Transfer Notes



August 2020: Aged 16, Signed under Dean Smith on a free transferย to join Villa's Youth set up from Exeter City ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ.
July 2021: Aged 17, Promoted to Villa u23s.
August 2022: Aged 18, Loaned to Kilmarnock ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ for the 2022-23 season.
January 2024:ย Aged 19, Loaned to Blackburn Rovers ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ for the remainder of the 2023-24 season.
July 2024:ย Aged 20, Sold under Unai Emery for a fee of โฌ1.80m to Norwichย City ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ.
Transfer In

Transfer In:
2020-21
Aston Villa Youth ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Youth
19 August 2020
16
Dean Smith ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Transfer Out

Transfer Out:
2024-25
Norwich City ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
โฌ1.80m
30 July 2024
20
Unai Emery ๐ช๐ธ
Previous Clubs
Ben Chrisene
Previous Clubs:
2015-20 Exeter City Youth ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
League Two
2020-21 Aston Villa Under 18s ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Premier League
2021-22 Aston Villa Under 23s ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Premier League
2022-24 Aston Villa Under 21s ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Premier League
Loans Out
Ben Chrisene
Loans Out:
2022-23 Kilmarnock ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
25 Aug 2022 to 31 May 2023
Scottish Premier, ๐ 16 | 13 (3) | โฝ 0 |
2024 Blackburn Rovers ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
5 Jan 2024 to 31 May 2024
Championship, ๐ 10 | 8 (10) | โฝ 0 |
Subsequent Clubs
Ben Chrisene
Subsequent Clubs:
2024- Norwich City ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ยฃ1.53m
Championship, ๐ 28 | โ
14 | ๐ (14) | โฝ 1 |
1
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
0.00
Game Per
Career
Villa Youth:
2020-24 Aston Villa Youth
Ben Chrisene

Played Under:
Mark Delaney ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ 2021 ๐ 1 | 1 (0) | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐ฉ 0 | ๐จ 0 | ๐ฅ 1 |
Villa Career:
M Ben Chrisene | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Aston Villa 2021-22 | Youth |
๐ 1 | 1 (0) | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ 7 | #958 |
๐ฉ 0 | ๐จ 0 | ๐ฅ 1 |
Cards ๐จ 0 | ๐ฅ 0 |
Villa Honours:
Played for the Villa
Debut Appearance
Ben Chrisene
Debut Squad:
2020-21

๐ฅ 8 Jan 2021, Villa 1-4 Liverpool, Villa Park
Mark Delaney ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
Debut:
2020-21
๐ฅ 8 Jan 2021, Villa 1-4 Liverpool, Villa Park
Mark Delaney ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
16
Final Appearance
Final Appearance:
2020-21
Ben Chrisene

๐ฅ 8 Jan 2021, Villa 1-4 Liverpool, Villa Park
Mark Delaney ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
16
Final Squad:
2021-22
๐ฅ 22 May 2022, Villa 2-3 Abu Dhabi, Etihad
Steven Gerrard ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Career Notes
Ben Chrisene
August 2020: Aged 16, becomes the first player to be signed by Villa from Exeter City ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ.
January 2021: Aged 16, becomes the 293rd Villa Youth player to graduate to the first-team squad.
January 2021: Aged 16, becomes the 958th player to play for Villa in first-team League or Cup football since the clubโs first entry into the FA Cup in 1879.
January 2021: Aged 16, becomes the 262nd Villa Youth player to play a first-team game for the club.
Player #958 for Aston Villa, Benjamin Joshua Chrisene known as Ben Chrisene played as a midfielder for the club in the 2020-21 season making his sole appearance in that seasonโs FA Cup.
Ben was born on 12 January 2004 and signed with Villa from Exeter City as a 16 year old in August 2020 after beating Chelsea and Liverpool to his signature.
Chrisene had joined Exeter Cityโs Academy at the age of 11 becoming Exeterโs youngest ever player in August 2019 when he made his debut in the EFL Cup against Coventry City at the age of 15 years, seven months and one day.
Chrisene was appointed to Sean Verityโs Under 18 squad on arrival before Mark Delaney promoted Chrisene to the first team squad and giving him his first team debut in the 2020-21 season aged 17 in the 1-4 FA Cup defeat to Liverpool on Friday, 8 January 2021.
Chrisene was part of the youngest ever team to ever take the field for Villa in a professional game - aged 18.8 years on average - after the first team squad was forced into isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic which had seen a raft of players and staff testing positive for the virus in the week preceding the game.
Chrisene was also one of 16 debutants in the game - the most in a single game in Villaโs history and was also part of the starting XI made up of 11 debutants, the first time this had happened since Villaโs first professional fixture - also in the FA Cup - on Saturday, 13 December 1879 against Stafford Road. Chrisene made his debut appearance under caretaker manager Mark Delaney following Dean Smith having to join the first team in isolation.
The Birmingham Mail described Chriseneโs debut thus:
โChrisene was signed from Exeter in the summer amid interest from the likes of Liverpool and Chelsea. Heโs really calm on the ball and is Gareth Barry-esque in his approach; tidy, neat in possession and a good left foot. Chrisene was one of two 16-year-oldโs in the starting XI.โ
Although Chrisene is most comfortable in central midfield he has been used, and performed well, at left back in shades of another precocious teenager of an earlier era - Gareth Barry.
Chrisene signed professional forms with Villa just days after his debut in January 2021 with Villaโs Academy manager Mark Harrison saying:
โSince Ben joined us from Exeter at the beginning of the season, he has played regularly for the Under-18s and just before Christmas he played for the Under-23s on a couple of occasions, still aged only 16.
โHe has played the majority of games at left-back and we have been very pleased with his development.โ
After loans to Kilmarnock ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ for the 2022-23 season and Blackburn Rovers ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ in 2023-24, Ben was sold in July 2024 under Unai Emery for a fee of โฌ1.80m to Norwichย City ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ aged 20.

Goals
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Ben Chrisene

Assists
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Ben Chrisene
