Ben Godfrey, born on 15 January 1998 (age 28), is an English central defender now with Atalanta. His route was helped by early senior football on loan, the sort of spell that tends to tell a young defender rather more than training-ground promise ever will.
He came through most clearly at Norwich City, where the 2018-2019 season remains his most productive in league football: four goals in 31 appearances. That year gave him regular responsibility, not just a shirt number, and pushed him beyond the usual polite talk around a developing centre-half.
Godfrey is valued at around £8.5m by Transfermarkt. His career has taken him from English development football into Serie A with Atalanta, with Norwich still the spell that best shows where he first turned promise into proper first-team substance.
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