Elliott Bennett

Elliott Bennett
Bennett warming up for Bury in 2009
Personal information
Full name Elliott Bennett[1]
Date of birth (1988-12-18) 18 December 1988[1]
Place of birth Telford, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position Winger / attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Blackburn Rovers
Number 31
Youth career
2004–2007 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 (0)
2007–2008 → Crewe Alexandra (loan) 9 (1)
2008 → Bury (loan) 19 (1)
2008–2009 → Bury (loan) 48 (3)
2009–2011 Brighton & Hove Albion 89 (13)
2011–2016 Norwich City 67 (2)
2014 → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 7 (0)
2015 → Bristol City (loan) 15 (0)
2016– Blackburn Rovers 99 (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:15, 7 October 2018 (UTC)

Elliott Bennett (born 18 December 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers. He is the elder brother of footballer Kyle Bennett.

Career

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Bennett grew up in Telford, Shropshire,[1] and joined Wolverhampton Wanderers at age nine having been spotted playing in a local five-a-side tournament. He captained the club's under-12 team that travelled to Japan in 2001 and won the U12 World Cup, where he also picked up the Player of the Tournament award. He attended Thomas Telford School, where he captained the football team to win the County Cup five years in a row. Bennett was also a talented 200m sprinter and represented Shropshire at the English School Athletics Championships.

He left school to gain a scholarship at Wolves alongside Lee Collins, and signed professional forms with them in March 2007. The midfielder never made a league appearance for Wolves though, despite being picked for the first team squad several times, but did appear twice for them in the League Cup.

Brighton & Hove Albion

After spending time at loan at both Crewe (where he scored once against Port Vale)[2] and Bury, Bennett signed a three-year contract with Brighton & Hove Albion on 20 August 2009.[3] In November 2010 he signed a new three and half-year contract to keep him at Brighton & Hove Albion until the summer of 2014.[4] Bennett enjoyed a successful season in 2010–11, playing a significant role in Brighton's promotion to the Championship. Scoring eight goals, Bennett gained a place in the PFA League One Team of the Year.

Norwich City

2011–12 season

On 14 June 2011, he signed for Norwich City on an undisclosed three-year deal.[5] He was handed squad number 17 for the upcoming Premier League season. Bennett scored the third goal in a 3–0 pre-season win against Coventry City from 30 yards out. However, this was not enough to earn Bennett a starting place against Wigan Athletic on the opening day of the Premier League season where he came on as a sub, replacing Andrew Surman. On 9 April 2012, Bennett scored his first Premier League goal against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane with a strike from just outside the penalty area, which proved to be the winner in a 2–1 victory for the Canaries.

2012–13 season

Bennett started the 2012–13 season on the bench at Craven Cottage in the Canaries' 0–5 defeat. He picked up an injury coming on for Robert Snodgrass. Bennett then made his return in a League Cup clash against Doncaster Rovers which featured his younger brother Kyle Bennett. On 6 April he got two assists in a 2–2 draw against Swansea City. On 20 April, he scored in a 2–1 win against Reading.[6]

2013–14 season

Having played in Norwich's opening Premier League fixture against Everton, Bennett injured his knee ligaments, requiring surgery, ruling him out until 2014.[7] He made his return from injury on the final day of the season, replacing Nathan Redmond in the 76th minute of a 2–0 defeat to Arsenal.

Blackburn Rovers

On 5 January 2016, Bennett signed for Blackburn Rovers on a two-and-a-half year deal.[8] Bennett scored his first Rovers goal on 27 February in a 3–2 victory over Milton Keynes Dons.[9]

On 5 October 2017, Rovers announced that Bennett had signed a new two-year contract.[10]

International career

Bennett qualifies to play for Jamaica through his paternal grandparents. He was called up to the Jamaica national football team on 27 February 2015 for friendly games against Venezuela and Cuba.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 7 May 2017[12]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2007–08[13] Championship 0000200020
2008–09[14] Championship 0000000000
Wolves total 0000200020
Crewe Alexandra (loan) 2007–08[13] League One 91200000111
Crewe total 91200000111
Bury (loan) 2007–08[13] League Two 191000000191
2008–09[14] League Two 46310104[lower-alpha 1]0523
Bury total 654101040714
Brighton & Hove Albion 2009–10[15] League One 437420000479
2010–11[16] League One 46652101[lower-alpha 2]0538
Brighton total I 891394101010017
Norwich City 2011–12[17] Premier League 331300000361
2012–13[18] Premier League 231212000272
2013–14[19] Premier League 2000000020
2014–15[20] Championship 9000201[lower-alpha 3]0120
2015–16[21] Premier League 0000200020
Norwich total 672516010793
Brighton & Hove Albion 2014–15[20] Championship 7000000070
Brighton total II 7000000070
Bristol City (loan) 2015–16[21] Championship 150000000150
Bristol City total 150000000150
Blackburn Rovers 2015–16[21] Championship 212300000242
2016–17[22] Championship 25321102[lower-alpha 4]0304
Blackburn total 465511020546
Career Total 298252261108033931
  1. ↑ Two appearances in the Football League Trophy and two in the League Two play-offs
  2. ↑ Appearance in the Football League Trophy
  3. ↑ Appearance in the Championship play-offs
  4. ↑ Appearances in the Football League Trophy with Blackburn's U23 side

Honours

Brighton & Hove Albion

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Elliott Bennett". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Port Vale 0–1 Crewe". BBC. 6 November 2007. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  3. ↑ Brighton swoop for winger Bennett, BBC sport, 20 August 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  4. ↑ Winger Elliott Bennett signs new Brighton deal, BBC sport, 23 November 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  5. ↑ Bennett Completes Norwich Move, Seagulls World, 14 June 2011. Retrieved 14 June.
  6. ↑ "Norwich 2–1 Reading" BBC Sport. 20 April 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  7. ↑ "Norwich City's Elliott Bennett ruled out until 2014". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  8. ↑ "Bennett Becomes A Rover". Blackburn Rovers. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "Jordi Gomez saves the best for last as Blackburn beat MK Dons". Eurosport. Eurosport. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  10. ↑ "Bennett signs new deal". Blackburn Rovers Official Site. 5 October 2017.
  11. ↑ "Four Newcomers For Jamaica's Reggae Boyz Football Squad". Gleaner (Jamaica). 27 February 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  12. ↑ "Elliott Bennett". Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  13. 1 2 3 "Games played by Elliott Bennett in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  14. 1 2 "Games played by Elliott Bennett in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Elliott Bennett in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Elliott Bennett in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Elliott Bennett in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Elliott Bennett in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Elliott Bennett in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  20. 1 2 "Games played by Elliott Bennett in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  21. 1 2 3 "Games played by Elliott Bennett in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Elliott Bennett in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  23. ↑ "Spurs' Gareth Bale wins PFA player of the year award". BBC Sport. 17 April 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
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