Ben Turner (born 21 January 1988 in Birmingham) is a footballer for Football League Championship side Coventry City. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered The Football League Championship (often referred to as The Championship for short or the Coca-Cola Football League Championship for sponsorship reasons Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip is an association football club based in Coventry,

Ben made his debut for England Under 19 age group team in the summer of 2007 against Czech Republic. Unfortunately he suffered a concussion injury and had to be substituted after only 10 minutes.

After a loan spell at Oldham, Turner broke into the Coventry first team for the Manchester United Carling Cup game where he played the entire game helping to keep a clean sheet at Old Trafford.

Ben has been called up to the England under-19 squad, he was on the bench twice without playing, but then made his debut on 20 May 2007 against Czech Republic for a UEFA European U-19 Championship Tournament, but was later substituted for Liverpool's Jack Hobbs.

External links

• Ben Turner player profile at ccfc. co. uk
• Ben Turner career stats at Soccerbase
• Profile at UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database