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Ben Foster
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Ben Foster

b. 1983

English association football player (born 1983)

Born
3 Apr 1983 · Leamington Spa

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 49 years
  1. 3 Apr 1983BornBorn in Leamington Spa
  2. 2000 – 2001TeamRacing Club Warwick F.C.
  3. 2001 – 2005TeamStoke City F.C.
  4. 2002TeamBristol City F.C.
  5. 2002 – 2003TeamTiverton Town F.C.
  6. 2004TeamStafford Rangers F.C.
  7. 2004TeamKidderminster Harriers F.C.
  8. 2005TeamWrexham A.F.C.
  9. 2005 – 2010TeamManchester United F.C.
  10. 2005 – 2006TeamWatford F.C.
  11. 2006 – 2007TeamWatford F.C.
  12. 2007 – 2014TeamEngland men's national association football team
  13. 2010 – 2012TeamBirmingham City F.C.
  14. 2011 – 2012TeamWest Bromwich Albion F.C.
  15. 2012 – 2018TeamWest Bromwich Albion F.C.
  16. 2014Took part2014 FIFA World Cup
  17. 2018 – 2022TeamWatford F.C.
  18. 2023TeamWrexham A.F.C.

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1983 – today).

  1. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  2. 1985Schengen Agreement
  3. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  4. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  5. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  7. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  8. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  9. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  10. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  11. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  12. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  13. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  14. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  15. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  16. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  17. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  18. 20112011 Norway attacks
  19. 2011Libyan civil war
  20. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  21. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  22. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  23. 2015Paris Agreement
  24. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  25. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  26. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  27. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  28. 2023Gaza war
  29. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  30. 20262026 Iran war

Biography

Ben Anthony Foster (born 3 April 1983) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Foster began his professional career in 2001 with Stoke City, having joined from Racing Club Warwick. However, he never made an appearance for Stoke, and spent time on loan with Bristol City, Tiverton Town, Stafford Rangers, Kidderminster Harriers, and Wrexham. He switched permanently to Manchester United in July 2005, but again struggled to break into the first team, and spent two successive seasons on loan to Watford from August 2005 until the end of the 2006–07 season.

Having played just 23 times for Manchester United (although he also played in the League Cup-winning teams of 2009 and 2010), Foster switched to Birmingham City in May 2010. An ever-present in the league for Birmingham, he was also part of the Birmingham team that won the 2011 League Cup. Following Birmingham's relegation to the Championship at the end of the season, he was loaned to West Bromwich Albion, and moved there permanently in June 2012. He returned to Watford in July 2018. He announced his retirement from football in September 2022 before returning to Wrexham in March 2023. He again retired in August 2023 after helping Wrexham to the National League title.

Foster made his international debut for England in February 2007 against Spain. Although he announced his retirement from international football in May 2011, he returned in February 2013, and was selected in England's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He also runs a YouTube channel, "The Cycling GK", and The Fozcast podcast.

Text from the Wikipedia article Ben Foster (footballer), CC BY-SA 4.0

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