Ben Chilwell

Leicester City

Chilwell joined Leicester City's academy aged 12 in 2009 having played in Rushden & Diamonds' centre of excellence. He won their Academy Player of the Year award at the end of the 2014–15 season. After featuring for the club in pre-season under new manager Claudio Ranieri, Chilwell was given the number 30 shirt ahead of the 2015–16 season. On 27 October 2015, in the club's League Cup match against Hull City, he made his first-team debut. Chilwell played the entire match as Leicester lost 5–4 in a penalty shootout following a 1–1 draw after extra time. On 19 November 2015, Chilwell joined Championship club Huddersfield Town on a loan until 3 January 2016. He made his debut nine days later in a 2–0 home loss to Middlesbrough. Despite only spending six weeks at the West Yorkshire club, Chilwell would later describe his spell as "a big part of [his] growth in [his] career" and credited Huddersfield manager David Wagner with aiding his development as an attacking full back. In January 2016, Chilwell was recalled from his loan by Leicester City. On 10 January, he started at left-back and played the full 90 minutes of a 2–2 draw away at Tottenham Hotspur in the third round of the FA Cup. Ten days later, he made his first appearance at King Power Stadium as Leicester were beaten 2–0 by Tottenham in the replay. He was described in the BBC's match report as "Leicester's best player" and "exceptional as an attacking full-back". On 28 July 2016, Chilwell signed a…

Along with his Leicester teammate Demarai Gray, Chilwell was called up from the under-21 team to the full England squad in September 2018 for a friendly match against Switzerland. He made his debut in this match on 11 September, as a 79th-minute substitute for Danny Rose in a 1–0 home win. Upon taking to the pitch in the match at the King Power Stadium he became the first England player to debut at his club ground since Paul Scholes at Old Trafford in 1997. Chilwell made his first start on 12 October in a goalless draw with Croatia in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League A, in a match played behind closed doors. Chilwell was named in the 26-man England squad for UEFA Euro 2020. On 22 June 2021, Chilwell and fellow England player Mason Mount were forced to self-isolate after coming into contact with Scotland player Billy Gilmour, who tested positive for COVID-19 after England's goalless draw with Scotland at the tournament. On 9 October 2021, Chilwell scored his first international goal in a 5–0 away win during England's 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Andorra.

Benjamin James Chilwell was born on 21 December 1996 in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, and was raised in Ampthill, Bedfordshire. He attended Redborne Upper School and Community College in Ampthill.

Chilwell's father was from New Zealand and emigrated to England in 1993, three years prior to Chilwell's birth. Chilwell's maternal grandfather Guy Shuttleworth was also a sportsman who played football for Corinthian-Casuals — winning an international cap for England Amateurs in 1949 — and represented Cambridge University at first-class cricket. He died at the age of 94 on 21 January 2021. Chilwell played cricket for his local club, Flitwick. Chilwell is the godfather to former Leicester City teammate James Maddison's son. Chilwell was the victim of a campaign of harassment by TikToker Orla Melissa Sloan between 2021 and 2023. Sloan was convicted for harassment in June 2023, as well as of stalking Chilwell's former team-mates Mason Mount and Billy Gilmour.