Ben Lloyd (footballer)
Welsh footballer (born 2005)
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Ben Nicholas Lloyd (born 14 March 2005) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for EFL Championship club Swansea City. He is a Wales under-21 international.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ben Nicholas Lloyd[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 14 March 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Swansea, Wales | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Swansea City | ||
| Number | 36 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2022 | Swansea City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Swansea City | 2 | (0) |
| 2025–2026 | → Newport County (loan) | 36 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021 | Wales U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Wales U17 | 6 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Wales U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Wales U19 | 9 | (2) |
| 2024– | Wales U21 | 4 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:47, 2 May 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:26, 15 November 2025 (UTC) | |||
Career
Lloyd is a product of the Swansea City academy, having joined at the age of 12.[2] Having featured at the under-18, under-21 and under-23 levels regularly and notably scored 20 seconds after having come off the bench against Forest Green Rovers in a 2021 friendly,[3] he was included in a first-team matchday squad for the first time in a 3-0 win over Reading in the first round of the EFL Cup in August 2021.[4] He remained an unused substitute. He signed his first professional contract in June 2022.[2] Lloyd would sign an extension on 20 April 2023, which is due to last until June 2026.[3]
Lloyd made his professional debut on Boxing Day 2024, coming on as a late substitute in a 3-0 win over Queens Park Rangers.[5] He would make a second appearance in the 2024-25 season, coming on as a late substitute in a 3-3 draw against Oxford United on the final matchday of the EFL Championship season.[6]
On 28 July 2025, Lloyd joined League Two side Newport County on loan until January 2026.[7] He made his debut for Newport in the EFL Cup preliminary round win against Barnet on 29 July 2025.[8] Lloyd scored his first Newport goal on 23 September 2025 in the 2-1 EFL Trophy defeat to Arsenal under-21's.[9] His loan was extended by Newport to the end of the 2025-26 season.[10] Lloyd was selected as Newport County Young Player of the Year for the 2025-26 season.[11]
International career
Career statistics
- As of match played 2 May 2026
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Swansea City | 2024–25[14] | Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025–26[15] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Newport County (loan) | 2025–26[15] | League Two | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[a] | 1 | 39 | 3 |
| Career total | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 3 | ||
- Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy