Ben Foster (Footballer)

Ben Foster (Footballer): Biography in Details

Who is Ben Foster?

Ben Foster is a professional footballer. He is renowned for his defective playing style as a Goalkeeper in Premier League and international games.

Currently, he is playing for the British Football Club, Watford.

Ben Foster- Birth, Age, Parents, Ethnicity, Siblings

Ben Foster was born as Ben Anthony Foster on the 3rd of April 1983 in Leamington Spa, England. He is of English ethnicity.

To date, he has not shared any details about her father and mother.

He has three siblings including two brothers, Brett and Adrian, and a sister.

Ben Foster- Professional Life, Career

In 2000, Ben Foster started his professional career as a football player with the Racing Club Warwick as a goalkeeper.

However, in April 2001, he joined the English football club, Stoke City. With the club, he played for the four-season till 2005.

After that, in 2005, he joined Manchester United and played for the club till 2010. However, in between, he signed with Watford two times as a long-season loan.

On the 26th of May 2006, he was named to the 2006 FIFA World Cup as a stand-by player.

In 2010, he signed a three-year contract with the club, Birmingham City.

However, on the 29th of July 2011, he signed with West Bromwich Albion on a loan replacing the Albion goalkeeper Boaz Myhill for a year. In the year, he played around 37 league matches out of 38.

After that, in 2012, he permanently signed with Albion and played for the club till 2018.

For his performance in the season 2016-17, he was nominated for the Footballer of the Year award by the Football Writers’ Association.

On the 5th of July 2018, he signed a two-year contract with Watford.

Awards & Honors

• 2004-05- Football League Trophy.
• 2009, 2011- Watford Player of the Season.
• 2010-11- Birmingham City Player of the Season.

Net Worth, Salary

Through his career as a soccer player, he has an estimated net worth of $20 million as of 2022.

Currently, his salary as goalkeeper of Watford is in the range of £2,500,000 which is equivalent to $3,166,262.

Besides that, his current contract with Watford and last contract with West Bromwich Albion is not disclosed yet.

Before that, he signed a three-year contract with an initial fee worth £4 million.

Ben Foster- Controversy, Rumors

He has managed to remain far from any sort of controversy that created a buzz in the media. Similarly, there are no rumors linked to him.

However, in May 2011, he surprised everybody by taking retirement from international football.

Despite that, he returned to his international career with the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Body Measurements- Height, Weight

Ben Foster is a brown-eyed black hair man.

He stands at a height of 6 feet 4 inches and weighs around 90 kg.

Talking about his appearance, he has sharp looks with a square-shaped facial structure.

He prefers to have a short haircut with slightly grown facial hair.

Social Media

Ben has over 215k followers on Instagram and over 259k followers on Twitter. He is not active on Facebook.

Also, he has his own YouTube channel where he has amassed over 1.1 million subscribers and over 80 million views as of June 2022.

On Twitter, he is following the personalities like Peter Crouch, Chris Stark, and Brad Wiggins.

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