Ben Amos

Benjamin Paul "Ben" Amos (born 10 April 1990) is an English association football who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football) for Manchester United F.C..

Club career

Born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, Amos has been with Manchester United since the age of 11, signing shortly after leaving Crewe Alexandra F.C.. Ben Amos made Ben Amos first appearance for the Manchester United Under-18 side on 8 October 2005, coming on as a substitute for Daniel Rose after starting 'keeper Ron-Robert Zieler was sent off in a 2–0 loss to Bolton Wanderers F.C.. Ben Amos was regularly named as an unused substitute during the 2005–06 season, but became a regular starter for the team in 2006–07 after signing a trainee contract in July 2006.

Ben Amos retained Ben Amos place in the Under-18 team for 2007–08 and impressed enough to be taken on the club's 2008 summer tour of South Africa. On the tour, Amos did not play, but was named as an unused substitute in all three matches. En route back from South Africa, United stopped off in Nigeria to play against Portsmouth F.C. on 27 July 2008, with Amos coming on for Tomasz Kuszczak after 76 minutes. Ben Amos made Ben Amos competitive first team début on 23 September 2008 in a 3–1 win at home to Middlesbrough F.C. in the Football League Cup 2008–09 third round.

On 14 December 2008, Amos travelled to Japan with the Manchester United squad for the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup, having been called up as a late replacement for Ben Foster (footballer), who had picked up a hand injury in training.