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Ben Killip (born 24 November 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL League Two club Hartlepool United.

Ben Killip

Killip warming up for Hartlepool United in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Ben Killip[1]
Date of birth	(1995-11-24) 24 November 1995 (age 26)[2]
Place of birth	Isleworth, England[3]
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[4]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Hartlepool United
Number	1
Youth career
2003–2013	Chelsea
2013–2015	Norwich City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2017	Norwich City	0	(0)
2015	→ King's Lynn Town (loan)	1	(0)
2015–2016	→ Lowestoft Town (loan)	9	(0)
2016	→ Lowestoft Town (loan)	14	(0)
2017–2018	Grimsby Town	7	(0)
2018–2019	Braintree Town	38	(0)
2019–	Hartlepool United	122	(0)
National team‡
2018–2019	England C	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:18, 15 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:28, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

Career

Whilst playing for Norwich City, Killip spent two loan spells at Lowestoft Town.[5][6] He signed for Grimsby Town in July 2017.[7] He was released by Grimsby at the end of the 2017–18 season.[8]

Killip signed for Braintree Town on 31 July 2018.[9]

He moved to Hartlepool United in May 2019.[10] In the 2019–20 season, Killip struggled for form after making several mistakes and lost the number one spot to Mitchell Beeney, however he soon regained his place in the team.[11] The next season, Killip had a much more successful campaign managing to keep 13 clean sheets in 29 matches.[12] On April 5 2021, in a 2–2 draw with Boreham Wood, Killip injured his elbow and was ruled out for the rest of the 2020–21 season.[13] Killip did, however, make the substitutes bench for the play-offs as the club won promotion to League Two in June 2021.

He signed a new contract for Hartlepool at the end of the 2020–21 season.[14] In August 2021, Killip kept a clean sheet in Hartlepool's first game back in the Football League as Hartlepool beat Crawley Town 1–0.[15] Killip's performance in the EFL Trophy semi-final against Rotherham United earned him player of the round.[16] Hartlepool eventually lost 5–4 on penalties with Killip saving one penalty in the shootout.[17] On 11 May 2022, Killip's contract option was exercised, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2022–23 season. [18]

International career

In September 2018, Killip received his first call up for the England C team for their game against Estonia u23s.[19]

Career statistics

As of match played 15 November 2022

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
King's Lynn Town (loan)	2013–14[20]	NPL - Premier Division	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	1	0
Lowestoft Town (loans)	2015–16[20]	National League North	9	0	0	0	—		1[lower-alpha 1]	0	10	0
			14	0	0	0	—		1[lower-alpha 2]	0	15	0
Norwich City U23s	2016–17[21]	Premier League 2 - Div 2	—		—		—		3[lower-alpha 3]	0	3	0
Grimsby Town	2017–18[22]	League Two	7	0	0	0	0	0	3[lower-alpha 3]	0	10	0
Braintree Town	2018–19[23]	National League	38	0	1	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	40	0
Hartlepool United	2019–20[24]	National League	33	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	37	0
	2020–21[25]	National League	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	0
	2021–22[26]	League Two	42	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	49	0
	2022–23[27]	League Two	18	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	23	0
	Total		122	0	10	0	1	0	5	0	138	0
Career total			191	0	11	0	1	0	14	0	217	0

Honours

Hartlepool United

• National League play-offs: 2021[28]

References

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