Ben Starkie

Ben Starkie
Personal information
Full name	Ben Anthony Swakali
Date of birth	23 July 2002
Place of birth	Leicester, England
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Spalding United
Number	7
Youth career
2019–2020	Rugby Town
2020–2021	Wilhelmshaven
2021	Shepshed Dynamo
Senior career*
Years	Team
2021–	Spalding United
2022–	Basford United
International career‡
2021	Tanzania U20
2022–	Tanzania
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:28, 24 March 2022 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:15, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

Ben Anthony Swakali (born 23 July 2002), known as Ben Starkie, is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Basford United. Born in England, he plays for the Tanzania national team.

Club career

A youth product of Rugby Town and Wilhelmshaven, Starkie moved to Shepshed Dynamo on 16 July 2021.[1] On 13 November 2021, he transferred to Spalding United.[2]

Starkie was called up to represent the Tanzania U17s on 30 January 2019, becoming the first ever international call-up from Rugby Town F.C.[3] He represented the Tanzania U20s at the 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.[4] He was called up to the senior Tanzania national team for a set of friendlies in March 2022.[5] He debuted with Tanzania in a 3–1 friendly win over Central African Republic on 24 March 2022.[6]

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