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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ben Michael Dempsey | ||
Date of birth | (1999-11-25) 25 November 1999 (age 25) | ||
Place of birth | Tooting, England | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Ayr United | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2018 | Charlton Athletic | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2022 | Charlton Athletic | 4 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Kingstonian (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2019 | → Dulwich Hamlet (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2020 | → Woking (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Woking (loan) | 26 | (0) |
2022 | → Ayr United (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2022– | Ayr United | 71 | (11) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:10, 16 November 2024 (UTC) |
Ben Michael Dempsey (born 25 November 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays for Ayr United.
Career
Charlton Athletic
Having signed his first professional contract with Charlton Athletic in May 2018, Dempsey made his debut for Charlton on 14 August 2018, playing the full 90 minutes in a 3–0 EFL Trophy defeat to Milton Keynes Dons.
Loans
Dempsey joined Kingstonian on loan in December 2019 before joining Dulwich Hamlet on a one-month loan on 8 November 2019, making his debut for Dulwich on that day in a 4–1 FA Cup defeat to Carlisle United.
He then joined Woking on loan in February 2020 for the rest of the 2019-20 season. On 12 October 2020, Dempsey returned to Woking for a second loan spell, this time running until 9 January 2021. On 13 January 2021, the loan was extended until the end of the 2020-21 season.
On 24 January 2022, Dempsey joined Scottish Championship side Ayr United on loan for the rest of the 2021–22 season, with an option for a permanent deal in the summer.
Ayr United
On 16 May 2022, it was announced that Dempsey would join Ayr United on a permanent deal for an undisclosed fee.
Career statistics
- As of match played 16 November 2024
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Charlton Athletic | 2018–19 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2019–20 | Championship | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
2020–21 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2021–22 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
Charlton Athletic total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
Kingstonian (loan) | 2018–19 | Isthmian League Premier Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Dulwich Hamlet (loan) | 2019–20 | National League South | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Woking (loan) | 2019–20 | National League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
2020–21 | National League | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
Woking total | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
Ayr United (loan) | 2021–22 | Scottish Championship | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Ayr United | 2022–23 | Scottish Championship | 35 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 9 |
2023–24 | Scottish Championship | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | |
2024–25 | Scottish Championship | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
Ayr United total | 78 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 102 | 13 | ||
Career total | 121 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 162 | 13 |
- One appearance in the EFL Trophy
- One appearance in the EFL Trophy
- Four appearances in the EFL Trophy
- Two appearances in the FA Trophy
- One appearance in the Surrey Senior Cup
- Four appearances in the FA Trophy
- One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup
- Two appearances in the Scottish Premiership play-offs
- Three appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
References
- "Notification of shirt numbers: Charlton Athletic" (PDF). English Football League. p. 16. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- Ben Dempsey at Soccerway
- "Charlton announce list of released and retained players". Charlton Athletic F.C. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- "Milton Keynes Dons vs. Charlton Athletic - 14 August 2018 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- "K's add more players to their ranks". Wimbledon Times. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- "Dulwich Hamlet announce double signing". Dulwich Hamlet F.C. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- "Dulwich Hamlet vs. Carlisle United - 8 November 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- "Dempsey joins on loan". Woking F.C. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- "Ben Dempsey returns on loan". Woking F.C. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- "Three loans extended". Woking FC. 13 January 2021.
- "Ben Dempsey joins Ayr United on loan". Charlton Athletic. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- Wilson, Stuart (24 January 2022). "Ayr United new boy Ben Dempsey on his decision to jump at move north". Daily Record. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- "Ben Dempsey joins Ayr United on permanent deal". Charlton Athletic Official Site. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- "Ben Dempsey". Soccerbase.
Ayr United F.C. – current squad | |
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- English men's footballers
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Men's association football midfielders
- Charlton Athletic F.C. players
- Kingstonian F.C. players
- Dulwich Hamlet F.C. players
- Woking F.C. players
- Ayr United F.C. players
- Scottish Professional Football League players
- Isthmian League players
- English Football League players
- National League (English football) players
- Footballers from the London Borough of Wandsworth
- People from Tooting
- 21st-century English sportsmen