Ben Brereton Díaz
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Benjamin Anthony Brereton | ||
| Date of birth | 18 April 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward, winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Southampton | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2013 | Manchester United | ||
| 2013–2015 | Stoke City | ||
| 2015–2017 | Nottingham Forest | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | Nottingham Forest | 53 | (8) |
| 2018–2019 | → Blackburn Rovers (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2019–2023 | Blackburn Rovers | 144 | (45) |
| 2023–2024 | Villarreal | 14 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Sheffield United (loan) | 14 | (6) |
| 2024– | Southampton | 10 | (0) |
| 2025 | → Sheffield United (loan) | 17 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017–2018 | England U19 | 18 | (5) |
| 2018 | England U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2021– | Chile | 35 | (7) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:11, 25 April 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:54, 10 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
Benjamin Anthony Brereton (born 18 April 1999), also known as Ben Brereton Díaz, is a professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for EFL Championship club Southampton, and the Chile national team.
Brereton Díaz began his club career with Nottingham Forest, making his senior debut in 2017. He moved to Blackburn Rovers in 2018, initially on loan before joining them on a permanent transfer in 2019. In 2023, he signed for Villarreal in Spain's La Liga, but did not score any goals over 20 games and left on loan for Sheffield United and then permanently to Southampton.
Born in England, Brereton Díaz represented his birth country at the under-19 and under-20 levels. Qualifying through his mother, he was selected for the senior Chile team in 2021, and played at the Copa América in 2021 and 2024.