Ben Daniel Rydel is an English footballer who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for Atherton Collieries. A product of

Salford City Salford City may refer to: *The City of Salford *Salford City F.C., an association football club from the city *Salford Red Devils The Salford Red Devils are a professional rugby league club in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, who play i ...

's academy, he spent time on loan at City of Liverpool, where he made his first senior appearances, and

Radcliffe Radcliffe or Radcliff may refer to: Places * Radcliffe Line, a border between India and Pakistan United Kingdom * Radcliffe, Greater Manchester ** Radcliffe Tower, the remains of a medieval manor house in the town ** Radcliffe tram stop * R ...

Career

Born in

Oldham Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, amid the Pennines and between the rivers Irk and Medlock, southeast of Rochdale and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, w ...

, Rydel is a product of the

academy, having the joined the club aged 15, captaining Salford's Under-18 team on several occasions during his first two seasons at the club. In July 2021, Rydel signed his first professional contract, a one-year contract which would also see him move into the development squad. In August, he was loaned to

Northern Premier League The Northern Premier League is an English Association football, football league that was founded in 1968. It has four divisions: the Premier Division (which stands at level 7 of the English football league system), Division One East, Division ...

Division One West team City of Liverpool. He scored his first goal for the club against

Farsley Celtic Farsley Celtic Football Club is a football club based in Farsley, West Yorkshire, England. The club was founded in 1908, but folded in 2010 and were reformed as Farsley AFC before returning to the name Farsley Celtic in 2015.

, scoring ''The Purps'' third in a 3–0 win as the club reached the third qualifying round for the first time, a goal described as a "majestic" free-kick. Rydel made his Salford debut on 5 October 2021, starting the

EFL Trophy The English Football League Trophy, known for sponsorship purposes as the Papa Johns Trophy after restaurant chain Papa John's Pizza, is an annual English association football knockout competition open to all clubs in EFL League One and EFL ...

fixture against

Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1884 as Belmont Football Club, they adop ...

. Three days later, he joined Northern Premier League Premier Division team

on a month-long loan, and on his debut the following day, he scored the equaliser from a free-kick as Radcliffe came from two down to make the game 2–2 against

Buxton Buxton is a spa town in the High Peak, Derbyshire, Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, England. It is England's highest market town, sited at some above sea level.Atherton Collieries.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rydel, Ben Living people English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Salford City F.C. players City of Liverpool F.C. players Radcliffe F.C. players Atherton Collieries A.F.C. players Year of birth missing (living people) Northern Premier League players Footballers from Oldham