 Salisbury City 0 (0)
2010 Windsor & Eton 2 (0)
2011 Burnham 16 (1)
2011 Hayes & Yeading United 3 (0)
2011–2012 Reading Town (–)
2011 Marlow (–)
2012 Hayes & Yeading United (–)
2012–2013 Marlow 15 (7)
2013–2015 Swindon Town 47 (8)
2015– Queens Park Rangers 4 (0)
2015–2016Swindon Town (loan) 13 (2)
2016Bristol City (loan) 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:40, 19 January 2015 (UTC).

† Appearances (goals)

Benjamin Thomas C. "Ben" Gladwin (born 8 June 1992) is an English footballer who plays for Queens Park Rangers as a midfielder.

Career

Swindon Town

Having spent time playing for various non-League football teams such as AFC Wallingford, Hayes & Yeading United and Windsor & Eton, Gladwin moved in to professional football when Swindon Town signed the midfielder from Marlow in November 2013.

Gladwin made his debut for Swindon on 10 December 2013, in a 1-1 draw at home to Stevenage in the Football League Trophy.[1] His first goal for the club came the following season, in a 3-2 loss against Plymouth Argyle in the same competition.[2] On 14 April 2015, Gladwin scored a first-half hat-trick in a 4-2 win away to Rochdale.[3] On 11 May 2015 Gladwin scored twice in Swindon 5-5 draw with Sheffield United in the Football League play-offs, but Swindon went on to lose in the final 4-0 against Preston North End.

Queens Park Rangers

On 28 May 2015, Gladwin and Swindon Town teammate Massimo Luongo, joined Queens Park Rangers, both players signing on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee, reported to be £3.5m .[4] On 12 August 2015 Gladwin made his competitive QPR debut in a 0-3 win against Yeovil Town in the first round of the 2015–16 Football League Cup, he started the game and was replaced by Karl Henry in the 59th minute.[5]

Career statistics

As of match played 24 October 2015 [6]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Other[1] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Swindon Town 2013–14 13000003000160
2014–15 348102011324111
Total 478102041325711
Queens Park Rangers 2015–16 200010000030
Swindon Town (loan) 2015–16 410000000041
Career total 539103041326412
1. ^ Includes other competitive competitions such as the Football League Play-Offs

References

  1. "BBC Sport - Swindon Town v Stevenage". BBC Sport. 10 December 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  2. "Plymouth Argyle 3-2 Swindon Town - BBC". BBC Sport. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  3. "BBC Sport - Rochdale 2-4 Swindon Town". BBC Sport. 14 April 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  4. "QPR complete double signing of Swindon youngsters Massimo Luongo and Ben Gladwin on three-year deals". Daily Mail. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  5. "Yeovil 0-3 QPR". BBC Sport. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  6. "Ben Gladwin". Soccerbase.

External links

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