Ben Davies (footballer, born 1981)

Ben Davies
Davies playing for Shrewsbury Town in 2008
Personal information
Full name Benjamin James Davies
Date of birth (1981-05-27) 27 May 1981
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Position(s) Midfielder, Right-back
Team information
Current team
Grimsby Town
(First team coach)
Youth career
1995–1999 Stoke City
1999–2000 Walsall
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Kidderminster Harriers 13 (0)
2002–2006 Chester City 155 (16)
2006–2009 Shrewsbury Town 115 (30)
2009–2011 Notts County 67 (20)
2011–2014 Derby County 75 (6)
2014Sheffield United (loan) 18 (3)
2014–2015 Sheffield United 14 (4)
2015–2016 Portsmouth 43 (1)
2016–2018 Grimsby Town 59 (3)
2018–2019 Boston United 36 (8)
2019–2020 Cleethorpes Town 22 (0)
2020–2021 Grimsby Town 0 (0)
Total 617 (91)
Managerial career
2020 Grimsby Town (caretaker)
2023 Grimsby Town (joint-caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Benjamin James Davies (born 27 May 1981) is an English football coach and former professional player who is a first team coach at EFL League Two club Grimsby Town.

As a player he was as a right back and midfielder playing between 2000 and 2021. Born in Birmingham, he began his career with Walsall before dropping into the Football Conference, playing for Kidderminster Harriers and Chester City. Moving back to the Football League he had spells with Shrewsbury Town, Notts County and Derby County before signing for Sheffield United, Portsmouth and Grimsby Town His career continued in non-league with a spells at Boston United and Cleethorpes Town. In 2019 he returned to Grimsby as a coach and briefly registered as a player again during 2020–21 season.